The River is a 1938 short documentary film which shows the importance of the Mississippi River to the United States, and how farming and timber practices had caused topsoil to be swept down the river and into the Gulf of Mexico, leading to catastrophic floods and impoverishing farmers. It ends by briefly describing how the Tennessee Valley Authority project was beginning to reverse these problems.
The River is a 1938 short documentary film which shows the importance of the Mi:ssissi?ppi River to the United States, and how farming and timber practices had caused topsoil to be swept down the river and into the Gulf of Mexico, leading to catastrophic, floods and impoverishing farmers. It end?s by briefly describing how the Tennessee Valley Authority project was beginning to reverse these problems.