The Unshakable Man

Name: The Unshakable Man
Genre: Western
Released: 1962-05-06
Duration: 25 min
Rating: 9.2
Cast: Tony Martin, Parley Baer, Robert Carricart

Episode aired May 6, 1962
TV-PGTV-PG
25min

S10.E24

The story of Amadeo Gianni and his creating of the Bank of America from a small institution to the largest financial savings in the world. A major focus is surviving the ruin of San Francisc... Read allThe story of Amadeo Gianni and his creating of the Bank of America from a small institution to the largest financial savings in the world. A major focus is surviving the ruin of San Francisco during the 1906 earthquake.The story of Amadeo Gianni and his creating of the Bank of America from a small institution to the largest financial savings in the world. A major focus is surviving the ruin of San Francisco during the 1906 earthquake.

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Genre
- Western
Certificate
- TV-PG
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Trivia
Immediately after the earthquake, Amadeo Pietro Giannini (1870-1949) moved his bank's cash from the bank vault to his home outside of the fire zone. He used a garbage wagon, and hid the money underneath the garbage. Immediately after the earthquake and fires, he did run his operation from a plank placed on two barrels, and made loans on a handshake deal to those who wanted to rebuild. 1909 legislation allowed branch banking, and Bank of Italy eventually had hundreds of branches throughout California. In 1928, Bank of Italy and Bank of America merged, with the new name Bank of America National Trust and Savings Bank.

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40 yr BankAmerican Loved this Episode!

I am a retired 40 yr BankAmerican who loved this Episode. Obviously I am prejudiced, but AP Giannini, the founder of Bank of Italy, was our hero. I was a a Training Officer for Bank of America, and always showed our 16mm Film to all of our Management Trainees, to give them an idea of the heritage of Bank of America that they were now embarking on. Yes, it is a very old video, now from Death Valley Days, but still a great historical film of how Bank of America grew, to the largest bank in the United States, from it's humble beginnings of Bank of Italy!

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