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Narratror: We rise above nature
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? the frontiers of our planet
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now we harness the force of the universe
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claiming powers that could destroy us
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but still we fight for freedom, truth, new beginings
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as mankind turns towards the frontiers of the future
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Amidst the chaos of a unforgiving planet
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most species will fail but for one
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all the pieces will fall into place
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and a set of keys will unlock a path
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for mankind to triumph
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This is our story
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the story of all us
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Narrator: Today over seven billion humans on planet earth
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in just four generations our population
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has grown by five billion
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faster in the first 50 years of the 20th century
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than the previous 50 thousand
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and as mankind expands in a ever more
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crowded world we face the ultimate challenge
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abusing the power of the planet
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to propel us into the future
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The Midwest 1935
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giant dust storms ravage American farm land
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the worst drought in U.S. history
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two and a half million people abandoned
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the great plains
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family driven off their farms
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heading in hope for California
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Russell: Life in rural America was
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absolutely horrendous, dust storms
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could happen that could obliterate everything
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it was nearly impossible to grow food in that soil
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Narrator: But one man plans to revive this barren land
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Rosweld Garst
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born and bred farmer, instinctive entrepreneur
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He sell's is cattle, mortgages his farm
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and bets everything on a wonder crop
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that will become a key to mankind's future
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hybrid corn
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its cross bred to resist drought and disease
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so it can still grow in the scorched earth
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in the Midwest
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He drives two thousand miles a week
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promoting his hybrid seeds
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his slogan
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"An astonishing product, produces astonishing results"
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but the seed cost 50 times more
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than ordinary corn
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[Garst: trying to sell his corn ]
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Narrator: One of Garst colleagues , notes
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["You would save six or seven a bushel
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and you could almost see them
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reaching around to their
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