When Ireland's Banks Shut for Six Months in 1970 (Money Episode Short)

On May 1, 1970, the staff of Ireland's four biggest banks walked out, and the branches stayed shut until November 17. Shops and pubs took checks that nobody could cash for months, and one publican near Dublin said he was not worried because he knew who signed them. The cover photograph shows New York police telling depositors their bank was closed in 1933, from the New York World-Telegram and Sun collection at the Library of Congress. Full credits are in the main episode's description. The full story is the money episode of What Comes Next.