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The river

And correlated Federal efforts.

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  • "And correlated Federal efforts."@en
  • "Depression-era documentary which chronicles the exploration and exploitation of the Mississippi River from the Civil War through the 1920s."
  • "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 Authority development."@en
  • "This film is a plea for soil conservation and flood control along the Mississippi River and its tributaries, with the Tennesses River Valley development project as an example. It shows erosion along the Mississippi River valley because of agriculture, forestry and mining and disastrous flooding of towns and farms."
  • "Classic documentary by Pare Lorentz examines the consequences of soil exhaustion, erosion, flood, and indiscriminate sharecropping in the Mississippi River Valley. Points out what man can do now and in the future to repair damage and conserve resources."
  • "Discusses the history of the Mississippi River. Traces its tributaries; shows that the destruction of forests has led to erosion and loss of soil, floods, and the loss of lives and property. Emphasizes the need for conservation and rehabilitation."@en
  • "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 Authority development, and correlated Federal efforts."@en
  • "A documentary story of the Mississippi River. Traced the history of the Mississippi River and its tributaries; shows that the destruction of forests had led to erosion and the loss of soil, floods and the loss of lives and property; and emphasizes the need for conservation and rehabilitation."@en
  • "Explores the Mississippi River and its tributaries, the physical aspect of the great valley, its cities and its industries, the people who live in it, the crimes they have committed against 'the richest free gift that was ever spread before civilized man', the hopes for a decent life that that valley, in spite of human folly, still offers to humanity."
  • "This is the story of a river, the Mississippi. Where it comes from, where it goes. What is has meant to us; and what it has cost us. The film covers the Mississippi River's history, from the Civil War through the 1930's."@en
  • "A documentary film about the Mississippi River and the social conditions of its great valley. It shows that the destruction of forests had led to erosion and the loss of soil, floods and the loss of lives and property; and emphasizes the need for conservation and rehabilitation."@en
  • "The river by Pare Lorentzis 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. It was written and directed by Pare Lorentz and, like Lorentz's earlier documentary The plow that broke the plains, was also selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant", going into the registry in 1990. Both films have notable scores by Virgil Thomson that are still heard as concert suites. The film was narrated by the American baritone Thomas Hardie Chalmers. The two films were sponsored by the U.S. government and specifically the Resettlement Administration (RA) to raise awareness about the New Deal. The RA was folded into the Farm Security Administration in 1937, so The river was officially an FSA production."@en
  • ""'This is the story of a river, a record of the Mississippi: where it comes from, where it goes; what it has meant to us--and what it has cost us.' Thus begins Pare Lorentz' monumental documentary about the exploitation and miuse of one of our greatest natural resources. The film covers the period from the Civil War to the disastrous floods of the 1930's. Much of the film's power derives from brilliant editing that parallels the forward rush of water as it trickles, eddies, and flows on its way to the Gulf of Mexico. Virgil Thomson's memorable score and Lorentz' own poetic prose combine to evoke the awesome grandeur of the Mississippi. More that simply a plea for better land management or a tribute to the TVA, The river stands as a testimonial to the power of film to communicate through image, music, and the spoken word. 'It [The river] did more to secure the popular recognition of the documentary film in America than any other picture'--Paul Rotha, from Documentary film"--Documentary film classics produced by the United States Government / National AudioVisual Center. 2nd ed."@en
  • "A documentary film about the Mississippi River and the social conditions of its great valley. It shows that the destruction of forests had led to erosion and the loss of soil, floods and the loss of lives and property, and emphasizes the need for conservation and rehabilitation."@en
  • "One of the great social documentary films shows the Mississippi River, its history, valley sources, flooding, and man's attempts at control."@en
  • "Story of the Mississippi : where it comes from, where it goes, what it has meant to us, and what it has cost us."@en
  • "Following the success of The Plow That Broke the Plains, the Roosevelt administration financed a follow-up film which was distributed theatrically by Paramount. The theme was again the waste of natural resources through careless and exploitative land management. The focus was specifically on the Mississippi River Basin, the disastrous 1937 flood providing the means of dramatising the issue. The film also promoted New Deal development programs such as the controversial Tennessee Valley. Lorentz further developed the narrative-in-ballad form of The Plow That Broke the Plains. Free verse with cadenced repetitions, Virgil Thomson's music score and the dramatic flow of the accomplished camera team came together with a vigour and confidence that is a high point for the native American documentary school. However, support for the U.S. Film Service, with Lorenz at the head, was short lived, a victim of changing political attitudes."@en
  • "This film is a plea for soil conservation and flood control along the Mississippi River and its tributaries, with the Tennesses River Valley development project as an example. It shows erosion along the Mississippi River valley because of agriculture, forestry and mining and disastrous flooding of towns and farms."@en
  • "A documentary film about the Mississippi River and the social conditions of its great valley. It shows that the destruction of forests had led to erosion and the loss of soil, floods, and the loss of lives and property, and emphasizes the need for conservation and rehabilitation."@en

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  • "Short films"
  • "Shorts"@en
  • "Documentaries and factual works"
  • "Documentary films"@en
  • "Documentary films"
  • "Sponsored"
  • "Nonfiction films"
  • "Documentaries and factual films and video"@en
  • "History"@en
  • "History"
  • "non fiction"
  • "court métrage"

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  • "River (1937)"
  • "The river"@en
  • "The river"
  • "River (Short : 1937)"@en
  • "The river [still photographs from the documentary film]"
  • "The River"
  • "The River"@en

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