The Dust Bowl

Resource Information

The work The Dust Bowl represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in DC Public Library System. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

The Dust Bowl

Statement of responsibility

a Florentine Films production ; directed by Ken Burns ; written by Dayton Duncan ; produced by Dayton Duncan, Ken Burns, Julie Dunfey ; produced in association with WETA Washington, DC ; [a film by Ken Burns]

Contributor

• Duncan, Dayton.
• Coyote, Peter.
• Conway, Kevin.
• Dunfey, Julie.
• Gifford, Ryan.
• Clarkson, Patricia.
• Madigan, Amy
• Burns, Ken, 1953- .
• McCarthy, Stephen, (Cinematographer)
• McCormick, Carolyn
• WETA-TV (Television station : Washington, D.C.)
• PBS Distribution (Firm)
• Mellish, Craig.
• Squires, Buddy
• Florentine Films

Actor

• Clarkson, Patricia.
• Madigan, Amy
• Conway, Kevin.
• McCormick, Carolyn

Cinematographer

• Squires, Buddy

Director

• Burns, Ken, 1953- .

Film editor

• Gifford, Ryan.
• Mellish, Craig.

Narrator

• Coyote, Peter.

Producer

• Duncan, Dayton.
• Dunfey, Julie.
• Burns, Ken, 1953- .

Screenwriter

• Duncan, Dayton.

Subject

• Environmental disasters
• Dust Bowl Era, 1931-1939
• Dust storms
• Dust storms -- Great Plains -- History -- 20th century
• Depressions
• 1900 - 1999
• Depressions -- 1929 -- Great Plains
• Documentary television programs
• Droughts
• Droughts -- Great Plains -- History -- 20th century
• Dust Bowl Era (1931-1939)
• Environmental disasters -- Southwestern States
• Estados Unidos -- Condiciones sociales -- 1918-1932
• Estados Unidos -- Condiciones sociales -- 1933-1945
• Estados Unidos -- Historia -- 1919-1933
• Estados Unidos -- Historia -- 1933-1945
• Great Plains
• Great Plains -- History -- 20th century
• Great Plains -- Social conditions -- 20th century
• Historical television programs
• History
• Nonfiction television programs
• Social history
• Television mini-series
• United States
• United States -- History -- 1919-1933
• United States -- History -- 1933-1945
• United States -- Social conditions -- 1918-1932
• United States -- Social conditions -- 1933-1945
• United States -- Southwestern States
• Video recordings for people with visual disabilities
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Genre

• Historical television programs
• Documentary television programs
• History
• Nonfiction television programs
• Television mini-series
• Video recordings for people with visual disabilities
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Language

• eng
• spa
• spa
• eng
• eng

Summary

Ken Burns documents the worst human-made ecological disaster in American history, when a frenzied wheat boom on the southern Plains, followed by a decade-long drought during the 1930s, nearly swept away the breadbasket of the nation. Vivid interviews, dramatic photographs, and seldom-seen movie footage bring to life incredible stories of human suffering and perseverance. Includes bonus features

Cataloging source

TEFMT

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Edited by Craig Mellish and Ryan Gifford ; cinematography, Buddy Squires, Stephen McCarthy

Intended audience

MPAA rating: Not rated ; TV-PG

Language note

English (5.1 surround) or Spanish (audio 2.0) soundtracks with optional English and Spanish SDH (subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired); optional video description in English

LC call number

F595

LC item number

.D87 2012

PerformerNote

Narrated by Peter Coyote ; voice overs, Carolyn McCormick, Patricia Clarkson, Amy Madigan, Kevin Conway

Runtime

240

Technique

live action