The Dust Bowl  Uncovering the Dust Bowl

Ken Burns and Dayton Duncan discuss making The Dust Bowl Details

 

Program: The Dust Bowl

Episode: Uncovering the Dust Bowl

Ken Burns and Dayton Duncan discuss making The Dust Bowl and the myriad hardships facing those in the Panhandle during the 1930s. The Dust Bowl airs November 18 and 19, 2012

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Duration: (5:55)
Premiere Date: 11/18/2012
Episode Expires: Never
TV Rating: NR

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.

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