Portrait of a Decade
First of 12 programmes Crash and Happy Days
How were people all over the world affected by the great events of the 1930s? By the tragedy and folly of the years between the Depression and World War n? What was their happiness and what was their distress? Through the cameraman's lens, this first programme tells the story of the Wall Street crash, world depression, the new deal in the USA and American life from Prohibition to 1939. Narrated by David Swift Written and produced by DIETER FRANK
Television presentation by HENRY FOSTER