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Ken Burns's The dust bowl. Episode 1, The great plow up / produced by Dayton Duncan, Ken Burns, Julie Dunfey.

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Format:
Video
Contributor:
Burns, Ken, 1953- producer, director.
Duncan, Dayton, producer.
Dunfey, Julie, producer.
Florentine Films, production company.
Series:
Academic Video Online
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Droughts--Great Plains--History--20th century.
Droughts.
Dust Bowl Era, 1931-1939.
Dust storms--Great Plains--History--20th century.
Dust storms.
United States--History--1919-1933.
United States.
United States--History--1933-1945.
Genre:
Documentary films.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (114 min.)
Place of Publication:
Arlington, VA : Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), 2012.
Language Note:
In English.
System Details:
data file
Summary:
In the first episode of Ken Burns' THE DUST BOWL, feel the full force of the worst manmade environmental disaster in America's history as survivors recall the terror of the dust storms, the desperation of hungry families and how they managed to find hope even as the earth and heavens seemed to turn against them.
Notes:
Title from resource description page (viewed May 22, 2015).
OCLC:
910680554
Publisher Number:
ASP2800466/marc

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