The
river
River (Motion picture : 1938)
Lorentz, Pare,
direction
writing
Crosby, Floyd,
1899-1985
photography
Van Dyke, Willard,
photography
Woodard, Stacy,
photography
Nosler, Lloyd,
1900-1985
editing
Zochling, Leo,
editing
Chalmers, Thomas,
1884-1966
narration
United States.
Farm Security Administration.
AFI/Sheerin (Robert M.) Collection (Library of Congress)
Museum of Modern Art Collection (Library of Congress)
Young (Robert) Collection (Library of Congress)
moving image
motion picture
Documentary films.
Sponsored films.
Short films.
Nonfiction films.
xxu
monographic
United States
Farm Security Administration
Paramount Pictures
1938
eng
viewing print 1 film reel (ca. 31 min., ca. 1,115 ft.) : sd., b&w, 16 mm.
theatrical projection print 2 film reels of 2 (ca. 31 min., ca. 2,790 ft.) : sd., b&w, 35 mm.
non-viewing print 1 film reel (ca. 31 min., ca. 1,115 ft.) : sd., b&w, 16 mm.
Depression-era documentary which chronicles the exploration and exploitation of the Mississippi River from the Civil War through the 1920s.
Farm Security Administration ; presented with the cooperation of the Army Engineers, the Civilian Conservation Corp., and the Tennessee Valley Authority ; directed and written by Pare Lorentz.
Copyright: Pare Lorenz; 29Oct37; LP7702.
Non-viewing print is in poor condition. According to paperwork in M/B/RS Acquisition file (Young, Robert), the print originally belonged to editor, Lloyd Nosler; cannot confirm. DLC
Summary from the Kentucky Historical Society website.
Theatrical projection print was acquired for LC's National Film Preservation Tour, featuring titles from the National Film Registry. DLC
LC also holds a book entitled The river, by Pare Lorenz, with text taken verbatim from the film (LC catalog number 38027216). DLC
Not viewed.
Sources used: Internet movie database; Kentucky Historical Society website; American Studies Group at the University of Virginia website (Reaping the golden harvest: Pare Lorentz, poet and filmmaker).
Cinematography, Floyd Crosby, Willard Van Dyke, Stacy Woodard ; editing, Lloyd Nosler, Leo Zochling ; music, Virgil Thomson ; sound, Al Dillinger.
Narrator: Thomas Chalmers.
This film was selected for the National Film Registry.
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Tennessee Valley Authority.
Soil erosion
Mississippi River Valley
Agriculture
Mississippi River Valley
Logging
Mississippi River Valley
Floods
Mississippi River
Flood control
Mississippi River
Mississippi River
FBC 8694 (viewing print)
FQC 3681-3682 (theatrical projection print)
FTB 1633 (non-viewing print)
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mbrsmi/ntscrm.00101008
River
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