1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 37 min., 25 sec.)
Summary
In the framework of the New Deal politics Joris Ivens was commissioned to film the benefits of rural electrification. The film shows the situation before and after the Rural Electrification Administration brought electricity to the farm of the Parkinson family. Although the commentary is a bit over the top, this documentary is a beautiful poetic film on the development of the American countryside
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Event
Originally produced by Film Preservation Society in 1940
