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On Black Friday 1929, the dream of a recovery for everyone crashes and burns.

11 November 1918. The Great War is finally over. A new era is about to start. Amidst the grief, disappointment and old fears, new dreams and hopes are now emerging but so too are new hatreds.

鈥淐lash of Futures鈥 explores the dramatic era of the 1920s and 鈥30s following the fates of extraordinary men and women using their own diary entries, letters and memoirs. These are people drawn into the war by their convictions, who with their loves and decisions bring the history of Europe with all its contradictions to life.

While a small upper-class minority enjoys the "Roaring Twenties", millions of people live in misery in city slums. Towards the end of 1927, a new financial product from America arrives in Europe: consumer credit. On Black Friday 1929, the dream of a recovery for everyone crashes and burns. US banks withdraw their money and call in their loans.

11 Samhain, 1918. Tha An Cogadh M貌r seachad mu dheireadh thall. Toiseach linn 霉r. Am measg caoidh, briseadh-d霉il agus seann eagail, tha bruadair is d貌chas a' nochdadh 脿s 霉r, ach tha agus fuathan 霉ra cuideachd.

Tha "Eadar Na Dh脿" a' toirt s霉il air na ficheadan 's na tritheadan, a' leantainn sgeulachdan fir is mnathan s貌nraichte tro na leabhraichean-latha, litrichean is aithrisean aca fh猫in. Tharraing na beachdan aca an fheadhainn seo dhan chogadh agus tha sgeulachd nan co-dh霉naidhean is nan gr脿dhan aca a' toirt sealladh air eachdraidh thoinnte na h-E貌rpa.

Ged a tha 脿ireamh beag de dh'uaislean air splaoid tro na "Roaring Twenties", tha na milleanan be貌 ann an bochdainn ann an slumaichean sna bailtean. Faisg air deireadh 1927, tha goireas ionmhais 脿 Ameireaga a' ruighinn na h-E貌rpa: creideas ceannachd. Chaidh an d貌chas gu leasaicheadh c霉isean dhaibh uile a sgrios air Black Friday ann an 1929. Tharraing bancaichean Ameireaga an cuid ionmhais air falbh agus dh'iarr iad an iasadan air ais.

Dubbed in Gaelic with English subtitles

52 minutes

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Role Contributor
Narrator Tormod Macleod
Narrator Fiona Maclennan
Producer Ann Morrison
Executive Producer Ishbel Maclennan

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