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Pampa, Texas - Dust Blizzard Blots Out Sun; Buries Plants
The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration
No Sound on Film
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c. 1935
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B/W
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English
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Workers attempt to shield themselves from the dust
Cars venture out into the dangerous weather
Categories:
Lesson Plan - The Texas Dust Bowl
Newsreels
1930s
Dust Bowl, 1930s
Drought
Teach Texas - TEKS Grade 4 Social Studies - 5A
Teach Texas - TEKS Grade 7 Social Studies - 10B
Teach Texas - TEKS US History - 12A
NARA
Gray County
Texas Locations:
Pampa
Gray County
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Newsreel of a dust storm that hit Pampa. This could be the great dust storm that fell on what became known as Black Sunday, April 14, 1935. Musician Woodie Guthrie lived in Pampa at the time and wrote songs about the storm.
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