Originally broadcast on Feb. 17, 2009, as an episode of the PBS television series Frontline.

Introduction -- First tremors -- Deal to save Bear Stearns -- Next crisis: Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac -- Let Lehman fail -- As markets start crashing -- Contagion goes global -- Credits.

Narrator, Will Lyman; commentators include Joe Nocera, Christopher Dodd, Barney Frank, Alan Greenberg, David Faber, Kate Kelly, Bill Bamber, Jeffrey Lane, Bryan Burrough, Gretchen Morgenson, Jon Hilsenrath, Alan Schwartz, John Cassidy, Paul Krugman, Mark Landler, Charles Duhigg, Mark Gertler, Peter Schiff, Thomas Ollquist, Michael Petrucelli, Adam Davidson, Michael Greenberger, Nick Ashooh, Martin Feldstein, Sheila Bair.

Frontline investigates the causes of the worst economic crisis in 70 years and how the government responded. The film chronicles the inside stories of the Bear Stearns deal, the Lehman Brothers collapse, the propping up of insurance giant AIG and the $700 billion bailout.

DVD; Region 1; Stereo.

Closed-captioned.