The bombing of Wall Street [DVD video]

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Title:

Added Author:

Bellows, Susan, screenwriter, television director, television producer.

Rossi, Michael, 1976- television producer.

Platt, Oliver, narrator.

Television adaptation of (work) : Gage, Beverly. Day Wall Street exploded.

Edition:

Widescreen.

Publication Date:

2018

Publication Information:

[Arlington, Virginia] : PBS, [2018]

[Arlington, Virginia] : PBS Distribution, [2018]

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.

ISBN:

9781627897822

Abstract:

On Sept. 16, 1920, a cart packed with dynamite exploded in front of Morgan Bank, leaving 38 dead and hundreds more seriously injured in the nation's financial center. The Bombing of Wall Street tells the story of an early act of terror that remains unsolved today and sparked a bitter national debate about how far the government should go to protect the nation from acts of political violence.

General Note:

Documentary.

Wide screen

Aspect ratio: 16x9.

"Based in part on the book 'The Day Wall Street Exploded : a story of America in its first age of terror' by Beverly Gage."

Originally produced as an episode of the television series: American experience.

Performers:

Narrator, Oliver Platt.

Technical Details:

DVD; NTSC, Region 1; widescreen presentation; 5.1 surround.

Personal Subject:

Hoover, J. Edgar (John Edgar), 1895-1972.