American Experience The Bombing of Wall Street (Season 30, Episode 4)
TV Episode | 53 min | Documentary, Biography, History

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American Experience

The Bombing of Wall Street (Season 30, Episode 4)

TV Episode | 53 min | Documentary, Biography, History

The Wall Street bombing occurred at 12:01 pm on September 16, 1920, in the Financial District of Manhattan, NYC. The blast killed 30 people immediately and another eight died later of wounds sustained in the blast.

Director

Susan Bellows

Writers

Susan Bellows | Beverly Gage (based in part on the book The Day Wall Street Exploded)

Producers

Susan Bellows | Michael Rossi

Cinematographer

Stephen McCarthy

Editors

Glenn Fukushima | Eric Gulliver

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Edit Released

Updated Feb 13, 2018

Release date

Feb 13, 2018 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

Nominated for 1 Oscar Award. Another 84 wins & 128 nominations

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Cast	+ Add Cast
7 cast members

Name	Known for
Oliver Platt Narrator (voice) Narrator (voice) See fewer	The Three Musketeers (1993)
Beverly Gage Self - Professor of 20th-Century American History Self - Professor of 20th-Century American History See fewer	MLK/FBI (2020)
Steve Fraser Self - Historian, Author of 'Wall Street: America's Dream Palace' Self - Historian, Author of 'Wall Street: America's Dream Palace' See fewer	The King (II) (2017)
James Robert Green Self - Professor of History, University of Massachusetts Boston Self - Professor of History, University of Massachusetts Boston See fewer	American Experience (1988)
Charles McCormick Self - Historian Self - Historian See fewer	American Experience (1988)
Bruce Watson Self - Author of 'Bread and Roses: Mills, Migrants, and the Struggle for the American Dream' Self - Author of 'Bread and Roses: Mills, Migrants, and the Struggle for the American Dream' See fewer	Freedom Summer (2014)
Kenneth Ackerman Self - Author of 'Young J. Edgar: Hoover and the Red Scare, 1919-1920' Self - Author of 'Young J. Edgar: Hoover and the Red Scare, 1919-1920' See fewer	Trotsky in New York