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The River

56 %|Feb 4, 1938|Documentary

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.

Featured Crew

Pare Lorentz
Writer
Pare Lorentz
Director
Virgil Thomson
Original Music Composer
Albert Dillinger
Sound
Henry Brant
Orchestrator
Alexander Smallens
Conductor
A.A. Mercey
Researcher
Leo Zochling
Editor

Cast

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Thomas Chalmers
Narrator (Voice)