The Dust Bowl
Record details
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (2 video files (ca. 240 min.)) : sd., col.
remote
electronic resource
electronic - Publisher: [United States] : PBS : Made available through hoopla, 2015.
Content descriptions
Formatted Contents Note: | Episode 1 The Great Plow Up Episode 2 Reaping the Whirlwind. |
Restrictions on Access Note: | Digital content provided by hoopla. |
Creation/Production Credits Note: | Directed by Ken Burns. |
Participant or Performer Note: | Narrated by Peter Coyote ; voice overs, Carolyn McCormick, Patricia Clarkson, Amy Madigan, Kevin Conway. |
Summary, etc.: | 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 Note: | Not rated. |
System Details Note: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |