Our daily bread (Motion picture : 1934) [videorecording]. Prologue to Our daily bread [videorecording]. California election news, no. 1 [videorecording]. California election news, no. 2 [videorecording]. Plow that broke the plains [videorecording]. River [videorecording]. Power and the land [videorecording]. New Frontier [videorecording].
Notes:
Originally released as a motion picture made in 1934, and other short films produced in the 1930s. Karen Morley, Tom Keene, Barbara Pepper, John Qualen, Addison Richards.
Contents:
Prologue to Our daily bread -- Our daily bread -- California election news no. 1 -- California election news no. 2 -- The plow that broke the plains-- The river -- Power and the land -- The new frontier.
Summary:
Our daily bread (King Vidor 1934) is a depression-era drama in which a young couple leads a group of unemployed people in making a communal farm succeed. Includes a prologue to the movie by King Vidor. The fake newsreels "California Election News #1 and #2 (1934), were secretly produced by MGM as "dirty tricks" in the film industry's political war against Upton Sinclair. The River (Pare Lorentz 1937) dramatizes the stripping of the Mississipi River basin and the effort to restore this region. The Plow that broke the plains (Pare Lorentz 1936) focuses on the ecological and human tragedy of the Dust Bowl. Power and the Land (Rural Electrification Administration), elevates the photogenic Parkinson family to iconic figures of Americana. The New Frontier is a government documentary.
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