Power and the Land

Duration: 0:40:00

Genre: Social guidance

Year Published: 1940

Creator: Indiana University Audio-Visual Center: Distributor | United States Film Service: Publisher

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Description: Film's intent was to encourage farmers to form their own electrical cooperatives with the help of the Rural Electrification Administration. Looks at American farm life before and after electrification on the William Parkinson farm, St. Clairsville, Ohio, Ivens' first American film is a social documentary in the tradition of The River. A portrait of farm life in a nonelectrified situation is contrasted with the same life after the arrival of electricity.

Complete Record: , Ivens' first American film is a social documentary in the tradition of The River. A portrait of farm life in a nonelectrified situation is contrasted with the same life after the arrival of electricity. , NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.