The River
FDR Presidential Library
Education
Clips are not offered for this film: the US renewal records do not settle it.
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FDR Presidential Library
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The River
From IMDB: his short Depression-era documentary describes the importance of the Mississippi River to the United States. It laments the environmental destruction committed in the name of progress, particularly farming and timber practices which cause massive erosion and result in vast amounts of top soil being washed down the river into the Gulf of Mexico. The film focuses especially on the impact this has had on impoverished farmers. It ends on a very upbeat note, however, with a celebration of the TVA, "modern" farming technology, and the use of dams to control the river and prevent flooding. Written by George Schneiderman.
- Archive
- Internet Archive, in FedFlix: US government films
- Licence or status
- CC0 1.0, as the Internet Archive states it.
- Credit
- FDR Presidential Library
- Language
- English
- 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