The Dust Bowl RSS feed for PBS programming.http://video.pbs.orgen-ushttp://video.pbs.orgWed, 19 Jun 2013 09:36:35 -0400Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:36:35 -0400http://video.pbs.org/video/2303245489/Experience the conservation efforts to bring farms back to life, with dangers of another Dust Bowl in the future. 4/30/2013http://video.pbs.org/video/2303245489/11/12/2012Airs Tuesday, April 30, 2013 at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT. Check your local listings.nrHistoryHistoryModernModernUnited StatesUnited StatesScience & NatureScience & NatureWeather & Natural DisastersWeather & Natural DisastersPromotionhttp://video.pbs.org/video/2324425741/Sanora Babb, a journalist from No Man's Land, returns to her childhood home and is struck by the leveling of social distinction between her old neighbors.http://video.pbs.org/video/2324425741/01/10/2013Sanora Babb returns to her childhood home during the depressionnrHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesCliphttp://video.pbs.org/video/2324428571/Tex Pace left the panhandle for CA and convinced his family to follow him. He lived and worked in Visalia, CA in a new work camp. He met his wife Dorothy at a camp talent show and got married at the local movie theater.http://video.pbs.org/video/2324428571/01/10/2013Tex Pace left the panhandle for CA and worked as a orange picker near Visalia, CAnrHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesCliphttp://video.pbs.org/video/2285627012/Plagues of jack rabbits swarmed the great plains destroying everything in their path.http://video.pbs.org/video/2285627012/10/01/2012Plagues of jack rabbits swarmed the great plains destroying everything in their path.nrHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesOtherhttp://video.pbs.org/video/2292997442/Arthur Rothstein was 21 years old when he went to No Man's Land to take pictures for the federal government's Resettlement Administration.http://video.pbs.org/video/2292997442/10/17/2012Learn about Arthur Rothstein.nrHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesCliphttp://video.pbs.org/video/2284398830/The Great Plains goes through a boom period as land speculators tout the miraculous advantages of farming wheat. Government and private industry encourage the settlement and development of the region.http://video.pbs.org/video/2284398830/09/27/2012The Great Plains goes through a boom period.nrHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesOtherhttp://video.pbs.org/video/2292995991/From the time she was a young girl, Caroline Henderson dreamed of having a piece of land she could call her own.http://video.pbs.org/video/2292995991/10/17/2012Learn about Caroline Henderson.nrHistoryHistoryBiography & ProfilesBiography & ProfilesUnited StatesUnited StatesCliphttp://video.pbs.org/video/2292988918/Dale Coen reads a poem he thinks his mother wrote.http://video.pbs.org/video/2292988918/10/17/2012Dale Coen reads a poem he thinks his mother wrote.nrHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesOtherhttp://video.pbs.org/video/2292990197/Dale Coen reads a poem by his mother about why she moved to the Great Plains.http://video.pbs.org/video/2292990197/10/17/2012Dale Coen reads a poem by his mother about why she moved to the Great Plains.nrHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesOtherhttp://video.pbs.org/video/2292986210/Dale Coen talks about dust storms.http://video.pbs.org/video/2292986210/10/17/2012Dale Coen talks about dust storms.nrHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesOtherhttp://video.pbs.org/video/2284399360/As the Great Depression sets in, farmers on the Great Plains begin to feel its effects. A combination of natural and made-made factors begins to turn the profitable farming land into a vast wasteland. The effect of these factors on individuals and families is documented.http://video.pbs.org/video/2284399360/09/27/2012As the Great Depression sets in, farmers on the Great Plains begin to feel its effects.nrHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesOtherhttp://video.pbs.org/video/2292983210/Floyd Coen talks about dust storms.http://video.pbs.org/video/2292983210/10/17/2012Floyd Coen talks about dust storms.nrHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesOtherhttp://video.pbs.org/video/2292979271/Floyd Coen talks about having a big family.http://video.pbs.org/video/2292979271/10/17/2012Floyd Coen talks about having a big family.nrHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesOtherhttp://video.pbs.org/video/2284398428/The Dust Bowl was a decade-long natural catastrophe of biblical proportions and the worst man-made ecological disaster in American history. It is the classic tale of humans pushing too hard on nature and nature pushing back during a period of economic boom and bust in the 1920s and 1930s.http://video.pbs.org/video/2284398428/09/27/2012The Dust Bowl was a decade-long natural catastrophe of biblical proportions.nrHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesOtherhttp://video.pbs.org/video/2300629373/With better weather the suitcase farmers returned and the same process that caused the dust bowl started again in the 1940s. What lessons can we take from what happened during the Dust Bowl?http://video.pbs.org/video/2300629373/11/05/2012What lessons can we take from what happened during the Dust Bowl?nrHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesCliphttp://video.pbs.org/video/2284524209/Woody Guthrie sings “I Ain’t Got No Home” and talks of how the migrant families traveling to California inspired him. The immigrant population explodes in California as thousands of people move there to find work and a better life. Those from the Dust Bowl, whether they are from Oklahoma or not, are called “Okies.”http://video.pbs.org/video/2284524209/09/27/2012Woody Guthrie sings “I Ain’t Got No Home” and talks about migrant families traveling.nrHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesOtherhttp://video.pbs.org/video/2293802007/During the Great Depression FDR's administration sought to document the economic crisis. Roosevelt's Farm Security Administration (FSA) was put in charge of the effort, which employed some of the country's most talented photographers.http://video.pbs.org/video/2293802007/10/19/2012During the Great Depression FDR's administration sought to document the economic crisis.nrHistoryHistoryBiography & ProfilesBiography & ProfilesUnited StatesUnited StatesCliphttp://video.pbs.org/video/2284201971/Meet some of the people who lived in the Great Plains and learn a little about the area. The Dust Bowl airs on PBS Nov 18 & 19, 2012.http://video.pbs.org/video/2284201971/09/26/2012Meet some of the people who lived in the Great Plains.nrHistoryHistoryBiography & ProfilesBiography & ProfilesOtherhttp://video.pbs.org/video/2284399390/In 1935, 850 million acres of topsoil are swept off the Great Plains, with more dust storms to come. President Franklin Roosevelt’s inner circle does not want the area to turn into an “Arabian Desert.”http://video.pbs.org/video/2284399390/09/27/2012In 1935, 850 million acres of topsoil are swept off the Great Plains.nrHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesOtherhttp://video.pbs.org/video/2284399628/In the summer of 1936, Roosevelt takes a whistle-stop tour across the Midwest and Northern Plains to see the crisis himself. He inspires enthusiastic, but weary, audiences. At the same time, Hugh Bennett, head of the Soil Conservation Service, begins instituting his program of agricultural reform and offering incentives to those farmers who will adopt the new farming methods.http://video.pbs.org/video/2284399628/09/27/2012In the summer of 1936, Roosevelt takes a whistle-stop tour across the Midwest.nrHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesOtherhttp://video.pbs.org/video/2284399376/Social worker Dorothy Williamson describes her experiences talking with victims of the Dust Bowl. What help there was came from Washington, D.C., with programs such as the CCC, NYA, or WPA.http://video.pbs.org/video/2284399376/09/27/2012Social worker Dorothy Williamson describes her experiences in the Dust BowlnrHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesOtherhttp://video.pbs.org/video/2293525909/Robert Boots McCoy talks about burning cow chips.http://video.pbs.org/video/2293525909/10/18/2012Robert Boots McCoy talks about burning cow chips.nrHistoryHistoryBiography & ProfilesBiography & ProfilesUnited StatesUnited StatesOtherhttp://video.pbs.org/video/2292961787/Robert Boots McCoy talks about dust storms.http://video.pbs.org/video/2292961787/10/17/2012Robert Boots McCoy talks about dust storms.nrHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesOtherhttp://video.pbs.org/video/2292975461/Robert Boots McCoy talks about the jack rabbits.http://video.pbs.org/video/2292975461/10/17/2012Robert Boots McCoy talks about the jack rabbits.nrHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesOtherhttp://video.pbs.org/video/2292953494/Robert Boots McCoy talks about the southern Great Plainshttp://video.pbs.org/video/2292953494/10/17/2012Robert Boots McCoy talks about the southern Great Plains.nrHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesOtherhttp://video.pbs.org/video/2293522786/Robert Boots McCoy talks about wheat prices.http://video.pbs.org/video/2293522786/10/18/2012Robert Boots McCoy talks about wheat prices.nrHistoryHistoryBiography & ProfilesBiography & ProfilesUnited StatesUnited StatesOtherhttp://video.pbs.org/video/2292976232/Robert Boots McCoy talks about when the rains returned.http://video.pbs.org/video/2292976232/10/17/2012Robert Boots McCoy talks about when the rains returned.nrHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesOtherhttp://video.pbs.org/video/2292995081/Sanora Babb was an author, poet, editor and journalist.http://video.pbs.org/video/2292995081/10/17/2012Learn about Sanor Babb.nrHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesCliphttp://video.pbs.org/video/2292987442/The Coen Brothers talk about jack rabbits.http://video.pbs.org/video/2292987442/10/17/2012The Coen Brothers talk about jack rabbits.nrHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesOtherhttp://video.pbs.org/video/2292978468/The Coens talk about how they ended up in the southern Great Plains.http://video.pbs.org/video/2292978468/10/17/2012The Coens talk about how they ended up in the southern Great Plains.nrHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesOtherhttp://video.pbs.org/video/2284209577/Wheat prices continue to fall and a drought begins, farmers elect a democrat, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, for president.http://video.pbs.org/video/2284209577/09/26/2012Wheat prices continue to fall and a drought begins the farmers look to FDR for relief.nrHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesOtherhttp://video.pbs.org/video/2286026054/Everyone had different opinions about the New Deal programs.http://video.pbs.org/video/2286026054/10/02/2012Everyone had different opinions about the New Deal programs.nrHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesOtherhttp://video.pbs.org/video/2285628958/Hear from Donald Worster about the increasing number of dust storms the area faced.http://video.pbs.org/video/2285628958/10/01/2012Hear from Donald Worster about the increasing number of dust storms the area faced.nrHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesOtherhttp://video.pbs.org/video/2285629654/Sunday April 14, 1935 became known as Black Sunday.http://video.pbs.org/video/2285629654/10/01/2012Sunday April 14, 1935 became known as Black Sunday.nrHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesOtherhttp://video.pbs.org/video/2285619272/Hear from Timothy Egan about how Boise City was marketed to people.http://video.pbs.org/video/2285619272/10/01/2012Hear from Timothy Egan about how Boise City was marketed to people.nrHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesOtherhttp://video.pbs.org/video/2285627812/Property values in Boise City decline by 90%.http://video.pbs.org/video/2285627812/10/01/2012Property values in Boise City decline by 90%.nrHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesOtherhttp://video.pbs.org/video/2285617993/Land prices are going up and people say the climate is undergoing a permanent shift.http://video.pbs.org/video/2285617993/10/01/2012Land prices are going up and people say the climate is undergoing a permanent shift.nrHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesOtherhttp://video.pbs.org/video/2286024783/Some people were arrested on the CA boarder for not having enough money.http://video.pbs.org/video/2286024783/10/02/2012Some people were arrested on the CA boarder for not having enough money.nrHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesOtherhttp://video.pbs.org/video/2286023266/People who moved to CA were known as Okies. They faced lots of discrimination from the local residents.http://video.pbs.org/video/2286023266/10/02/2012People who moved to CA were known as Okies.nrHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesOtherhttp://video.pbs.org/video/2286026095/The rains followed FDR on his second trip to the Dust Bowl.http://video.pbs.org/video/2286026095/10/02/2012The rains followed FDR on his second trip to the Dust Bowl.nrHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesOtherhttp://video.pbs.org/video/2286025457/Some of the people who went to CA got jobs giving them a fresh start.http://video.pbs.org/video/2286025457/10/02/2012Some of the people who went to CA got jobs giving them a fresh start.nrHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesOtherhttp://video.pbs.org/video/2286020753/"Do you have enough gas money?" Some people moved west to get away from the storms.http://video.pbs.org/video/2286020753/10/02/2012"Do you have enough gas money?" Some people moved west to get away from the storms.nrHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesOtherhttp://video.pbs.org/video/2286023978/The government hired photographers to capture the movement of immigrants to CA.http://video.pbs.org/video/2286023978/10/02/2012The government hired photographers to capture the movement to CA.nrHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesOtherhttp://video.pbs.org/video/2286020765/Some people packed up their families and headed west.http://video.pbs.org/video/2286020765/10/02/2012Some people packed up their families and headed west.nrHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesOtherhttp://video.pbs.org/video/2286022044/Hugh Bennett went on a fact finding trip through the Great Plains in search of a solution.http://video.pbs.org/video/2286022044/10/02/2012Hugh Bennett went on a fact finding trip through the Great Plains in search of a solution.nrHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesOtherhttp://video.pbs.org/video/2286027462/What have we learned from the Dust Bowl?http://video.pbs.org/video/2286027462/10/02/2012What have we learned from the Dust Bowl?nrHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesOtherhttp://video.pbs.org/video/2285626612/Even thought wheat prices had plummeted, farmers went back to work in the fall.http://video.pbs.org/video/2285626612/10/01/2012Even thought wheat prices had plummeted, farmers went back to work in the fall.nrHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesOtherhttp://video.pbs.org/video/2285620452/Learn how modern machinery made farming more efficient.http://video.pbs.org/video/2285620452/10/01/2012Learn how modern machinery made farming more efficient.nrHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesOtherhttp://video.pbs.org/video/2286019245/Help came to the Great Plains by way of New Deal programs.http://video.pbs.org/video/2286019245/10/02/2012Help came to the Great Plains by way of New Deal programs.nrHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesOtherhttp://video.pbs.org/video/2286020034/Howard Finnell introduced farmers to new farming techniques,http://video.pbs.org/video/2286020034/10/02/2012Howard Finnell introduced farmers to new farming techniques,nrHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesOtherhttp://video.pbs.org/video/2285621051/Learn about the two types of plows farmers used.http://video.pbs.org/video/2285621051/10/01/2012Learn about the two types of plows farmers used.nrHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesOtherhttp://video.pbs.org/video/2286019228/Dorthy Williamson discusses working in the southern Great Plains during the dust bowl.http://video.pbs.org/video/2286019228/10/02/2012Dorthy Williamson discusses working in the southern Great Plains during the dust bowl.nrHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesOtherhttp://video.pbs.org/video/2285627370/After a speech by FDR it rained and became known as Roosevelt Weather.http://video.pbs.org/video/2285627370/10/01/2012After a speech by FDR it rained and became known as Roosevelt Weather.nrHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesOtherhttp://video.pbs.org/video/2286025679/Sanora Babb sent chapters of her book back to New York.http://video.pbs.org/video/2286025679/10/02/2012Sanora Babb sent chapters of her book back to New York.nrHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesOtherhttp://video.pbs.org/video/2286026585/More hope came to the dust bowl after a snowstorm hit the Great Plains.http://video.pbs.org/video/2286026585/10/02/2012More hope came to the dust bowl after a snowstorm hit the Great Plains.nrHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesOtherhttp://video.pbs.org/video/2285628390/Multiple suicides took place during the Dust Bowl in the southern Great Plains.http://video.pbs.org/video/2285628390/10/01/2012Multiple suicides took place during the Dust Bowl in the southern Great Plains.nrHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesOtherhttp://video.pbs.org/video/2286020755/As people moved west many areas were left with dwindling populations.http://video.pbs.org/video/2286020755/10/02/2012As people moved west many areas were left with dwindling populations.nrHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesOtherhttp://video.pbs.org/video/2285620564/Calvin Crabill talks about how his father drove a tractor at night to try to get ahead.http://video.pbs.org/video/2285620564/10/01/2012Calvin Crabill talks about how his father drove a tractor at night to try to get ahead.nrHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesOtherhttp://video.pbs.org/video/2285621156/The dust storms start rolling into the southern Great Plains.http://video.pbs.org/video/2285621156/10/01/2012The dust storms start rolling into the southern Great Plains.nrHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesOtherhttp://video.pbs.org/video/2285619283/Learn about what caused "The Great Plow Up" and the slogan "Wheat Will Win the War."http://video.pbs.org/video/2285619283/10/01/2012Learn about what caused "The Great Plow Up" and the slogan "Wheat Will Win the War."nrHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesOther