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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.
Keywords: tmdb.mississippi-river,
tmdb.river,
mdblist.imdb-short,
mdblist.one-actor,
imdb.national-film-registry,
imdb.land-erosion,
imdb.begins-with-text + 68 more,
imdb.chopping-down-a-tree,
imdb.logging,
imdb.gulf-of-mexico,
imdb.missouri-river,
imdb.ohio-river,
imdb.plow,
imdb.mule,
imdb.iron,
imdb.icicle,
imdb.idaho,
imdb.pennsylvania,
imdb.baton-rouge-louisiana,
imdb.cairo-illinois,
imdb.u-s-coast-guard,
imdb.map,
imdb.soil-conservation,
imdb.tennessee-river,
imdb.dam-construction,
imdb.homesteader,
imdb.power-tower,
imdb.poverty,
imdb.prologue,
imdb.forest,
imdb.propaganda,
imdb.abandoned-house,
imdb.new-orleans-louisiana,
imdb.african-american,
imdb.ship,
imdb.minnesota,
imdb.rocky-mountains,
imdb.forestry,
imdb.wisconsin,
imdb.u-s-army,
imdb.u-s-navy,
imdb.boat,
imdb.homelessness,
imdb.medicine,
imdb.baby,
imdb.farming,
imdb.erosion,
imdb.mississippi-river,
imdb.dam,
imdb.tennessee-valley-authority,
imdb.deforestation,
imdb.flood-control,
imdb.topsoil,
imdb.civilian-conservation-corps,
imdb.dike,
imdb.river,
imdb.soil,
imdb.industry,
imdb.power-line,
imdb.greed,
imdb.tenant-farmer,
imdb.sharecropper,
imdb.electricity,
imdb.american-civil-war,
imdb.ephemeral-film,
imdb.steamboat,
imdb.farm-security-administration,
imdb.lumber,
imdb.steel-mill,
imdb.part-animated,
imdb.coal,
imdb.levee,
imdb.flood,
imdb.cotton,
aspectratio.1-37-1
Watch Providers: Hoopla
Production companies: Farm Security Administration
Country: United States
Languages:
English
Runtime: 31 min.
Released: Feb. 4, 1938
Status: Released
Certification: NR
