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.
Genre: Documentary
Stars: Thomas Chalmers
Crew: Pare Lorentz (Writer), Pare Lorentz (Director), Virgil Thomson (Original Music Composer), Albert Dillinger (Sound), Henry Brant (Orchestrator), Alexander Smallens (Conductor)
Country: United States of America
Language: English
Studio: Farm Security Administration
Runtime: 31 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Feb 04, 1938
IMDb: 5.435
Keywords:mississippi river, river
