Power and the Land

1940
·38 min

Power and the Land

Name: Power and the Land (1940)
Director: Joris Ivens
Rating: 1
Cast: William Adams, Stephen Vincent Benet, Hazel Parkinson, William Parkinson

1/5

(13 votes)

Genre
Documentary· Short

Language
English

Country
USA

6.9IMDb

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Director
Joris Ivens
Writer
Stephen Vincent Benet, Joris Ivens, Edwin Locke
Color info
Black and White
Sound mix
Mono
Production company
Rural Electrification Administration
Distributor
Image Entertainment

Cast

Stephen Vincent BenétCommentator

Joris Ivens

Edwin Locke

William ParkinsonHimself

Floyd Crosby

Hazel ParkinsonHerself

Helen van Dongen

Arthur J. Ornitz

Keywords

1930s
cooking
cooperative
corn
cornfield
electricity
family farm
farm
farmer
ironing
milk
power line
progress
rural setting
water
work
working

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We all know how the Tennesse Valley Authority brought all-important electricity to rural America. This documentary shows a project in the same vein from the Rural Electrication Administration of USDA.

Power and the Land

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