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The Big Board (1958)

1958 · Ephemeral film · 13 min

Synopsis

Presents a study of the working procedures of the New York Stock Exchange. Includes scenes showing the activities of exchange brokers and bidders.

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Running time
13 minutes
Collection
Prelinger Archives

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★★ · Stocks made boring. · Spuzz · 2018-02-28

Fairly numbing overview of how stock trading works. I was curious about why the NewYork Stock Exchange floor was shown in Black and White, where the rest was in (very nice) Eastman Color. I did like the set ups in the color sequences as well, reminding us that this is a 60's film. But other than that...