Plow That Broke The Plains - Depression Era Dust Bowl Reel-2

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keywords: Depression Era, Great Plains, The Dust Bowl, Cracked Landscape, Animal Bones, Sand-Covered Abandoned Farm, Wind Storms, Sand Storms

Synopsis: The story of the Dust Bowl in the Depression Era and the horrific environmental damage done to the Great Plains with scenes of cracked sun-baked land with bones of animals, abandoned farms littered with debris, great wind storms and sand storms, once rich farmland now turned desert and more...(read more)

Date: 1930's
Duration: 00:11:22
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Type: Public Domain
Language: English
Location: Great Plains

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Plow That Broke The Plains - Depression Era Dust Bowl Reel-2

Plow That Broke The Plains - Depression Era Dust Bowl Reel-2

Sunbaked, cracked earth with dead animal bones depict severe drought conditions. Abandoned farm equipment, windswept, barren land, nothing to hold the soil as dust storms blew away all of the topsoil.

Hugh dust storms turned this region into a dust bowl that forced people from their farms and started the migration to California and other states. The migrants became known as “Okies”. Shows families abandoning homes and farm equipment and leaving with all earthly possessions. “Oakies on the road away from the dust bowl. Depression era “Oakie” rest camp. Images of barren land.