04 February 1938 Factual 31 mins
This short Depression-era documentary describes the importance of the Mississippi River to the United States and laments the environmental destruction committed in the name of progress, particularly farming and timber practices and their impact on impoverished farmers.
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Thomas Chalmers as Narrator (Voice)
Pare Lorentz Director
Italy 14 August 1938
Portugal 28 April 2009
United States 04 February 1938
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These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1938:
17 June 1938
A female detective investigates the kidnapping of a wealthy businessman.
18 July 1938
A newly married couple run into difficulty when the wife refuses to obey her husband.
03 June 1938
Three mice run, cavort, sing and dance around in the stores and restaurants a big city at night. They wind up in a café for an early-morning snack and stocking up on food provisions before they return to the safety of their den beneath a man-hole cover in the street.
01 January 1938
The underage Rosemarie is still too young to run her inherited farm by herself; but she's more than aware that her foster father and the farm's administrator, the farmer Schlieker, is constantly skimming from the farm's finances to line his own pocket.
22 January 1938
A beautiful girl, Snow White, takes refuge in the forest in the house of seven dwarfs to hide from her stepmother, the wicked Queen.
29 April 1938
A western town is being overrun and ruled by a gang of outlaws led by Bart (John Merton). Former Ranger Tim (Tim McCoy) is called out of retirement and assigned to clean up the gang.
16 March 1938
Three university students decide, before they pursue their various careers, to spend some time together living in a mill.
09 January 1938
Hades is cooling off, so the Devil imports Leon Navara and his Orchestra to put on some heat using their music instruments.
01 November 1938
A society matron invites the gang to her estate as playmates for her spoiled brat son.
31 March 1938
The vassals of the Asano clan, who surrendered the castle & became wanderers, deceive the enemy and the public, wait for an opportunity to avenge their master and his family.
23 July 1938
When a young boy disappears, a man desperate for the offered reward money turns up with an identical child.
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