Program Summary Use the following information to assist in finding specific segments within the program. The stock market crash shocks the public. Crash in US affects people worldwide. People die of hunger. Britain's shipping yards close.
People head west in search of work.
In response to falling prices, farmers let produce rot, hoping to decrease the supply and raise prices. In US, Hoover decides to wait out the economic cycle. They begin to speak out and explore alternative forms of government. Washington D.C. under siege with unemployed WWI veterans. Ddemonstrations and counter attack by US soldiers.