TY - ADVS AU - Burns,Ken AU - Clarkson,Patricia AU - Conway,Kevin AU - Coyote,Peter AU - Duncan,Dayton AU - Dunfey,Julie AU - Gifford,Ryan AU - Madigan,Amy AU - McCarthy,Stephen AU - McCormick,Carolyn AU - Mellish,Craig AU - Squires,Buddy ED - Florentine Films. ED - PBS Distribution (Firm) ED - WETA-TV (Television station : Washington, D.C.) TI - The dust bowl SN - 1608837181 PY - 2012/// CY - [United States] PB - PBS Distribution KW - Dust Bowl Era, 1931-1939 KW - United States KW - History KW - 1919-1933 KW - 1933-1945 KW - Social conditions KW - 1918-1932 KW - Documentary television programs KW - lcgft KW - Historical television programs KW - Nonfiction television programs KW - Video recordings for people with visual disabilities KW - Video recordings for the hearing impaired N1 - Originally broadcast in 2012 on PBS; Special features: Disc 1. Land of haze : [featurette on Hazel Lucas Shaw of Boise City, Okla.] (15 min.); Dust Bowl stories : [excerpts from interviews with survivors of the Dust Bowl] (31 min.); Uncovering the Dust Bowl (6 min.). -- Disc. 2. Grab a root and growl (12 min.); The Dust Bowl eyewitnesses (7 min.); The Dust Bowl legacy (5 min.); Episode 1; The great plow up --; Episode 2; Reaping the whirlwind; Special features; Disc 1; Land of haze : [featurette on Hazel Lucas Shaw of Boise City, Okla.]; (15 min.) --; Dust Bowl stories : [excerpts from interviews with survivors of the Dust Bowl]; (31 min.) --; Uncovering the Dust Bowl; (6 min.). --; Disc. 2; Grab a root and growl; (12 min.) --; The Dust Bowl eyewitnesses; (7 min.) --; The Dust Bowl legacy; (5 min.); Edited by Craig Mellish and Ryan Gifford ; cinematography, Buddy Squires, Stephen McCarthy; Narrated by Peter Coyote ; voice overs, Carolyn McCormick, Patricia Clarkson, Amy Madigan, Kevin Conway; MPAA rating: Not rated ; TV-PG N2 - Ken Burns documents the worst human-made ecological disaster in American history, when a frenzied wheat boom on the southern Plains, followed by a decade-long drought during the 1930s, nearly swept away the breadbasket of the nation. Vivid interviews, dramatic photographs, and seldom-seen movie footage bring to life incredible stories of human suffering and perseverance. Includes bonus features ER -