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Surviving the Dust Bowl

Children of 1930s Plains farmers recall the Dust Bowl, the eight-year drought that was made far worse by the 30 years of aggressive farming that preceded it. "A lot of people thought it was the end of the world," one survivor says.
Aired: Mar 02, 1998 Genre: DocumentaryProducers:Duration: 55m Rating: 0 Country: United States of America Production: GBH