The River (1938)
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)
as Narrator (Voice)
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Pare Lorentz
Writer
Writer
Pare Lorentz
Director
Director
Virgil Thomson
Original Music Composer
Original Music Composer
Henry Brant
Orchestrator
Orchestrator
Albert Dillinger
Sound
Sound
Lloyd Nosler
Editor
Editor
Alexander Smallens
Conductor
Conductor
Leo Zochling
Editor
Editor
A.A. Mercey
Researcher
Researcher
Willard Van Dyke
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Stacy Woodard
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Floyd Crosby
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
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