The Plow That Broke the Plains

The Plow That Broke the Plains (1936)


  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release Date: 1936-05-10
  • User Rating: 5.6/10 from 13 ratings
  • Runtime: 0h 25min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Resettlement Administration
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Pare Lorentz
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Summary

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.

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  • Thomas Chalmers

    as Narrator (voice)
  • Bam White

    as Farmer
Directing Pare Lorentz Director
Sound Virgil Thomson Original Music Composer
Sound Henry Brant Orchestrator
Writing Pare Lorentz Writer
Sound Joseph I. Kane Sound
Crew King Vidor Technical Advisor
Production John Franklin Carter Jr. Researcher
Editing Leo Zochling Editor
Sound Alexander Smallens Conductor
Camera Paul Ivano Director of Photography
Camera Ralph Steiner Director of Photography
Camera Paul Strand Director of Photography
Camera Leo Hurwitz Director of Photography

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