10-J: The History of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City

January. 01,2008

Rating：

5.5

Genre：

History Documentary

Keywords：

Kansas City Federal Reserve Pbs

Trailer Synopsis Cast

In 1913 Congress created the Federal Reserve to bring financial stability to the nation after a number of banking panics, with a mix of regional banks and a central bank board. Congressmen Robert L. Owen and Carter Glass helped pass the Federal Reserve Act with the help of compromises led by President Woodrow Wilson. The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City was begun in 1914, led by Jo Zach Miller, Jr., along with local bankers such as William T. Kemper. With the bank rapidly growing, about 1920 a new 21 story building was built at 9th and Grand that at one time held the offices of the Bureau of Investigation and President Harry S. Truman.

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Reviews

GamerTab

2008/01/01

That was an excellent one.

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Odelecol

2008/01/02

Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

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Hadrina

2008/01/03

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

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Zandra

2008/01/04

The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

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