The River is a 1938 short documentary film which shows the importance of the Mississippi River to the United States, and how farming and timber practices had caused topsoil to be swept down the river and into the Gulf of Mexico, leading to catastrophic floods and impoverishing farmers. It ends by briefly describing how the Tennessee Valley Authority project was beginning to reverse these problems.
The River (1938)
Directed by Pare Lorentz
Genres - Documentary, History |
Release Date - Feb 4, 1938 |
Run Time - 31 min. |
Countries - United States of America |
Description by Wikipedia
Movie Info
Budget
$50,000
Tags
Mississippi River, Non-Fiction Film, Resettlement Administration, River, Sponsored Film, United States
Attributes
Subject: agriculture, agriculture in the United States, flood, flood control, logging, Mississippi River, soil erosion, Tennessee Valley Authority
Alternate Titles
The River
US
Река
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