The Dust Bowl

Name: The Dust Bowl
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2012-11-18
Cast: Patricia Clarkson, Peter Coyote, Carolyn McCormick

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Chronicles the worst man-made ecological disaster in American history, in which 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.

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StatusEnded

First AiredNovember 18, 2012

Last AiredNovember 19, 2012

Episode Runtime1sa 58dk

Seasons1

Episodes2

TypeMiniseries

Origin CountryUnited States

Original LanguageEnglish

Spoken LanguagesEnglish

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great depression dust storm 1930s

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S1 E2 • 11/19/2012

Reaping the Whirlwind

Black Sunday was only halfway through the decade-long crisis. The storms continued. The Great Depression still affected people. Government programs were instituted to help. Learn what FDR’s administration did to try to keep the southern Plains from becoming a North American Sahara desert. Find out why some residents finally decided they had to give up and move somewhere else and how some held on.

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