The Plow That Broke the Plains

5.7
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Run time: 25 min
  • Premiere: 1936. May 10.

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.

Discover

Thomas Chalmers

Narrator (voice)

Bam White

Farmer

Camera

Paul Ivano

Director of Photography

Paul Strand

Director of Photography

Ralph Steiner

Director of Photography

Leo Hurwitz

Director of Photography

Crew

King Vidor

Technical Advisor

Directing

Pare Lorentz

Director

Editing

Production

Sound

Henry Brant

Orchestrator

Virgil Thomson

Original Music Composer

Writing

Camera

Paul Ivano

Director of Photography

Paul Strand

Director of Photography

Ralph Steiner

Director of Photography

Leo Hurwitz

Director of Photography

Crew

King Vidor

Technical Advisor

Directing

Pare Lorentz

Director

Editing

Production

Sound

Henry Brant

Orchestrator

Virgil Thomson

Original Music Composer

Writing