America: The Story of the US Bust (Season 1, Episode 9)
TV-PG
TV Episode | 42 min | Documentary, History

America: The Story of the US

Bust (Season 1, Episode 9)

TV-PG

TV Episode | 42 min | Documentary, History

Boom turns to bust when the stock market crash ushers in the Great Depression. Dust storms blanket the Midwest in darkness. Roosevelt's New Deal signals recovery; thousands find work on projects like the Hoover Dam and Mount Rushmore.

Directors

Renny Bartlett | Marion Milne (series)

Composers

Stuart Fox | John E.R. Hardy

Cinematographer

Giulio Biccari

Production Designer

Sylvain Gingras

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Edit Released

Updated May 23, 2010

Release date

May 23, 2010 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

Won 1 Primetime Emmy Award. Another 6 nominations

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Cast	+ Add Cast
14 cast members

Name	Known for
Daniel Webb Narrator (voice) (version: International) (as Danny Webb) Narrator (voice) (version: International) (as Danny Webb) See fewer	America: The Story of the US (2010)
Jeannette Walls Self Self See fewer	The Glass Castle (2017)
Tom Brokaw Self Self See fewer	NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt (1970)
Donald Trump Self Self See fewer	The Apprentice (2004)
Brian Williams Self Self See fewer	NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt (1970)
James Meigs Self Self See fewer	Popular Mechanics: Saturday Mechanic (2012)
Bob Lutz Self Self See fewer	Wolf Hound (2022)
Alberto Camarillo Self (as Al Camarillo) Self (as Al Camarillo) See fewer	California and the American Dream (2005)
H.W. Brands Self Self See fewer	The American West (2016)
Al Sharpton Self (as Rev. Al Sharpton) Self (as Rev. Al Sharpton) See fewer	Mr. Deeds (2002)
Henry Louis Gates Jr. Self (as Henry Louis Gates) Self (as Henry Louis Gates) See fewer	12 Years a Slave (2013)
Michael Strahan Self Self See fewer	The Lego Ninjago Movie (2017)
Aoife Lennon-Ritchie Louise Walton (as a different name) Louise Walton (as a different name) See fewer	America: The Story of the US (2010)
Liev Schreiber Self - Narrator Self - Narrator See fewer	Spotlight (I) (2015)