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Publisher
Olive Films
Pub. Date
©2013.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (79 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
John Phillips, the resident leader of a weather-ravaged Dust Bowl town welcomes a gifted surgeon, Dr. Karl Braun and his lovely daughter, Leni into his community. Dr. Braun and his daughter are refugees fleeing from the Nazis oppressed Austria and are looking to carve out a new existence for themselves.
Publisher
Home Box Office
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
6 DVDs (ca. 720 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"1934. The Dustbowl. The last great age of magic. In a time of titanic sandstorms, vile plagues, drought and pestilence - signs of God's fury and harbingers of the Apocalypse - the final conflict between good and evil is about to begin. The battle will take place in the heartland of an empire called America, where a traveling carnival harboring Ben Hawkins, a troubled healer, will clash with an evangelical ministry led by Borther Justin Crowe."--Container....
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (ca. 240 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Ken Burns documents the worst human-made ecological disaster in American history, when a frenzied wheat boom on the southern Plains, followed by a decade-long drought during the 1930s, nearly swept away the breadbasket of the nation. Vivid interviews, dramatic photographs, and seldom-seen movie footage bring to life incredible stories of human suffering and perseverance. Includes bonus features.
5) The 1930s
Publisher
Distributed by PBS
Pub. Date
[2009?]
Physical Desc
5 DVDs (267 min., 38 sec.) : sd., col., b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
This collection of American Experience films examines America's response to the unprecedented threats facing the nation during one of history's most tumultuous decades-one that is increasingly a touchstone for our own.
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