MARSHES OF THE MISSISSIPPI

Duration: 12½min

Year Published: 1960

Format: 16mm

Color: Color & B&W

Sound: Sound

Description: Presents the wildlife of the soggy wastelands built by the Mississippi River along the Gulf of Mexico. Shows the land building work of the Mississippi, points out the dependence of animal life on specific plants of the area, and pictures gigantic flocks of geese and ducks in their winter homes. Includes close-up views of alligators, turtles, mink, otters, raccoons, muskrats, nutria, and other wildlife residents of the marshlands. Visits a trapping family in their marsh camp and follows the trapper as he runs his trap line in this great fur-producing area.

Complete Record: Source: Daggett Interest level: p-el-Jh-sh-c-ad Guide: Guide Price: b&w $60, color $120 Format: sd b&w or color Catalog numbers: LC card Fi A 60-3330; EFLA evaluation card No. 4470

Metadata Source:Educational film guide. Supplements (1959-62)