The river a U.S. documentary film ; The plow that broke the plains /

The river [videorecording] : a U.S. documentary film ; The plow that broke the plains / written and directed by Pare Lorentz.

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The first work provides a panoramic historical view of the Mississippi River and its tributaries, from the Civil War through the 1930s. Shows the growth of industry and agriculture and the resulting consequences of sharecropping, soil exhaustion, unchecked erosion, and flooding. One of the first fil...

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Corporate Authors: United States. Farm Security Administration, United States. Public Works Administration, Tennessee Valley Authority, Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.), United States. Army. Corps of Engineers, United States. Resettlement Administration
Other Authors: Lorentz, Pare, Chalmers, Thomas, 1884-1966, Thomson, Virgil, 1896-1989, Crosby, Floyd, 1899-1985, Woodard, Stacey, Van Dyke, Willard, Steiner, Ralph, 1899-1986
Other title:ITS Video Library.
Plow that broke the plains.
Format: Video VHS
Language:English
Published: [Chicago, Ill.] : [Distributed by Facets Video], [1998?]
Subjects:
Water resources development > Mississippi River Valley.
Land use > Mississippi River Valley.
Farmers > Great Plains.
Mississippi River > History.
Great Plains > Economic conditions.
Great Plains > Social conditions.
Documentary films.
Historical films.

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