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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: WGBH BOSTON VIDEO
EAN: 0783421418196
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Label: WGBH Boston
Manufacturer: WGBH Boston
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: WGBH Boston
Region Code: 1
Release Date: April 24, 2007
Running Time: 55 minutes
Sales Rank: 5734
Studio: WGBH Boston
Theatrical Release Date: 1998
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Product Description:
In 1931 the rains stopped and the "black blizzards" began. Powerful dust storms carrying millions of tons of stinging blinding black dirt swept across the Southern Plains--the panhandles of Texas and Oklahoma western Kansas and the eastern portions of Colorado and New Mexico. Topsoil that had taken a thousand years per inch to build suddenly blew away in only minutes. One journalist traveling through the devastated region dubbed it the "Dust Bowl."This American Experience film presents the remarkable story of the determined people who clung to their homes and way of life enduring drought dust disease--even death--for nearly a decade. Less well-known than those who sought refuge in California typified by the Joad family in John Steinbeck's "The Grapes of Wrath" the Dust Bowlers who stayed overcame an almost unbelievable series of calamities and disasters.System Requirements:Running Time: 56 Mins.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DOCUMENTARIES/MISC. Age: 7+ UPC: 783421418196 Manufacturer No: WG41819
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Rating:  -
A well produced television special on the Dust Bowl. Though somewhat incomplete in its depiction of the Dust Bowl, Surviving the Dust Bowl gives a very good over view of that drastic event in U.S. history. It works very well as a tool to give modern students a perspective on 1930s American history and its implications to present day. While it does seem to lack in-depth analysis, I don't think that should dissuade people, as there is only so much a producer can do in a 50 minute television program. ... Read More
Rating:  -
Before watching this film, I have a vague impression of the Dust Bowl. After watching this film, I still don't have a deep feeling and understanding about this.
Yes, we know dirt storms sweep the Southern Plains in 1931 and several years after. Rain stops and the land can not be farmed any more. Many people are forced to leave for survival. Through the interview with the survivors at that time and some videos, we know what exactly happen there and the related impacts.
But why ... Read More
Rating:  -
With the title, "Surviving the Dust Bowl," I was pleased to learn that 3/4 of the residents in that region stayed, something I never knew. However, I would have liked for this work to speak more about how to survive in a disaster area, how to make ends meet, and how to keep one's sanity.
The work is diverse in terms of gender. Because many Native Americans live in that region, I wish they could have been brought up. Did they stay because reservations aren't mobile? It's never stated. The ... Read More
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