The River
Feb 04 1938
•1h 31m
•Documentary
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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Thomas Chalmers
Narrator (Voice)
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