American Experience
Season 10 Episode 8 - Surviving the Dust Bowl
Children of 1930s Plains farmers recall the Dust Bowl, the eight-year drought that was made far worse by the 30 years of aggressive farming that preceded it. "A lot of people thought it was the end of the world," one survivor says.
Episodes in Season 10
Truman (1): An Accident of Democracy
55 min
Truman (2): The Moon, the Stars and All the Planets
55 min
A Midwife's Tale
55 min
Mr. Miami Beach
55 min
Influenza 1918
55 min
Reagan (1): Lifeguard
115 min
Reagan (2): An American Crusade
55 min
Surviving the Dust Bowl
55 min
Riding the Rails
55 min