Eagle On The Street

Year Published: 1980

Creator: U S Securities And Exchange Commission Office Of Public Information

Format: 16mm

Sound: sound

Description: Traces the development of the securities industry in the United States, from its origins on Wall Street in the late eighteenth century through the 1929 crash of the stock market. Relates reasons for creating the Securities and Exchange Commission in 1934 and shows how this unit administers laws that relate to the field of securities and finances. Provides a review of the structure and component function of the SEC.