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Surviving the Dust Bowl [videorecording] / with David McCullough ; Steward/Gazit Productions, Inc. film for American Experience ; written and produced by Chana Gazit - [Boston] : WGBH Boston Video, 2007. - 1 videodisc (ca. 55 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.

Originally broadcast in 1998 as an episode of TV program American experience.

Co-produced and edited by David Steward ; music by Michael Bacon ; production coordinator/ researcher, Marilyn Ness. Co-produced and edited by David Steward ; music by Michael Bacon ; production coordinator/ researcher, Marilyn Ness.

Narrated by Liev Schreiber.

The drought of 1931 brought financial and emotional ruin to thousands of families in the Southern Plains. Dust Bowl was America's worst ecological disaster.


DVD, Dolby digital.


Closed-captioned.

ISBN: 1593757360 9781593757366

Standard No.: 783421418196

Publisher. No.: WG41819 WGBH Boston Video

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Dust Bowl Era, 1931-1939.
Environmental disasters--Southwestern States.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States--Economic conditions--1918-1945.
United States--History--1919-1933.
United States--History--1933-1945.
United States--Social conditions--1918-1932.
United States--Social conditions--1933-1945.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Documentary television programs.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.