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The river / Farm Security Administration ; presented with the cooperation of the Army Engineers, the Civilian Conservation Corp., and the Tennessee Valley Authority ; directed and written by Pare Lorentz.
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Logging.
- Agriculture.
- Soil erosion.
- Mississippi River.
- Mississippi River Region.
- Soil erosion--Mississippi River Valley.
- Agriculture--Mississippi River Valley.
- Logging--Mississippi River Valley.
- Floods--Mississippi River.
- Floods.
- Flood control--Mississippi River.
- Flood control.
- Tennessee Valley Authority.
- Mississippi River Valley.
- Genre:
- Video recordings.
- Motion pictures.
- Physical Description:
- 1 streaming video file
- Other Title:
- Selections from the National Film Registry.
- Place of Publication:
- United States : Farm Security Administration : Paramount Pictures, 1938.
- Summary:
- Depression-era documentary which chronicles the exploration and exploitation of the Mississippi River from the Civil War through the 1920s.
- Participant:
- Narrator: Thomas Chalmers.
- Credits:
- Cinematography, Floyd Crosby, Willard Van Dyke, Stacy Woodard ; editing, Lloyd Nosler, Leo Zochling ; music, Virgil Thompson ; sound, Al Dillinger.
- Notes:
- Copyright: Pare Lorenz; 29Oct37; LP7702.
- Non-viewing print is in poor condition. According to paperwork in Acquisition: Young, Robert file, the print originally belonged to editor, Lloyd Nosler; cannot confirm.
- Summary from the Kentucky Historical Society website.
- Theatrical projection print was acquired for LC's National Film Preservation Tour, featuring titles from the National Film Registry.
- LC also holds a book entitled The river, by Pare Lorenz, with text taken verbatim from the film (LC catalog number 38027216).
- This film was selected for the National Film Registry.
- Not viewed.
- Sources used: Internet movie database; Kentucky Historical Society website; American Studies Group at the University of Virginia website (Reaping the golden harvest: Pare Lorentz, poet and filmmaker).
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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