Portrait of a River

Duration: 4 min

Year Published: 1965

Creator: University of South Dakota, Film Production, Vermillion, South Dakota

Color: Color

Credits: Direction, Script, Photography, Editing, Sound: Sanford D. Gray; Narrator: Martin Busch.

Description: A presentation of alternate methods of providing flood control on the Big Sioux River other than by ditching and diking. Proper land management and upstream impoundments are offered as more satisfactory flood control methods than straightening the river. This film should be of interest to any state fighting to preserve the few remaining natural rivers as wildlife and recreation areas.

Metadata Source:Representative University Produced Films 1964-1967 (Journal of the University Film Producers Association, Vol.19 No.3/4, 1967)