The Federal Reserve System; Origin, Purposes And Functions.

Explains the purpose and operation of the Federal Reserve System, tracing from its inception during the 1907 financial panic the idea of banking insurance and the steps in instituting it on a national scale. Acknowledges, through dramatized scenes, the farsighted leadership of Woodrow Wilson and Carter Glass. Uses animated diagrams to define such terms as deposit liabilities, reserves, bank portfolios, rediscounted paper, and elastic currency.

Copyright

Complete catalog record
THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM; Origin, Purposes and Functions. Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, 1950. 23 min., sd., b&w, 16mm. © Encyclopaedia Britannica Films Inc.; 5Oct50; MP686.

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  1. 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, year, creator, length, format, color, sound, catalog record, copyright
  2. Catalog of Classroom Teaching Films for Georgia Schools, No. 10 (Georgia Department of Education) — title, creator, length, description