The Dust bowl

United States, 1960

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Episode of Series “The Twentieth century”.
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. Narrated by Walter Cronkite.

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Credits

producer

Burton Benjamin

director

Mel Stuart

production company

CBS News

Duration

00:26:00:00

Production places
United States
Production dates
1960

Appears in

The Twentieth century

Group of items

The Twentieth century

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

320516

Language

English

Subject categories

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Great Plains

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → United States - Description and travel

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Dust storms

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Natural disasters

History → United States - History

Places → Great Plains

Short films

Short films → Short films - United States

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Sound

Colour

Black and White

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

16mm film; Preservation Print (Section 5)

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