The River

5.7
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Run time: 31 min
  • Premiere: 1938. February 4.

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.

Discover

Thomas Chalmers

Narrator (Voice)

Camera

Willard Van Dyke

Director of Photography

Stacy Woodard

Director of Photography

Floyd Crosby

Director of Photography

Directing

Pare Lorentz

Director

Editing

Production

A.A. Mercey

Researcher

Sound

Virgil Thomson

Original Music Composer

Henry Brant

Orchestrator

Writing

Camera

Willard Van Dyke

Director of Photography

Stacy Woodard

Director of Photography

Floyd Crosby

Director of Photography

Directing

Pare Lorentz

Director

Editing

Production

A.A. Mercey

Researcher

Sound

Virgil Thomson

Original Music Composer

Henry Brant

Orchestrator

Writing