The Plow That Broke the Plains

25 mins
A documentary about what happened to the Great Plains of the United States and Canada when uncontrolled farming destroyed the soil and led to the Dust Bowl.

Thomas Chalmers

Narrator (voice)

Bam White

Farmer

Pare Lorentz

Director

Henry Brant

Orchestrator

Virgil Thomson

Original Music Composer

King Vidor

Technical Advisor

Paul Ivano

Director of Photography

Paul Strand

Director of Photography

Ralph Steiner

Director of Photography

Leo Hurwitz

Director of Photography

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