The River

The River

Release Date: 1938-02-04

Overview: 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.

Rating: 5.7 / 10

Cast

Thomas Chalmers

Thomas Chalmers

as Narrator (Voice)

Crew

  • Pare Lorentz - Writer

  • Pare Lorentz - Director

  • Virgil Thomson - Original Music Composer

  • Henry Brant - Orchestrator

  • Albert Dillinger - Sound

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