
The River
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.
The River
February 4, 1938
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Cast (1)

Thomas Chalmers
Narrator (Voice)
Crew (12)
Directing

Pare Lorentz
Director
Writing

Pare Lorentz
Writer
Production

A.A. Mercey
Researcher
Sound

Albert Dillinger
Sound

Alexander Smallens
Conductor

Henry Brant
Orchestrator

Virgil Thomson
Original Music Composer
Art
No data availableCamera

Willard Van Dyke
Director of Photography

Stacy Woodard
Director of Photography

Floyd Crosby
Director of Photography
Costume & Make-Up
No data availableCrew
No data availableEditing

Leo Zochling
Editor

Lloyd Nosler
Editor