The plow that broke the Plains : a U.S. documentary film / Resettlement Administration. Night mail / The G.P.O. Film Unit presents.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	United States. Resettlement Administration Great Britain. Post Office. Film Unit Mad Phat Enterprises
Other Authors:	Lorentz, Pare Steiner, Ralph, 1899-1986 Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976 Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973 Wright, Basil Watt, Harry, 1906-1987 Grierson, John, 1898-1972 Smallens, Alexander, 1889-1972
Language:	English
Published:	[Bakersfield, Calif.] : Mad Phat Enterprises, 2009.
Subjects:	Great Britain. > Post Office. Postal service > Great Britain. Railway mail service > Great Britain. Great Plains > Economic conditions. Great Plains > Social conditions. Documentary films. Historical films.
Genre:	Documentary films. Historical films.
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (50 min.) : black and white, sound ; 4 3/4 in.
Variant Title:	Plow that broke the Plains.
Format:	Video DVD

Description
Note:	The plow that broke the Plains, 1934. (26 min.) Narrator, Thomas Chalmers. Writer, director, Pare Lorentz ; photography, Ralph Steiner [and others]. The story of America's Great Plains detailing the ravages of drought and the area's history that prompted the migration of farmers to the Pacific Coast. Night mail, 1936. (24 min.) Conductor, Alexander Smallens. Verse, W.H. Auden ; music, Benjamin Britten ; producer, John Grierson ; directors, Basil Wright, Harry Watt. A homage to the British postal and railway systems. Videorecording.
Call Number:	F596 .P56 2009 VideoDVD
System Details:	DVD-R. This disc is a recorded DVD and may not play on all DVD players or drives.