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New deal documentaries: the plow that broke the plains. The River. The Power and the land. The New frontier

United States
film

THE PLOW THAT BROKE THE LAND (Dir: Pare Lorentz): The subject is the tragedy of the Dust Bowl in the Midwest - productive land lost through poor management mo..

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