Bibliograph

The plow that broke the plains ;, The river

Type

Label

The plow that broke the plains ;, The river

Language

eng

Characteristic

videorecording

Intended audience

Junior high school - adults

Main title

The plow that broke the plains ;

Oclc number

81004337

resource.otherEventInformation

Soudtrack recorded June 11-12, 2005 at Omega Recording Studios, Rockville, MD

Runtime

113

Sub title

The river

Summary

"The plow that broke the plains" depicts the social and economic history of the Great Plains from the settlement of the prairies by cattlemen and farmers through the World War I boom to drought and depression. "The river" traces life in the Mississippi River Valley during the previous 150 years, showing the consequences of sharecropping, soil exhaustion, unchecked erosion and floods, and concludes with scenes of regional planning, TVA development, and federal efforts

Table Of Contents

The Plow that Broke the Plains (27 min.) -- The River (32 min.) -- George Stoney on The Plow and The River (15 min.) -- Stoney on the New Deal, The River, and race (6 min.) -- Charles Fussell on Virgil Thomson (18 min.) -- Virgil Thomson on Virgil Thomson (audio only) (8 min.) -- The original ending of The Plow that Broke the Plains (4 min.) -- The original beginning of The Plow that Broke the Plains (3 min.)

Target audience

adult

Technique

live action

Contributor