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The Dust Bowl

The Dust Bowl
The Great Plow-Up
Ep1 | 1h 55m 15s
The southern Plains were rapidly turned from grasslands to wheat fields.
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The Great Plow-Up
Ep1 | 1h 55m 15s
The Dust Bowl
Reaping the Whirlwind
Ep2 | 1h 55m 45s
The storms and the Great Depression continued.
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Reaping the Whirlwind
Ep2 | 1h 55m 45s
The Dust Bowl
First Look | A Storm is Coming
Preview: S1 | 20s
The Dust Bowl was the worst man made ecological disaster in American History.
First Look | A Storm is Coming
Preview: S1 | 20s
The Dust Bowl
Reaping the Whirlwind | Preview
Preview: Ep2 | 30s
Experience the conservation efforts to bring farms back to life
Reaping the Whirlwind | Preview
Preview: Ep2 | 30s

The Dust Bowl chronicles the worst man-made ecological disaster in American history.

The Dust Bowl chronicles the worst man-made ecological disaster in American history, in which the frenzied wheat boom of the Great Plow-Up, followed by a decade-long drought during the 1930s nearly swept away the breadbasket of the nation.

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The Dust Bowl
The Great Plow-Up
Ep1 | 1h 55m 15s
The southern Plains were rapidly turned from grasslands to wheat fields.
WHUT Passport
This video is currently available with WHUT Passport.
Become A Member Learn More
The Great Plow-Up
Ep1 | 1h 55m 15s
The Dust Bowl
Reaping the Whirlwind
Ep2 | 1h 55m 45s
The storms and the Great Depression continued.
WHUT Passport
This video is currently available with WHUT Passport.
Become A Member Learn More
Reaping the Whirlwind
Ep2 | 1h 55m 45s
The Dust Bowl
First Look | A Storm is Coming
Preview: S1 | 20s
The Dust Bowl was the worst man made ecological disaster in American History.
First Look | A Storm is Coming
Preview: S1 | 20s

Funding is provided by Bank of America, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations, National Endowment for the Humanities, The Rockefeller Foundation, Wallace Genetic Foundation and members of …

Funding is provided by Bank of America, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations, National Endowment for the Humanities, The Rockefeller Foundation, Wallace Genetic Foundation and members of The Better Angels Society, including the Dana A. Hamel Family Charitable Trust and Robert and Beverly Grappone.

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