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Subjects
National Film Preservation Foundation Collection (Library of Congress)
Water resources development -- Mississippi River Valley.
Land use -- Mississippi River Valley.
Farmers -- Great Plains -- Economic conditions.
Farmers -- Great Plains -- Social conditions.
Agriculture and state -- Great Plains.
Great Plains -- Economic conditions.
Great Plains -- Social conditions.
Great Plains -- History.
Mississippi River -- History.
United States -- Rural conditions.
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National Film Preservation Foundation Collection (Library of Congress)
Water resources development -- Mississippi River Valley.
Land use -- Mississippi River Valley.
Farmers -- Great Plains -- Economic conditions.
Farmers -- Great Plains -- Social conditions.
Agriculture and state -- Great Plains.
Great Plains -- Economic conditions.
Great Plains -- Social conditions.
Great Plains -- History.
Mississippi River -- History.
United States -- Rural conditions.
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The plow that broke the
plains
[videorecording (DVD)] ; The river.
Naxos, c2007.
Call #:
DVD 973.917 P732n
Subjects
National Film Preservation Foundation Collection (Library of Congress)
Water resources development
--
Mississippi River Valley.
Land use
--
Mississippi River Valley.
Farmers
--
Great
Plains
--
Economic
conditions
.
Farmers
--
Great
Plains
--
Social
conditions
.
Agriculture and state
--
Great
Plains
.
Great
Plains
--
Economic
conditions
.
Great
Plains
--
Social
conditions
.
Great
Plains
--
History.
Mississippi River
--
History.
United States
--
Rural
conditions
.
Alternate title:
The river [videorecording (DVD)].
Format:
[videorecording (DVD)] ;
Description:
1 videodisc (ca. 112 min.) : Dolby digital sd., b&w with col. sequences ; 12 cm.
Notes:
Originally issued as motion pictures in 1936 (The plow that broke the
plains
) and 1938 (The river).
"Editions used: The plow that broke the
plains
(G. Schirmer, Inc; The river (Fleisher Collection, Free Library of Philadelphia, The Virgil Thomson Foundation)"--Container.
Support for this DVD was provided by the National Endowment for the Arts (USA), The American Film Institute, Virgil Thomson Foundation (USA), The MARPAT Foundation (USA).
Home use only.
Contents:
The plow that broke the
plains
(27 min.)
--
The river (32 min.)
--
George Stoney on The plow and The river (15 min.)
--
Stoney on the New Deal, The river, and race (6 min.)
--
Charles Fussell on Virgil Thomson (18 min.)
--
Virgil Thomson on Virgil Thomson (audio only)(8 min.)
--
The original ending of The plow that broke the
plains
(4 min.)
--
The original beginning of The plow that broke the
plains
(3 min.).
Production:
Writer/director, Pare Lorentz ; Music, Virgil Thompson.
Performers:
Narrator, Floyd King; soundtracks recreated by Post-Classical Ensemble, Angel Gil-Ordęz, music director, Joseph Horowitz, artistic director.
Summary:
"The plow that broke the
plains
" depicts the
social
and economic history of the
Great
Plains
from the settlement of the prairies by cattlemen and
farmers
through the World War I boom to drought and depression.
"The river" traces life in the Mississippi River Valley during the previous 150 years, showing the consequences of sharecropping, soil exhaustion, unchecked erosion and floods, and concludes with scenes of regional planning, TVA development and federal efforts.
Genre:
Documentary films.
Short films.
DVDs.
Other authors:
Lorentz, Pare.
Thomson, Virgil, 1896-1989.
Stoney, George C.
Fussell, Charles.
King, Floyd.
Gil Ordez, Angel.
Horowitz, Joseph, 1948-
Post-Classical Ensemble.
Naxos Digital Services.
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Halifax North Memorial Public Library
Adult Nonfeature DVDs
DVD 973.917 P732n
Adult Dvds-7 Days
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