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The Dust Bowl

Type
Label
The Dust Bowl
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
Rated TVPG
Main title
The Dust Bowl
Medium
electronic resource
Runtime
240
Series statement
PBS
Summary
Survey the causes of the worst man-made ecological disaster in American history, when the frenzied wheat boom of the "Great Plow-Up," followed by a decade-long drought during the 1930s, nearly swept away the breadbasket of the nation. See vivid interviews with 26 survivors of those hard times, combined with dramatic photographs and seldom-seen movie footage, that bring to life stories of incredible human suffering and equally incredible perseverance. The documentary is also a morality tale about our relationship to the land that sustains us - a lesson we ignore at our peril
Target audience
adult
Technique
live action
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