Photographers of the Dust Bowl
During the Great Depression FDR's administration sought to document the economic crisis.
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Photographers of the Dust Bowl
Clip: Season 1 | 4m 41sVideo has Closed Captions
During the Great Depression FDR's administration sought to document the economic crisis.
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.
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Photographers of the Dust Bowl
Clip: Season 1 | 4m 41sVideo has Closed Captions
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.
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Tex Pace left the panhandle for CA and worked as a orange picker near Visalia, CA (5m 8s)
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Sanora Babb returns to her childhood home during the depression. (3m 26s)
You Gave Us Beer, Now Give Us Water
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FDR was greeted with signs along the road saying "You gave us beer. Now give us water." (1m 7s)
Woody Guthrie: The Great Dust Storm
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In the introduction to episode two Woody Guthrie sings "The Great Dust Storm" (2m 17s)
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No matter their state of origin, during the 1930s all newcomers were dubbed Okies in CA (2m 19s)
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Woody Guthrie moves to Los Angeles in the second half of the 1930s. (3m 34s)
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Learn about what caused "The Great Plow Up" and the slogan "Wheat Will Win the War." (1m 12s)
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The stock market crashed on what came to be called Black Tuesday. (7m 2s)
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The dust storms start rolling into the southern Great Plains. (34s)
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Calvin Crabill talks about how his father drove a tractor at night to try to get ahead. (45s)
Trixie Travis Brown Talks About Black Sunday
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Trixie Travis Brown Talks About Black Sunday. (33s)
Trixie Travis Brown: Sunday After Church
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Trixie Travis Brown Talks About Sunday After Church. (1m 25s)
Trixie Travis Brown: Housekeeping
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Trixie Travis Brown Talks About Housekeeping. (1m 1s)
Trixie Travis Brown: Follett Texas
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Trixie Travis Brown talks about her father moving to Follett, TX. (55s)
Trixie Travis Brown: Dust Storms
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Trixie Travis Brown Talks About Dust Storms. (35s)
Trixie Travis Brown: Almost Moving to Idaho
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Trixie Travis Brown Talks About Almost Moving to Idaho. (1m 10s)
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As people moved west many areas were left with dwindling populations. (1m 25s)
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Multiple suicides took place during the Dust Bowl in the southern Great Plains. (1m 52s)
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More hope came to the dust bowl after a snowstorm hit the Great Plains. (24s)
Sanora Babb's Account Beat Out by the Grapes of Wrath
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Sanora Babb sent chapters of her book back to New York, but is delayed for another novel. (1m 16s)
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Sanora Babb joins the Farm Security Administration to help refugees. (1m 16s)
Robert Boots McCoy Talks About When The Rains Returned
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Robert Boots McCoy talks about when the rains returned. (38s)
Robert Boots McCoy Talks About Wheat Prices
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Robert Boots McCoy talks about wheat prices. (43s)
Robert Boots McCoy Talks About The Southern Great Plains
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Robert Boots McCoy talks about the southern Great Plains. (1m 13s)
Robert Boots McCoy Talks About The Jack Rabbits
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Robert Boots McCoy talks about the jack rabbits. (49s)
Robert Boots McCoy Talks About Dust Storms
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Robert Boots McCoy talks about dust storms. (1m 4s)
Robert Boots McCoy Talks About Burning Cow Chips
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Robert Boots McCoy talks about burning cow chips. (30s)
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Social worker Dorothy Williamson describes her experiences in the Dust Bowl (6m 43s)
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In the summer of 1936, Roosevelt takes a whistle-stop tour across the Midwest. (4m 43s)
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In 1935, 850 million acres of topsoil are swept off the Great Plains. (4m 20s)
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Meet some of the people who lived in the Great Plains. (7m 54s)
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Dorthy Williamson discusses working in the southern Great Plains during the dust bowl. (1m 39s)
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During the Great Depression FDR's administration sought to document the economic crisis. (4m 41s)
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Woody Guthrie sings “I Ain’t Got No Home” and talks about migrant families traveling. (6m 20s)
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Howard Finnell introduced farmers to new farming techniques. (1m 17s)
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Help came to the Great Plains by way of New Deal programs. (3m 39s)
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Learn how modern machinery made farming more efficient. (47s)
Making The Dust Bowl | Uncovering the Dust Bowl
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Ken Burns and Dayton Duncan discuss making The Dust Bowl (5m 55s)
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Even thought wheat prices had plummeted, farmers went back to work in the fall. (1m 56s)
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What lessons can we take from what happened during the Dust Bowl? (4m 54s)
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Plagues of jack rabbits swarmed the great plains destroying everything in their path. (33s)
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Hugh Bennett went on a fact finding trip through the Great Plains in search of a solution. (1m 50s)
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By 1937, the Dust Bowl farmers are asking for government help. (5m 16s)
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The government hired photographers to capture the movement to CA. (1m 12s)
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"Do you have enough gas money?" Some people moved west to get away from the storms. (1m 4s)
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