The Dust Bowl

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The Dust Bowl chronicles the worst man-made ecological disaster in American history, in which the frenzied wheat boom of the Great Plow-Up, followed by a decade-long drought during the 1930s nearly swept away the breadbasket of the nation. (official site)

Funding is provided by Bank of America, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations, National Endowment for the Humanities, The Rockefeller Foundation, Wallace Genetic Foundation and members of The Better Angels Society, including the Dana A. Hamel Family Charitable Trust and Robert and Beverly Grappone.

Featured Videos

• The Great Plow-Up

  Ep1 | 1h 55m 15s | WETA Passport

• Reaping the Whirlwind

  Ep2 | 1h 55m 45s | WETA Passport

• First Look | A Storm is Coming

  Preview: S1 | 20s

• Reaping the Whirlwind | Preview

  Preview: Ep2 | 30s

Episodes

• The Great Plow-Up

  Ep1 | 1h 55m 15s | WETA Passport

• Reaping the Whirlwind

  Ep2 | 1h 55m 45s | WETA Passport

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Extras

• Tex Pace

  Clip: S1 | 5m 8s

• Sanora's Return

  Clip: S1 | 3m 26s

• You Gave Us Beer, Now Give Us Water

  Clip: S1

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