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Reaping the Whirlwind
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1:55:45
Season 1 Episode 2
Reaping the Whirlwind
The storms and the Great Depression continued.
The Great Plow-Up
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1:55:15
Season 1 Episode 1
The Great Plow-Up
The southern Plains were rapidly turned from grasslands to wheat fields.
Reaping the Whirlwind | Preview
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Reaping the Whirlwind | Preview
Experience the conservation efforts to bring farms back to life
Making The Dust Bowl | Eyewitnesses
6:45
Making The Dust Bowl | Eyewitnesses
Ken Burns, Dayton Duncan, Julie Dunfey and Susan Shumaker talk about making The Dust Bowl.
Extended Look
1:43
Extended Look
The Dust Bowl chronicles the worst man-made ecological disaster in American history
First Look | Just Like Midnight
0:20
First Look | Just Like Midnight
With the dust storms, midday turned into midnight.
First Look | Suffocating Blackness
0:20
First Look | Suffocating Blackness
The dust storms were so severe they could suffocate those trapped out of doors.
Official Trailer
0:30
Official Trailer
Feel the full force of the worst manmade environmental disaster in America’s history.
First Look | End of the World's Coming
0:20
First Look | End of the World's Coming
Those caught in the dust thought the end of the world was upon them.
Making The Dust Bowl | Uncovering the Dust Bowl
5:55
Making The Dust Bowl | Uncovering the Dust Bowl
Ken Burns and Dayton Duncan discuss making The Dust Bowl
First Look | A Storm is Coming
0:20
First Look | A Storm is Coming
The Dust Bowl was the worst man made ecological disaster in American History.
Tex Pace
5:08
Tex Pace
Tex Pace left the panhandle for CA and worked as a orange picker near Visalia, CA
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