CATTLE GRAZING IN GRASSLAND

LUSH GRAIN FIELD DURING RAIN

FARM FIELDS WITH BARBED WIRE FENCE

ILLUSTRATION OF THE UNITED STATES SHOWS DUST BOWL
AREA. COLORADO. KANSAS. NEW MEXICO. TEXAS. OKLAHOMA.
IT'S CENTER, DALHART, TEXAS.

1920s FARMERS ON TRACTORS. GRAIN SPITS OUT OF MACHINE
ONTO GRAIN PILE. AGRICULTURE. FARMER SHIELDS HIMSELF
FROM THE SUN WITH AN UMBRELLA ON HIS TRACTOR.
MECHANIZED WHEAT HARVESTING.

CATTLE SEARCH FOR FOOD IN DRIED OUT FIELD. 1933
DROUGHT.

CU OLD FARMER LOOSENS HIS SHIRT COLLAR ON A HOT DAY
IN THE SUN.

PANTING DOG LAYS ON THE GROUND. TOO HOT TO MOVE.

FARMER ON TRACTOR TRIES TO PLOW PARCHED DROUGHT
STRICKEN LAND

TUMBLEWEEDS BLOWING ACROSS DRY LAND. DUST BOWL
FOOTAGE. DUST STORM LEAN-TO SHACK ROOF WIND BLOWN.
FALLING DOWN FARM BUILDINGS. 1934.

WORKERS SHOVELS SAND OFF TRAIN TRACKS. CLEARING THE
TRACKS FOR TRAINS TO PASS.

PLAINS CITY DURING DUST STORM LOOKS LIKE NIGHT.
CHILDREN RUN ACROSS THE STREET. SCHOOL CHILDREN LET
OUT OF SCHOOL. MAN'S HAT BLOWS ACROSS THE STREET. MAN
RUNS TO RETRIEVE HIS HAT

FAMRERS TRY TO SHOVEL OUT TRACTOR STUCK IN PILES OF TOPSOIL

ELDERLY WOMAN RECALLS THE DUST BOWL DAYS. SURVIVORS
OF THE DUST STORMS INTERVIEWED. MAN REMEMBERS 1935
DUST STORM. OLD FARMER INTERVIEWED.

OLD FARMER INTERVIEWED RECALLS THE 1930s DUST BOWLS.

PEOPLE DIG OUT AFTER DUST BOWL SHOVELING PILES OF
SAND.

DEPRESSION ERA DUST BOWL VICTIMS FARMERS SELL THEIR
CATTLE AT PUBLIC AUCTION.

1930s RURAL PUBLIC AUCTION. POOR FARMER SELLS HIS
CATTLE.

POVERTY STRICKEN MOTHER AND CHILD IN DOORWAY OF
BROKEN DOWN HOME. HUSBAND PACKS UP BELONGINGS IN
TRUCK. LOADS MATTRESS INTO JALOPY. MONTAGE FARMERS
PACKING UP, LOADING BELONGINGS INTO TRUCKS. MOVING
AWAY FROM DUST BOWL AREA.

FARM FAMILIES, MIGRANT WORKERS PULLING INTO TRANSIENT
CAMP WOMEN UNLOADING BEDDING & BELONGINGS FROM BACK
OF TRUCK. MAN WIPES DUST FROM HIS JACKET. 1930s
DEPRESSION ERA. POOR MOTHER BOTTLE FEEDS HER BABY.
RAGGED CHILDREN WASH THEMSELVES FROM A BUCKET OF
WATER. YOUNG BOY STIRS FOOD IN POT ON CAMPFIRE.
MOTHER PUTS CHILD TO BED IN BACK OF CARAVAN. WOMAN
HANGS LAUNDRY ON CLOTHES LINE WHILE HOLDING A BABY.
TRANSIENT LIFE. WOMAN WASHES CLOTHES. MAN CARVES
WOOD. PEOPLE SLEEP UNDER SHEETS USED AS MAKE-SHIFT TENTS. MIGRANT LIFE

OVERLOADED TRUCK PULLS INTO SERVICE STATION WITH
OVERHEATED RADIATOR.

TRUCKS CARRYING FAMILY & BELONGINGS PULL INTO
LIVESTOCK INSPECTION STATION.

MIGRANT FAMILY PASSING THROUGH ARIZONA. ADOBE
BUILDINGS.

CU SIGN "STOP STATE OFFICERS". CALIFORNIA INSPECTION
STATION

POV ON ENDLESS RURAL HIGHWAY

FARMER PLOWING FIELDS.

TEXAS FARMERS INTERVIEWED. GARLAND PALMER. HAROLD H.
HOGUE.

OLD FARMER INTERVIEWED. ORVILLE H. FINCH.

FILM ENDS