- Title: F-5004v
- Summary: THE PLOW THAT BROKE THE PLAINS: THE SOCIAL & ECONOMIC HISTORY OF THE GREAT PLAINS FROM THE SETTLEMENT OF THE PRAIRIES BY CATTLEMEN & FARMS THROUGH THE WWI BOOM TO THE YEARS OF DEPRESSION & DROUGHT. CONTRASTS THE PLAINS AS A PARADISE FOR CATTLE & GRAIN TO THE HOT, DROUGHT AREA WHERE NOTHING CAN LIVE OR GROW.
- Description:02:00:31 - HORSE DRAWN PLOW; FARM HOUSE; WOMAN SWEEPING STEPS 02:01:45 - TRACTOR; HEADLINES ON WAR & STOCK MARKET; TILLING FIELD 02:04:14 - GRAIN HARVEST; CARGO SHIPS; TRACTORS; TANKS; ELECTION PARTY 02:05:47 - WING BLOWING THROUGH WHEAT FIELD; HARVESTER 02:08:24 - TICKER TAPE; GRAIN; JAZZ DRUMMER 02:08:50 - DROUGHT; CATTLE BONES; FARM EQUIPMENT; DUST BOWL; FARM WINDMILL; WIND; SAND BLOWING 02:13:25 - FAMILY PACKING TRUCK LEAVING HOMESTEAD; MIGRANT CARAVAN;DEPRESSION 02:16:13 - Abandoned farm and desolate dust bowl imagery 02:17:00 - End.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1936
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1930s
- File Name: F-5004v