- Title: F-A3912
- Summary: THE DUST BOWL: FOOTAGE OF THE 1930s DUST BOWL AND INTERVIEWS CIRCA 1960s WITH SURVIVORS. RESIDENTS DALHART, TEXAS THE CENTER OF THE DUST BOWL AREA ARE INTERVIEWED. ROUTE 66. CONTRASTS PAST & PRESENT CONDITIONS OF THE DUST BOWL AREA OF THE SOUTHERN GREAT PLAINS. SHOWS HOW THE NATIONAL FARM PROGRAM INTRODUCED CONSERVATION MEASURES TO SAVE AND RESTORE THE AREA.
- Description:02:25:46 - CATTLE GRAZING IN GRASSLAND 02:25:50 - FARM EQUIPMENT TILLING SOIL. TILLER. OX PULLS FARMING MACHINE. 02:25:57 - LUSH GRAIN FIELD DURING RAIN 02:26:01 - 1930s FARMER WEARING COWBOY HAT 02:26:02 - FARM FIELDS WITH BARBED WIRE FENCE 02:26:06 - LS CATTLE GRAZING IN FIELDS 02:26:10 - ILLUSTRATION OF THE UNITED STATES SHOWS DUST BOWL AREA. COLORADO. KANSAS. NEW MEXICO. TEXAS. OKLAHOMA. IT'S CENTER, DALHART, TEXAS. 02:26:22 - DALHART, TEXAS OLD TIMER RESIDENT INTERVIEWED CIRCA 1960s TALKS ABOUT THE OLD DAYS. 02:26:43 - 1920s FARMERS ON TRACTORS. GRAIN SPITS OUT OF MACHINE ONTO GRAIN PILE. AGRICULTURE. FARMER SHIELDS HIMSELF FROM THE SUN WITH AN UMBRELLA ON HIS TRACTOR. MECHANIZED WHEAT HARVESTING. 02:27:32 - OLD TIMER TALKS ABOUT THE DRY WEATHER OF THE 1930s 02:27:47 - CATTLE SEARCH FOR FOOD IN DRIED OUT FIELD. 1933 DROUGHT. 02:27:55 - PAN RUINED FARM FIELDS DRIED OUT DROUGHT STRICKEN FIELDS. 02:28:04 - CU OLD FARMER LOOSENS HIS SHIRT COLLAR ON A HOT DAY IN THE SUN. 02:28:10 - MAN WALKS THROUGH DUSTY LAND. KICKING UP DUST AS HE WALKS. DUST BOWL. DROUGHT. PAN DROUGHT STRICKEN FARM FIELDS. BUG CRAWLS ALONG DRIED CRACKED GROUND. ANGRY FARMER KICKS A TWIG 02:28:27 - PANTING DOG LAYS ON THE GROUND. TOO HOT TO MOVE. 02:28:29 - FARMER LOOKS UP AT THE SKY. WIND VANE IN BKGD 02:28:34 - FARMER ON TRACTOR TRIES TO PLOW PARCHED DROUGHT STRICKEN LAND 02:28:44 - WIND VANE BLOWING 02:28:53 - TUMBLEWEEDS BLOWING ACROSS DRY LAND. DUST BOWL FOOTAGE. DUST STORM LEAN-TO SHACK ROOF WIND BLOWN. FALLING DOWN FARM BUILDINGS. 1934. 02:29:29 - SHEEP HERD RUNNING, FLEEING. CATTLE RUNNING. LITTLE BOY RUNNING. FRIGHTENED ANIMALS. TORNADO LIKE TUNNEL OF DUST. MEN BOARD UP WINDOWS AND DOORS. SKY TURNS DARK. CAR RACES ACROSS FIELDS. MAN WALKS THROUGH DUST STORM. 02:30:25 - WORKERS SHOVELS SAND OFF TRAIN TRACKS. CLEARING THE TRACKS FOR TRAINS TO PASS. 02:30:30 - GROUNDED AIRPLANE IN DUST STORM 02:30:35 - PLAINS CITY DURING DUST STORM LOOKS LIKE NIGHT. CHILDREN RUN ACROSS THE STREET. SCHOOL CHILDREN LET OUT OF SCHOOL. MAN'S HAT BLOWS ACROSS THE STREET. MAN RUNS TO RETRIEVE HIS HAT 02:31:05 - FARMER FEEDS CATTLE DURING DUST STORM. TOPSOIL BLOWING. FARMER'S WIFE WITH MOUTH AND FACE COVERED FEEDS THE CHICKENS 02:31:21 - FAMRERS TRY TO SHOVEL OUT TRACTOR STUCK IN PILES OF TOPSOIL 02:31:23 - BIG DUST BOWL IN FARMLAND. 02:31:41 - ELDERLY WOMAN RECALLS THE DUST BOWL DAYS. SURVIVORS OF THE DUST STORMS INTERVIEWED. MAN REMEMBERS 1935 DUST STORM. OLD FARMER INTERVIEWED. 02:34:17 - FARM HOUSE UNDER SAND. PILES OF SAND 2 FEET DEEP AROUND HOUSE. FARM EQUIPMENT AND BUILDINGS BURIED IN SAND. 02:34:34 - OLD FARMER INTERVIEWED RECALLS THE 1930s DUST BOWLS. 02:35:20 - FARM WIFE SWEEPS SAND FROM BACK PORCH. DEPRESSION ERA. RUN DOWN HOUSE. 02:35:23 - PEOPLE DIG OUT AFTER DUST BOWL SHOVELING PILES OF SAND. 02:35:36 - STARVING CATTLE IN DESPERATE SEARCH FOR FOOD. 02:35:57 - DEPRESSION ERA DUST BOWL VICTIMS FARMERS SELL THEIR CATTLE AT PUBLIC AUCTION. 02:36:00 - FORECLOSED HOME. FARMER'S FAMILY AND FURNITURE OUT ON LAWN 02:36:03 - 1930s RURAL PUBLIC AUCTION. POOR FARMER SELLS HIS CATTLE. 02:36:30 - BONEY MALNOURISHED COW STAGGERS IN FIELD BARELY ABLE TO WALK WEAK FROM HUNGER. 02:37:03 - POVERTY STRICKEN MOTHER AND CHILD IN DOORWAY OF BROKEN DOWN HOME. HUSBAND PACKS UP BELONGINGS IN TRUCK. LOADS MATTRESS INTO JALOPY. MONTAGE FARMERS PACKING UP, LOADING BELONGINGS INTO TRUCKS. MOVING AWAY FROM DUST BOWL AREA. 02:38:15 - CONVOY OF FARMERS & THEIR FAMILIES ON THE ROAD LEAVING TOWN DUST BOWL MIGRATION 02:39:13 - FARM FAMILIES, MIGRANT WORKERS PULLING INTO TRANSIENT CAMP WOMEN UNLOADING BEDDING & BELONGINGS FROM BACK OF TRUCK. MAN WIPES DUST FROM HIS JACKET. 1930s DEPRESSION ERA. POOR MOTHER BOTTLE FEEDS HER BABY. RAGGED CHILDREN WASH THEMSELVES FROM A BUCKET OF WATER. YOUNG BOY STIRS FOOD IN POT ON CAMPFIRE. MOTHER PUTS CHILD TO BED IN BACK OF CARAVAN. WOMAN HANGS LAUNDRY ON CLOTHES LINE WHILE HOLDING A BABY. TRANSIENT LIFE. WOMAN WASHES CLOTHES. MAN CARVES WOOD. PEOPLE SLEEP UNDER SHEETS USED AS MAKE-SHIFT TENTS. MIGRANT LIFE 02:40:50 - MIGRANT WORKERS LEAVE TRANSIENT CAMP ON ROUTE WEST. PASSING ROAD SIGN ADVERTISING HOT FISH DINNERS WITH CORN DODGER. 02:41:07 - OVERLOADED TRUCK PULLS INTO SERVICE STATION WITH OVERHEATED RADIATOR. 02:41:20 - PASSING ROAD SIGN ARIZONA WELCOMES YOU. MIGRANT WORKERS MOVING WEST. TRUCK MOVES SLOWLY THROUGH FLOCK OF SHEEP. 02:41:20 - TRUCKS CARRYING FAMILY & BELONGINGS PULL INTO LIVESTOCK INSPECTION STATION. 02:41:35 - ROUTE 66 ROAD SIGN ARIZONA US 66 WILL ROGERS HIGHWAY 02:41:40 - MIGRANT FAMILY PASSING THROUGH ARIZONA. ADOBE BUILDINGS. 02:41:48 - TRUCK PASSING ROAD SIGN "NEEDLES WELCOMES YOU TO CALIFORNIA" 02:41:57 - CU SIGN "STOP STATE OFFICERS". CALIFORNIA INSPECTION STATION 02:42:05 - MIGRANT WORKERS AT SHANTY TOWN SQUATTER CAMP. TREATED LIKE CRIMINALS. POLICE FRISK THE MEN. TAKING THEIR FINGERPRINTS. 02:42:50 - POV ON ENDLESS RURAL HIGHWAY 02:43:21 - FARMERS LEARN SOIL CONSERVATION MEASURES FOR FARM LAND. LEARNING HOW TO REVIVE AND PROTECT THE SOIL. NEW WAYS OF PLANTING AND PLOWING. AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION. 02:43:32 - FARMER PLOWING FIELDS. 02:43:45 - AERIAL PLOWED FIELDS 02:43:52 - TEXAS FARMERS INTERVIEWED. GARLAND PALMER. HAROLD H. HOGUE. 02:44:44 - FARM WITH IRRIGATION SYSTEM. RICH FARMLAND. 02:45:18 - OLD FARMER INTERVIEWED. ORVILLE H. FINCH. 02:45:30 - PAN FENCED IN RICH FARMLAND. PASTURE LAND. 02:46:05 - FILM ENDS
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1930
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1930s
- File Name: F-A3912