Movie: The Plow That Broke the Plains

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Thomas Chalmers
Thomas Chalmers

Narrator (voice)

Bam White
Bam White

Farmer

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    A documentary about what happened to the Great Plains of the United States and Canada when uncontrolled farming destroyed the soil and led to the Dust Bowl.

  • Release Date

    1936-05-10

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    5.6

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    2.8 starts
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    English
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