Screenplay: Pare Lorentz

Direction Pare Lorentz

Plot This documentary short film looks at the devastating and costly problems, including seasonal flooding and erosion of precious topsoil, associated with the Mississippi River system and promotes more Federal projects...

Direction Pare Lorentz

Plot This documentary is about what happened to the Great Plains of the United States when a combination of farming practices and environmental factors led to the Dust Bowl of the...

Direction Pare Lorentz

Plot An interne witnesses the death of a young mother in a maternity hospital delivery room. Disturbed that he might have overlooked something that could have prevented the death, he goes...

Direction Ralph Steiner · Willard Van Dyke

Cast Morris Carnovsky

Plot Visionary documentary that contrasts the conditions of life in small towns and in the industrialized cities, starting with a brief portrait of pre-industrial United States, then moving into the modern...