The City
American Documentary Films Inc.
NatureIndustrial and advertising
Clips are not offered for this film: the US renewal records do not settle it.
Parts
About
1939, 43 mins. Visionary documentary that contrasts the conditions of life in small towns and in the industrialized cities, starting with a brief portrait of pre-industrial United States, then moving into the modern chaotic, industrial and commercial city to reflect on the effects of this environment on family life and the raising of children, and finally proposing a return to a simpler life, in an idyllic "new city" in Maryland, constructed as a New Deal project, to promote proper upbringing of children, as well as a stable family life. Directed by Ralph Steiner Willard Van Dyke Writing Credits Pare Lorentz ... (outline) Henwar Rodakiewicz ... (scenario) Lewis Mumford ... (commentary) Produced by Henwar Rodakiewicz ... associate producer Music by Aaron Copland Cinematography by Ralph Steiner Willard Van Dyke Film Editing by Theodore Lawrence Production Management Oscar Serlin ... production supervisor Camera and Electrical Department Roger Barlow ... camera operator Music Department Henry Brant ... assistant orchestrator Max Goberman ... conductor
- Archive
- Internet Archive, in Ephemeral films
- Licence or status
- Public Domain Mark 1.0, as the Internet Archive states it.
- Credit
- American Documentary Films Inc.
- Who can watch
- The archive gives no rating. Invisible Network shows it to Tweens profiles and older, judged from its collection and subjects. How films are placed