The River

The River (1938)


  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release Date: 1938-02-04
  • User Rating: 5.6/10 from 23 ratings
  • Runtime: 0h 31min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Farm Security Administration
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Pare Lorentz
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Summary

This short Depression-era documentary describes the importance of the Mississippi River to the United States and laments the environmental destruction committed in the name of progress, particularly farming and timber practices and their impact on impoverished farmers.

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  • Thomas Chalmers

    as Narrator (Voice)
Writing Pare Lorentz Writer
Directing Pare Lorentz Director
Sound Virgil Thomson Original Music Composer
Sound Henry Brant Orchestrator
Sound Albert Dillinger Sound
Editing Lloyd Nosler Editor
Sound Alexander Smallens Conductor
Editing Leo Zochling Editor
Production A.A. Mercey Researcher
Camera Willard Van Dyke Director of Photography
Camera Stacy Woodard Director of Photography
Camera Floyd Crosby Director of Photography

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