Catalog - The City Library

Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Title:

The dust bowl [videorecording] / a production of Florentine Films and WETA Television ; a film by Ken Burns ; produced by Dayton Duncan, Ken Burns and Julie Dunfey ; written by Dayton Duncan.

Publisher, Date:

[United States] : PBS, c2012.

Description:

2 videodiscs (240 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Summary:

Ken Burns documents the worst man-made ecological disaster in American history, when a frenzied wheat boom on the southern Plains, followed by a decade-long drought during the 1930s, nearly swept away the breadbasket of the nation. Vivid interviews, dramatic photographs, and seldom-seen movie footage bring to life incredible stories of human suffering and perseverance. Includes bonus features.

Target Audience Note:

TV-PG.

Subjects:

Dust Bowl Era, 1931-1939.

Historical television programs.

Nonfiction television programs.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.

United States -- History -- 1919-1933.

United States -- History -- 1933-1945.

United States -- Social conditions -- 1918-1932.

United States -- Social conditions -- 1933-1945.