The Great Depression (1998) | Full Cast

Mario Cuomo

Host

Howard Zinn

Self (author)

Erik Barnouw

Self (author)

Orson Welles

Self (discusses War Of The Worlds broadcast) (uncredited) (archiveFootage)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Self (opens World's Fair on 1939 TV broadcast) (uncredited) (archiveFootage)

Francisco Franco

Self (views parade from balcony) (uncredited) (archiveFootage)

Eleanor Roosevelt

Self (uncredited) (archiveFootage)

Calvin Coolidge

Self (in car with Hoover) (uncredited) (archiveFootage)

Herbert Hoover

Self (uncredited) (archiveFootage)

Fiorello LaGuardia

Self (uncredited) (archiveFootage)

Pretty Boy Floyd

Self (corpse, with triumphant police) (uncredited) (archiveFootage)

Huey Long

Self (uncredited) (archiveFootage)