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Extended Look

Extended Look

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First Look | Just Like Midnight

First Look | Just Like Midnight

First Look | Just Like Midnight

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First Look | Suffocating Blackness

First Look | Suffocating Blackness

First Look | Suffocating Blackness

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Official Trailer

Official Trailer

Official Trailer

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First Look | End of the World's Coming

First Look | End of the World's Coming

First Look | End of the World's Coming

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Making The Dust Bowl | Uncovering the Dust Bowl

Making The Dust Bowl | Uncovering the Dust Bowl

Making The Dust Bowl | Uncovering the Dust Bowl

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First Look | A Storm is Coming

First Look | A Storm is Coming

First Look | A Storm is Coming

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The Great Plow-Up

The Great Plow-Up

The Great Plow-Up

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Reaping the Whirlwind

Reaping the Whirlwind

Reaping the Whirlwind

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The Depression Comes to the Southern Plains

The Depression Comes to the Southern Plains

The Depression Comes to the Southern Plains

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The Dust Bowl Intro

The Dust Bowl Intro

The Dust Bowl Intro

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Robert Boots McCoy Talks About Burning Cow Chips

Robert Boots McCoy Talks About Burning Cow Chips

Robert Boots McCoy Talks About Burning Cow Chips

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The Dust Bowl

Making The Dust Bowl | Eyewitnesses

Ken Burns, Dayton Duncan, Julie Dunfey and Susan Shumaker talk about making The Dust Bowl, and how they discovered the incredible people to interview.

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Reaping the Whirlwind

Reaping the Whirlwind

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Season 1 Episode 2

Reaping the Whirlwind

The storms and the Great Depression continued.

The Great Plow-Up

The Great Plow-Up

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Season 1 Episode 1

The Great Plow-Up

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