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Making The Dust Bowl | Eyewitnesses

Making The Dust Bowl | Eyewitnesses

Making The Dust Bowl | Eyewitnesses

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6:45

Extended Look

Extended Look

Extended Look

Preview

1:43

First Look | Just Like Midnight

First Look | Just Like Midnight

First Look | Just Like Midnight

Preview

0:20

First Look | Suffocating Blackness

First Look | Suffocating Blackness

First Look | Suffocating Blackness

Preview

0:20

First Look | End of the World's Coming

First Look | End of the World's Coming

First Look | End of the World's Coming

Preview

0:20

Making The Dust Bowl | Uncovering the Dust Bowl

Making The Dust Bowl | Uncovering the Dust Bowl

Making The Dust Bowl | Uncovering the Dust Bowl

Preview

5:55

First Look | A Storm is Coming

First Look | A Storm is Coming

First Look | A Storm is Coming

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0:20

The Great Plow-Up

The Great Plow-Up

The Great Plow-Up

Season 1 Episode 1

1:55:15

Reaping the Whirlwind

Reaping the Whirlwind

Reaping the Whirlwind

Season 1 Episode 2

1:55:45

The Depression Comes to the Southern Plains

The Depression Comes to the Southern Plains

The Depression Comes to the Southern Plains

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5:45

The Dust Bowl Intro

The Dust Bowl Intro

The Dust Bowl Intro

Video

5:09

Robert Boots McCoy Talks About Burning Cow Chips

Robert Boots McCoy Talks About Burning Cow Chips

Robert Boots McCoy Talks About Burning Cow Chips

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0:30

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The Dust Bowl

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Feel the full force of the worst manmade environmental disaster in America’s history.

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Reaping the Whirlwind

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Season 1 Episode 2

Reaping the Whirlwind

The storms and the Great Depression continued.

The Great Plow-Up

The Great Plow-Up

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Season 1 Episode 1

The Great Plow-Up

The southern Plains were rapidly turned from grasslands to wheat fields.