The Children Must Learn

Duration: 13 min
Release date: 1940-01-01
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Documentary profiling an Appalachian farming family struggling to scrape out a living. Link­ing education and economic development, The Children Must Learn suggests that better schooling, especially in agricultural techniques, would bring improvement.

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The Children Must Learn

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