Which documentary was released first, The Plow That Broke the Plains or Seal Island?
The Plow That Broke the Plains The Plow That Broke the Plains is a 1936 short documentary film which shows what happened to the Great Plains region of the United States and Canada when uncontrolled agricultural farming led to the Dust Bowl. It was written and directed by Pare Lorentz. The film was narrated by the American actor and baritone Thomas Hardie Chalmers.
Pass Island, Newfoundland and Labrador Pass Island is a resettled community located on the Southern Shore of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Many remnants from previous settlements are still visible across the ocean separating it from the community of Seal Cove, Fortune Bay. Many of the settlers from previously existent insular communities of Pass Island, were resettled to the communities of Hermitage-Sandyville and Harbour Breton.