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The Dust Bowl Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
3 Episodes 2012 - 2012
Episode 1
The Great Plow Up
Sun, Nov 18, 2012112 mins
In the first episode of Ken Burns's THE DUST BOWL, feel the full force of the worst manmade environmental disaster in America's history as survivors recall the terror of the dust storms, the desperation of hungry families and how they managed to find hope even as the earth and heavens seemed to turn against them.
Episode 2
Reaping the Whirlwind
Mon, Nov 19, 2012113 mins
In the second episode of Ken Burns's DUST BOWL, experience the gradual relief as the families of the plains seek new lives in California and government conservation efforts -- and a break in the drought in 1939 -- eventually stabilize the soil and bring the farms back to life, but with dangers of another Dust Bowl facing future generations.
Episode 4
The Hardy Ones
Mon, Nov 19, 2012
In the second night of Ken Burns's DUST BOWL, experience the gradual relief as the families of the plains seek new lives in California and government conservation efforts -- and a break in the drought in 1939 -- eventually stabilize the soil and bring the farms back to life, but with dangers of another Dust Bowl facing future generations.