The Best Prohibition & the Depression Documentaries

History - 16 free documentaries about prohibition & the depression.

Start with The Great Depression - America's Biggest Economic Crisis (55 min, Free Documentary), then Black Tuesday: The People Who Lived Through The Great Depression (82 min, Timeline). All 16 documentaries here are free to watch from their makers' official uploads. To read deeper, the top-rated book on prohibition & the depression is The Worst Hard Time by Timothy Egan.

• The Great Depression - America's Biggest Economic Crisis (55 min, Free Documentary - History)
• Black Tuesday: The People Who Lived Through The Great Depression | When The World Breaks (82 min, Timeline - World History Documentaries)
• How The Great Depression Helped Drive The World Towards Fascism | Impossible Peace (50 min, Timeline - World History Documentaries)
• Why Sugar Became The Signature Of 1930s Britain | Turn Back Time: The High Street (57 min, Absolute History)
• Al Capone: Scarface (S1, E1) | Biography (43 min, HISTORY)
• The Downfall of Al Capone: America's First Superstar Gangster (41 min, Our History)
• The 1930s in Colour - Countdown to War | Part 2 (45 min, Free Documentary - History)
• The 1930s in Colour - Countdown to War | Part 1 (45 min, Free Documentary - History)
• How Hitler Exploited The Great Depression To Seize Power | Titans Of The 20th Century (50 min, Timeline - World History Documentaries)
• The 1930s in Colour - Countdown to War | Part 3 (45 min, Free Documentary - History)
• How Al Capone Ordered The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre (Facts Exposed) (61 min, Real Crime)
• Al Capone & Arnold Rothstein, Kings of Prohibition (84 min, Our History)
• Was Billy Kimber England's Very Own Al Capone? (47 min, Our History)
• Lessons from the Dust Bowl w/ Ken Burns (Live YouTube Event) (68 min, PBS)
• PBS Previews: Prohibition -- from Ken Burns and Lynn Novick (26 min, PBS)
• 10 Colorized Videos That Bring American History to Life 🏛️ Smithsonian Channel (25 min, Smithsonian Channel)

Top-Rated Books About Prohibition & the Depression

1. The Worst Hard Time by Timothy Egan - View on Amazon
2. Last Call by Daniel Okrent - View on Amazon
3. Seabiscuit by Laura Hillenbrand (3.4/5) - View on Amazon