The River

The River (1938)


  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release Date: 1938-02-04
  • User Rating: 5.7/10 from 24 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)
Directing Pare Lorentz Director
Writing Pare Lorentz Writer
Sound Henry Brant Orchestrator
Sound Virgil Thomson Original Music Composer
Sound Albert Dillinger Sound
Sound Alexander Smallens Conductor
Editing Lloyd Nosler Editor
Production A.A. Mercey Researcher
Editing Leo Zochling Editor
Camera Stacy Woodard Director of Photography
Camera Willard Van Dyke Director of Photography
Camera Floyd Crosby Director of Photography

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