The Children Must Learn (1940)
Documentary profiling an Appalachian farming family struggling to scrape out a living. Linking education and economic development, The Children Must Learn suggests that better schooling, especially in agricultural techniques, would bring improvement.
Director: Willard Van Dyke
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Myron McCormick as Narrator (voice) |
| Directing | Willard Van Dyke | Director |
| Writing | Spencer Pollard | Writer |
| Editing | Irving Lerner | Editor |
| Camera | Robert B. Churchill | Director of Photography |