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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.

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The River

February 4, 1938
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Cast (1)

Thomas Chalmers
Narrator (Voice)

Crew (12)

Directing

Pare Lorentz
Director

Writing

Production

A.A. Mercey
Researcher

Sound

Virgil Thomson
Original Music Composer
Henry Brant
Orchestrator

Art

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Camera

Willard Van Dyke
Director of Photography
Floyd Crosby
Director of Photography
Stacy Woodard
Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

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Crew

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Editing

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