The Dust Bowl

Contrasts past and present conditions of the Dust Bowl area of the Southern Great Plains. Provides newsreel footage of the area during the dust storms period of the early 1930's. Interviews residents in Dalhart, Texas, who weathered the dry years and now look forward to the future. Shows how the National Farm Program introduced conservation measures to save and restore the area., Contrasts past and present conditions of the Dust Bowl area of the Southern Great Plains. Provides newsreel footage of the area during the dust storms period of the early 1930s. Interviews residents in Dalhart, Texas, who weathered the dry years and now look forward to the future. Shows how the National Farm Program introduced conservation measures to save and restore the area. Narrated by Walter Cronkite.

Credits

Directed by
Mel Stuart
Complete catalog record
Contrasts past and present conditions of the Dust Bowl area of the Southern Great Plains. Provides newsreel footage of the area during the dust storms period of the early 1930's. Interviews residents in Dalhart, Texas, who weathered the dry years and now look forward to the future. Shows how the National Farm Program introduced conservation measures to save and restore the area., NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.

Related films

Sources

  1. 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, year, creator, length, format, color, sound, description, catalog record
  2. Wikidata · Q123303777 ↗ — country, credits