The dust bowl

Resource Information

The work The dust bowl represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Roanoke Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

The dust bowl

Statement of responsibility

a Florentine Films production ; directed by Ken Burns ; written by Dayton Duncan ; produced by Dayton Duncan, Ken Burns, Julie Dunfey ; produced in association with WETA Washington, DC ; [a film by Ken Burns]

Contributor

• Coyote, Peter
• Duncan, Dayton
• Dunfey, Julie
• Conway, Kevin
• Gifford, Ryan
• Clarkson, Patricia
• Madigan, Amy
• Burns, Ken, 1953-
• McCarthy, Stephen, (Cinematographer)
• McCormick, Carolyn
• WETA-TV (Television station : Washington, D.C.)
• PBS Distribution (Firm)
• Mellish, Craig
• Florentine Films
• Squires, Buddy

Actor

• Conway, Kevin
• Clarkson, Patricia
• Madigan, Amy
• McCormick, Carolyn

Screenwriter

• Duncan, Dayton

Cinematographer

• Squires, Buddy

Director

• Burns, Ken, 1953-

Film editor

• Mellish, Craig
• Gifford, Ryan

Narrator

• Coyote, Peter

Producer

• Dunfey, Julie
• Duncan, Dayton
• Burns, Ken, 1953-

Subject

• United States -- Social conditions -- 1918-1932
• United States -- Social conditions -- 1933-1945
• Video recordings for people with visual disabilities
• Nonfiction television programs
• Television mini-series
• Television programs -- United States
• United States -- History -- 1919-1933
• United States -- History -- 1933-1945
• Dust Bowl Era, 1931-1939
• Estados Unidos -- Condiciones sociales -- 1918-1932
• Estados Unidos -- Condiciones sociales -- 1933-1945
• Documentary television programs
• Estados Unidos -- Historia -- 1919-1933
• Estados Unidos -- Historia -- 1933-1945
• Historical television programs
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Genre

• Television mini-series
• Documentary television programs
• Historical television programs
• Nonfiction television programs
• Television programs
• Video recordings for people with visual disabilities
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Language

• eng
• spa
• spa
• eng
• eng

Summary

Ken Burns documents the worst human-made ecological disaster in American history, when a frenzied wheat boom on the southern Plains, followed by a decade-long drought during the 1930s, nearly swept away the breadbasket of the nation. Vivid interviews, dramatic photographs, and seldom-seen movie footage bring to life incredible stories of human suffering and perseverance

Cataloging source

TEFMT

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Edited by Craig Mellish and Ryan Gifford ; cinematography, Buddy Squires, Stephen McCarthy

Dewey number

973.917

Intended audience

MPAA rating: Not rated

Language note

English (5.1 surround) or Spanish (audio 2.0) soundtracks with optional English and Spanish SDH (subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired); optional video description in English

LC call number

F595

LC item number

.D87 2012

PerformerNote

Narrated by Peter Coyote ; voice overs, Carolyn McCormick, Patricia Clarkson, Amy Madigan, Kevin Conway

Runtime

240

Technique

live action