| Description |
1 videodisc (113 min.) : sound, black and white with color sequences ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 guide (7 pages ; 18 cm.) |
| System Details |
DVD, all-region; Dolby Digital, DTS Surround. |
| Performer |
Narrator, Floyd King; soundtracks recreated by Post-Classical Ensemble, Angel Gil-Ordóñez, music director, Joseph Horowitz, artistic director.. |
| Credits |
Writer/director, Pare Lorentz ; music, Virgil Thompson. |
| 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. |
| 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.) |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording;. |
| Subject |
Great Plains -- Economic conditions.
|
|
Great Plains -- Social conditions.
|
|
Great Plains -- History.
|
|
Water resources development -- Mississippi River Valley.
|
|
Mississippi River -- History.
|
|
Land use -- Mississippi River Valley.
|
| Genre/Form |
Documentary films.
|
|
Historical films.
|
|
Documentary.
|
|
Historical.
|
| Added Author |
Lorentz, Pare. Screenwriter. Director.
|
|
Thomson, Virgil, 1896-1989. Composer.
|
|
Stoney, George C.
|
|
Fussell, Charles.
|
|
King, Floyd. Narrator.
|
|
Post-Classical Ensemble.
|
|
Gil-Ordóñez, Angel.
|
|
Horowitz, Joseph, 1948-
|
|
Naxos Digital Services.
|
| Added Title |
River.
|
| Standard No. |
747313552153 |
| Music No. |
2110521 Naxos of America |
|
