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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 Dust Bowl Season 1
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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.
Behind the Scenes | Making The Dust Bowl
6:45
Behind the Scenes | Making The Dust Bowl
Ken Burns, Dayton Duncan, Julie Dunfey and Susan Shumaker talk about making The Dust Bowl.
Extended Trailer
1:43
Extended Trailer
The Dust Bowl chronicles the worst man-made ecological disaster in American history
Official Trailer
0:30
Official Trailer
Feel the full force of the worst manmade environmental disaster in America’s history.
Behind the Scenes | Uncovering the Dust Bowl
5:55
Behind the Scenes | Uncovering the Dust Bowl
Ken Burns and Dayton Duncan discuss making The Dust Bowl
Bonus Material | Trixie Travis Brown: Almost Moving to Idaho
1:10
Bonus Material | Trixie Travis Brown: Almost Moving to Idaho
Trixie Travis Brown Talks About Almost Moving to Idaho.
The Wheat Bubble Burst
7:02
The Wheat Bubble Burst
The stock market crashed on what came to be called Black Tuesday.
Bonus Material | Trixie Travis Brown Talks About Black Sunday
0:33
Bonus Material | Trixie Travis Brown Talks About Black Sunday
Trixie Travis Brown talks about Black Sunday.
Bonus Material | Trixie Travis Brown: Dust Storms
0:35
Bonus Material | Trixie Travis Brown: Dust Storms
Trixie Travis Brown talks about dust storms.
Low Valued Wheat
1:56
Low Valued Wheat
Even thought wheat prices had plummeted, farmers went back to work in the fall.
Lessons Learned
3:26
Lessons Learned
What have we learned from the Dust Bowl?
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