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Title:

Black blizzard [videorecording] : [the storm at the heart of the Great Depression] / produced by Engel Entertainment, Inc. for History ; producers, Amy Bucher, Heidi Burke ; writer, Amy Bucher.

Format:

[videorecording] :

Edition:

[Widescreen].

Publisher:

History,

Copyright Date:

c2011

Description:

1 videodisc (ca. 96 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Dust Bowl Era, 1931-1939.
Dust storms--Great Plains--History--20th century.
Droughts--Great Plains--History--20th century.
Agriculture--Great Plains--History--20th century.
Documentary television programs.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Other Authors:

Engel Entertainment.
History Channel (Television network)

Notes:

Originally produced for television in 2008.

Contents:

Introduction -- Farming and finance -- The Dust Bowl years -- Creating a blizzard -- Experiencing the storm -- Nature out of control -- Desperate measures -- Hope for rain -- Black Sunday -- A hard lesson.

Summary:

Examines the natural and human origins and consequences of the series of dust storms, known as "black blizzards", that caused the ecological disaster know as the Dust Bowl during the 1930s.

UPC:

733961244403

Locations:

YTPG232 -- Clinton Public Library (Clinton)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

ZUPD675 -- Onawa Public Library (Onawa)