The River (1938)
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.
Director: Pare Lorentz
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Thomas Chalmers as Narrator (Voice) |
| Writing | Pare Lorentz | Writer |
| Directing | Pare Lorentz | Director |
| Sound | Virgil Thomson | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Albert Dillinger | Sound |
| Sound | Henry Brant | Orchestrator |
| Sound | Alexander Smallens | Conductor |
| Production | A.A. Mercey | Researcher |
| Editing | Leo Zochling | Editor |
| Editing | Lloyd Nosler | Editor |
| Camera | Floyd Crosby | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Stacy Woodard | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Willard Van Dyke | Director of Photography |
