The dust bowl
(2012)

Nonfiction

DVD

Call Numbers:
DVD/973.917/DUST

Availability

Locations Call Number Status
Nonfiction DVDs DVD/973.917/DUST Available

Details

PUBLISHED
[United States] : PBS, [2012]
©2012
DESCRIPTION

2 videodiscs (240 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in

ISBN/ISSN
9781608837182 DUSB600, 1608837181, 1608837181 :, 841887017213
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

Special features: behind the scenes ; deleted scenes ; additional interviews

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

Cinematography, Buddy Squires and Stephen McCarthy ; editors, Craig Mellish and Ryan Gifford

Narrated by Peter Coyote

TV-PG

DVD, widescreen, described video

English (5.1 surround) or Spanish (audio 2.0) dialogue; English and Spanish SDH (subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired)

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