By the end of the twenties, the economy was ready to collapse. Then, in October of nineteen twenty-nine, the stock market crashed. What followed was an economic disaster worse than any the modern world has ever known.
We will examine the causes of the Great Depression and how it affected Americans and the rest of the world.
We will tell the story of people who lost their jobs, their homes and their hope for the future.
PRESIDENT FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT: "This great Nation will endure as it has endured, will revive and will prosper. So, first of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself."
Franklin Roosevelt was elected with a promise to bring the country out of the Depression. On March fourth, nineteen thirty-three, he was inaugurated to his first of four terms. He served longer than any other president in American history. We discuss Roosevelt's New Deal programs and his leadership during World War Two.
But not all of our subjects are so serious. We also look at the history of American popular culture.
(SOUND: From the "Burns and Allen" radio program]
GRACIE ALLEN: "Another cup of Maxwell House Coffee, George?"
GEORGE BURNS: "Sure, pour me a cup, Gracie"
(MUSIC: "Let's Dance"/Benny Goodman)
(SOUND: Excerpt from Nation #184)
The most popular sound of the nineteen thirties was a new kind of music called "Swing." And the "King of Swing" was a clarinet player named Benny Goodman.
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