The River [Videorecording] : a U.S. documentary film ; The Plow that broke the plains.
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FilmReference number:31637450Publication details: [S.l. : s.n., 199-?] Description: 1 videocassette (54 min.) : sd., b&w ; 1/2 inSubject(s): Great Plains -- Economic conditions | Great Plains -- Social conditions | Water resources development -- Mississippi River Valley | Mississippi River -- History | Land use -- Mississippi River ValleyProduction credits: Written and directed by Pare Lorentz ; photography, Floyd Crosby, Stacey Woodard, Willard Van Dyke (1st work) ; Ralph Steiner ... [et al.] (2nd work) ; music, Virgil Thomson.Narrator, Thomas Chalmers.Summary: The first work traces the history of the Mississippi River and its tributaries. Shows the consequences of sharecropping, soil exhaustion, unchecked erosion, and flooding. Concludes with scenes of regional planning, Tennessee Valley development, and correlated Federal efforts. The second work traces the social and economic history of the Great Plains from the settlement of the prairies through the World War I boom to the years of depression and drought.
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Originally issued as motion pictures, the 1st work in 1937 by the United States Farm Security Administration, and the 2nd work in 1936 by the United States Resettlement Administration.
Durations: 29 min. ; 25 min.
Written and directed by Pare Lorentz ; photography, Floyd Crosby, Stacey Woodard, Willard Van Dyke (1st work) ; Ralph Steiner ... [et al.] (2nd work) ; music, Virgil Thomson.
Narrator, Thomas Chalmers.
The first work traces the history of the Mississippi River and its tributaries. Shows the consequences of sharecropping, soil exhaustion, unchecked erosion, and flooding. Concludes with scenes of regional planning, Tennessee Valley development, and correlated Federal efforts. The second work traces the social and economic history of the Great Plains from the settlement of the prairies through the World War I boom to the years of depression and drought.
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