Witness History: Archive 2012 - The Wall Street Crash

On October 24 1929, the New York Stock Exchange began to plummet.

It would continue to fall for more than two years and when it finally settled - America had entered the Great Depression.

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Published on Wednesday, 24th October 2012.

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