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River, The (Part I)



Classic documentary history of the exploitation of the resources of the Mississippi River Valley and the work being done to rehabilitate and reclaim the area. Director and writer: Pare Lorentz. Narrator: Thomas Chalmers. Photography: Willard Van Dyke, Stacey Woodard and Floyd Crosby. Editor: Leo Zochling. Music: Virgil Thomson.                                              
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Video Information
Year: 1937
Genre: Ephemeral
Keywords: New Deal: Conservation;Rivers: Mississippi;Infrastructure;
Duration: 00:14:28
Color: No
Sound: Yes
Amount of Motion: n/a
Language: English
Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Resettlement Administration
Contributing Organization: Internet Archive
Transcript Available: No

Digitization Information
Digitization Date: 2001
Digitizing Organization: Internet Archive

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