The Plow that Broke the Plains Reel 3 of 3
Dust storm renders a farm useless. Farmer shovels dust away from house as scruffy kids watch - family load few possessions onto truck & head West. Devastated farmland. Convoy of cars heading West. Unemployed living in camps. Shots dead trees and deserted Plains.
10:43:47 Animated map explains what happened to the Great Plains - 40 million acres destroyed, 200 million damaged - work of Resettlement Administration inc. loans.
10:45:42 Houses built for resettled farmers. New small farms. Drought conditions - VO control & conservation vital to sustain grasslands.
Depression. Farming / Agriculture. Economics. Poverty. Man-Made Disasters. 1930s.
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The Plow that Broke the Plains Reel 3 of 3 Dust storm renders a farm useless. Farmer shovels dust away from house as scruffy kids watch - family load few possessions onto truck & head West. Devastated farmland. Convoy of cars heading West. Unemployed living in camps. Shots dead trees and deserted Plains. 10:43:47 Animated map explains what happened to the Great Plains - 40 million acres destroyed, 200 million damaged - work of Resettlement Administration inc. loans. 10:45:42 Houses built for resettled farmers. New small farms. Drought conditions - VO control & conservation vital to sustain grasslands. Depression. Farming / Agriculture. Economics. Poverty. Man-Made Disasters. 1930s.