The Bank Holiday Crisis of 1933

Duration: 27

Year Published: 1957

Creator: CBS NEWS

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Description: .Uses a dramatized, "on-the-scene" news type of interviewing and documentary reporting to present the story of the quick collapse of American credit in 1933. Discusses systems set to keep commerce temporarily active, government controls, and measures taken to re-establish sound banking establishments. Points out the unusual nature of the "bank holiday" declared by Franklin D. Roosevelt and reviews many of the facts involved in strengthening the Federal Reserve System., Uses a dramatized, "on-the-scene" news type of interview and documentary reporting to present the story of the quick collapse of American credit in 1933. Discusses systems set to keep commerce temporarily active, government controls, and measures taken to re-establish sound banking establishments. Points out the unusual nature of the "bank holiday" declared by Franklin D. Roosevelt and reviews many of the factors involved in strengthening the Federal Reserve System.

Complete Record: .Uses a dramatized, "on-the-scene" news type of interviewing and documentary reporting to present the story of the quick collapse of American credit in 1933. Discusses systems set to keep commerce temporarily active, government controls, and measures taken to re-establish sound banking establishments. Points out the unusual nature of the "bank holiday" declared by Franklin D. Roosevelt and reviews many of the facts involved in strengthening the Federal Reserve System., NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.