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Educational193730 min320×240

The Plow That Broke the Plains

National Archives and Records Administration

Education

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About

Department of Agriculture. Farm Security Administration. Information Division. (ca. 1937 - ca. 1942)

ARC Identifier 13595 / Local Identifier 96.2 1937

The Plow That Broke the Plains

The film presents the social and economic history of the Great Plains -- from the time of the settlement of the prairies, through the World War I boom, to the years of depression and drought. The first part of the film shows cattle as they grazed on grasslands, and homesteaders who hurried onto the plains and grew large wheat crops. The second part depicts the postwar decline of the wheat market, which resulted in overproduction. Footage shows farm equipment used, then abandoned. The third part shows a dust storm as it rendered a farm useless. Subsequent scenes show farmers as they left their homes and headed west.

DVD Copied by Thomas Gideon.

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Archive
Internet Archive, in FedFlix: US government films
Licence or status
CC0 1.0, as the Internet Archive states it.
Credit
National Archives and Records Administration
Language
English
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