The Plow That Broke the Plains
Produced in 1936 by the Resettlement Administration under Rexford Tugwell, premiered May 10, 1936 at the Mayflower Hotel in New York, 35mm black and white, mono sound, 25 mins.
1936 Dust Bowl
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Production:
- Directed and Written by Pare Lorentz
- Original music by Virgil Thomson
- Cinematography by Leo Hurwitz, Paul Ivano, Ralph Steiner, Paul Strand
- Film Editing by Leo Zochling
- Sound by Joseph Kane
- Research by John Franklin Carter Jr.
- Narrated by Thomas Chalmers
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revised 11/10/02 by Schoenherr | Filmnotes