The Plow That Broke the Plains
1937 · National Archives and Records Administration (via FedFlix)
Finding US Government work
The record names a federal body as the creating agency: Department of Agriculture. Farm Security Administration. Information Division. A work prepared by an officer or employee of the United States Government as part of that person's official duties has no US copyright (17 U.S.C. 105; before 1978, section 8 of the 1909 Act).
The record names a federal body as the creating agency. A work prepared by an officer or employee of the United States Government as part of that person's official duties has no US copyright (17 U.S.C. 105; before 1978, section 8 of the 1909 Act). This says nothing about copyright outside the United States, or about music, stock footage or other material the film may incorporate.
- Creating body, as recorded
- Department of Agriculture. Farm Security Administration. Information Division
- National Archives Identifier
- dup (local identifier 96.2)
- Internet Archive item
- gov.archives.arc.13595.dup (uploader's licence mark: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
The record
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Department of Agriculture. Farm Security Administration. Information Division. (ca. 1937 - ca. 1942) ARC Identifier 13595 / Local Identifier 96.2 1937 The Plow That Broke the Plains The film presents the social and economic history of the Great Plains -- from the time of the settlement of the prairies, through the World War I boom, to the years of depression and drought. The first part of the film shows cattle as they grazed on grasslands, and homesteaders who hurried onto the plains and grew large wheat crops. The second part depicts the postwar decline of the wheat market, which resulted in overproduction. Footage shows farm equipment used, then abandoned. The third part shows a dust storm as it rendered a farm useless. Subsequent scenes show farmers as they left their homes and headed west. DVD Copied by Thomas Gideon.