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The Plow That Broke the Plains (1936)
The Plow That Broke the Plains (1936) is a 23-minute documentary that airs free on Starlite TV's Doc Vault (CH 6) channel. It is in the U.S. public domain. Directed by Pare Lorentz.
About The Plow That Broke the Plains (1936)
The Plow That Broke the Plains is a 1936 short documentary film that shows the cultivation of the Great Plains region of the United States and Canada following the Civil War and leading up to the Dust Bowl as a result of exploitation of the Great Plains' natural resources.The Plow That Broke the Plains was the first film created by the US government for commercial release and distribution through the Resettlement Administration as part of President Roosevelt's New Deal program.
Quick facts
- Year: 1936
- Runtime: 23 minutes
- Type: Documentary · Documentary
- Credits (Internet Archive record): Pare Lorentz
- Sound: Original soundtrack
From the Wikipedia article on The Plow That Broke the Plains (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Credits
- Directed by: Pare Lorentz
- Country: United States
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Airs on
- Doc Vault - CH 6, Documentary TV
Rights & source
- Basis: U.S. federal government work - public domain (17 U.S.C. 105)
- Evidence: Produced by a US federal government agency (17 U.S.C. 105). US Resettlement Administration (Pare Lorentz). Virgil Thomson score commissioned for the government film - generally treated PD; verify.
- Underlying rights: US Resettlement Administration (Pare Lorentz). Virgil Thomson score commissioned for the government film - generally treated PD; verify.
- Source: Internet Archive
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