American Experience: The Bombing of Wall Street

On September 16, 1920, as the bells of Trinity Church tolled and hundreds of Wall Street as workers headed out for their noontime break, an explosion struck outside the headquarters of J.P. Morgan and Company - the world's most powerful banking institution. The blast turned the nation's financial center into a war zone and left 38 dead and hundreds more seriously injured. As financial institutions around the country went on high alert, many wondered if this was the strike against American capitalism that radical agitators had so long discussed. This American Experience examines one of the worst terrorist attacks in U.S. history, an event that helped launch the career of a young J. Edgar Hoover and sparked a bitter national debate about how far the government should go to protect the nation from acts of political violence.

Producer: Michael Rossi, Vanessa Ruiz, Susan Bellows
Executive Producer: Mark Samels
Production Year: 2017
Copyright Year: 2018
Director: Susan Bellows
Narrator: Oliver Platt
Writers: Susan Bellows
Discs: 1
Subtitles: Y
Subtitle Language: English
Language track: English
Audio Format: 5.1 Surround
Aspect Ratio: 16x9 Widescreen