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Financial crisis of 1933
The 50th anniversary of the financial crisis of 1933 that caused President Roosevelt to demand that all of the banks across the United States close their doors.
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Fri 4 Mar 1983
21:00
成人快手 Radio 4
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Franklin D Roosevelt and the New Deal
A recollection of FDR's re-evaluation of the need for social reform.
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Remembering FDR
The 50th anniversary of the death of Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
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- Fri 4 Mar 1983 21:00成人快手 Radio 4
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