Episode
Frontline: Breaking the Bank
Overview
In 1984, there were more bank failures in the US than at any time since the Great Depression. Correspondent Judy Woodruff investigates one of the largest banks that failed, Penn Square in Oklahoma City, and another which nearly failed, Continental Illinois in Chicago, to examine the implications on the nation's banking system.
Details
- Series
- Frontline
- Season
- Season 3
- Episode
- Episode 21
- Air date
- 1985-05-28
Episode context
Breaking the Bank is Episode 21 in Season 3 of Frontline. It aired on 1985-05-28.
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