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  Title

  The dust bowl [videorecording]

  Author

  Burns, Ken, 1953-  

  Publisher:

  PBS Distribution,

  Pub date:

  c2012.

  Pages:

  2 videodiscs (ca. 4 hrs.) :

  ISBN:

  9781608837182

  Item info:

  1 copy available at Sugar Grove Campus --Todd Library.
  

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    Sugar Grove Campus --Todd Library	Copies	Material	Location	Map
    F595 .D87 2012 DISC 1-2	1	DVD 3-Day Circulation	Circulation Desk

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  Title:

  The dust bowl [videorecording] / a Florentine Films production ; directed by Ken Burns ; written by Dayton Duncan ; produced by Dayton Duncan, Ken Burns and Julie Dunfey ; produced in association with WETA Washington, DC ; [a film by Ken Burns].

  Publication info:

  [United States] : PBS Distribution, c2012.

  Physical description:

  2 videodiscs (ca. 4 hrs.) : sd., col., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.

  Contents:

  Episode 1. The great plow up -- Episode 2. Reaping the whirlwind.

  Contents:

  Special features: Disc 1. Land of haze : [featurette on Hazel Lucas Shaw of Boise City, Okla.] (15 min.) -- Dust Bowl stories : [excerpts from interviews with survivors of the Dust Bowl] (31 min.) -- Uncovering the Dust Bowl (6 min.). -- Disc. 2. Grab a root and growl (12 min.) -- The Dust Bowl eyewitnesses (7 min.) -- The Dust Bowl legacy (5 min.).

  Credits:

  Edited by Craig Mellish and Ryan Gifford ; cinematography, Buddy Squires, Stephen McCarthy.

  Performer:

  Narrated by Peter Coyote ; voice overs, Carolyn McCormick, Patricia Clarkson, Amy Madigan, Kevin Conway.

  Summary:

  Ken Burns documents the worst human-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.

  Audience:

  MPAA rating: Not rated ; TV-PG.

  Held by:

  TODD

  Subject term:

  Dust Bowl Era, 1931-1939.

  Geographic term:

  United States--History--1919-1933.

  Geographic term:

  United States--History--1933-1945.

  Geographic term:

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

  Geographic term:

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

  Added Entry-Personal Name:

  Burns, Ken, 1953-

  Added Entry-Personal Name:

  Duncan, Dayton.

  Added Entry-Personal Name:

  Dunfey, Julie.

  Added Entry-Personal Name:

  Mellish, Craig.

  Added Entry-Personal Name:

  Gifford, Ryan.

  Added Entry-Personal Name:

  Squires, Buddy.

  Added Entry-Personal Name:

  McCarthy, Stephen, cinematographer.

  Added Entry-Personal Name:

  Coyote, Peter.

  Added Entry-Personal Name:

  McCormick, Carolyn.

  Added Entry-Personal Name:

  Clarkson, Patricia.

  Added Entry-Personal Name:

  Madigan, Amy.

  Added Entry-Personal Name:

  Conway, Kevin.

  Added Entry-Corporate Name:

  Florentine Films.

  Added Entry-Corporate Name:

  WETA-TV (Television station : Washington, D.C.)

  Added Entry-Corporate Name:

  PBS Distribution (Firm)

  HTTP:

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