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The Dust Bowl

The Great Plow-Up

The southern Plains were rapidly turned from grasslands to wheat fields.

11/18/2012 | Expires 01/01/2026 | Rating NR

FromKen Burns

The Great Plow-Up
The Dust Bowl

The Great Plow-Up

Episode 1 | 1h 55m 15sVideo has Closed Captions

The southern Plains were rapidly turned from grasslands to wheat fields.

The grasslands of the southern Plains were rapidly turned into wheat fields. Then following the early years of the drought, storms killed crops and livestock and literally rearranged the landscape. The worst storm of them all was on April 14, 1935—Black Sunday—a searing experience for everyone caught in it, including a young songwriter from Pampa, Texas, named Woody Guthrie.

11/18/2012 | Expires 01/01/2026 | Rating NR

FromKen Burns

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The Dust Bowl

The Great Plow-Up

Episode 1 | 1h 55m 15sVideo has Closed Captions

The grasslands of the southern Plains were rapidly turned into wheat fields. Then following the early years of the drought, storms killed crops and livestock and literally rearranged the landscape. The worst storm of them all was on April 14, 1935—Black Sunday—a searing experience for everyone caught in it, including a young songwriter from Pampa, Texas, named Woody Guthrie.

11/18/2012 | Expires 01/01/2026 | Rating NR

FromKen Burns

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