01 January 1940 Factual 13 mins
Documentary profiling an Appalachian farming family struggling to scrape out a living. Linking education and economic development, The Children Must Learn suggests that better schooling, especially in agricultural techniques, would bring improvement.
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Myron McCormick as Narrator (voice)
Willard Van Dyke Director
United States 01 January 1940
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