# The City

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

- Kind: Film
- Year: 1939
- By: American Documentary Films Inc.
- Genres: Nature, Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/TheCity_201505)
- Licence or status: [Public Domain Mark 1.0](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) (as the archive states it)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/ia/TheCity_201505?play=1)