Very interesting, thanks! I stumbled upon this site a few weeks ago:<p><a href="https://tradingpithistory.com/" rel="nofollow">https://tradingpithistory.com/</a><p>The site is sometimes broken - and the book that it's advertising doesn't seem available on Amazon anymore. But some articles on the site do work:<p><a href="https://tradingpithistory.com/2020/12/kansas-city-board-of-trade-documentary-from-2006/" rel="nofollow">https://tradingpithistory.com/2020/12/kansas-city-board-of-t...</a><p>The above has fascinating embedded videos.
The American Stock Exchange (the "Curb Exchange") re-created their early days for this film.[1] See all the hand signals, and the history. Which is very funny. The Curb Exchange operated in New York City streets for well over two decades, until they finally got a building in 1921 and moved indoors.<p>[1] <a href="https://archive.org/details/md-87554-behind-the-ticker-tape-color-vwr" rel="nofollow">https://archive.org/details/md-87554-behind-the-ticker-tape-...</a>
Documentary 'Futures Past' covers the last days and some of the history of the open outcry system at the CME.<p><a href="https://m.imdb.com/title/tt2558596/" rel="nofollow">https://m.imdb.com/title/tt2558596/</a><p>It has a lot of other wonderful themes as well. I love this movie.