Editing The Plow That Broke the Plains (section)

===Legacy===
The Resettlement Administration and its successor, the [[Farm Security Administration]], and other government agencies distributed ''The Plow That Broke the Plains'' as an educational service.<ref name=":0" /> In addition to screenings in the U.S., the ''Plow That Broke the Plains'' was screened publicly in Canadian educational venues and film societies. At a conference on Canadian-American relations at [[Queen's University at Kingston]] in [[Ontario]], ''The Plow That Broke the Plains'' screened as part of a program of films that highlighted problems of adapting to the North American Environment.<ref name=":3" /> Additionally ''The Plow That Broke the Plains'' inspired the Canadian film ''Heritage'' (1939). The [[Canadian Government Motion Picture Bureau]] produced this film for [[Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada|Canada's Department of Agriculture]]. While not a copy of ''The Plow That Broke the Plains'', ''Heritage'' used ''The Plow That Broke the Plains'' as a model for how to produce a film particular to Canada's own problems in the Great Plains and to make a case for federal government programs.<ref name=":3" /> A U.S. government catalog of documentary film classics states that ''The Plow That Broke the Plains'' "has been one of the most widely praised and studied documentaries to be produced in America" and that its images "serve sort of visual shorthand which expressed a massive social problem on a more intimate and human scale."<ref name=":0" /> ''The Plow That Broke the Plains'' also generated discussion on the future of the Great Plains and brought up the question as to what extent the land of the Great Plains regions should be used for agriculture.<ref name=":4" /> Under the [[National Film Preservation Act]] ''The Plow That Broke the Plains'' was selected for preservation in 1999 as it was deemed to be "culturally, historically, or aesthetically" significant.<ref name=":10" /><ref name=":11" />