THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER: BACKGROUND FOR SOCIAL STUDIES

Duration: 13½min

Year Published: 1960

Format: 16mm

Color: Color & B&W

Sound: Sound

Description: Follows a houseboat down the Mississippi River, explaining that the river and its tributaries form a vast network of waterways, linking great agricultural and industrial areas with important cities and ports. Emphasizes the importance of the Mississippi as a drainage basin for more than a third of the continent, and indicates its geographic, commercial, and historic influence on adjacent lands.

Complete Record: Source: Coronet Interest level: el-jh Guide: Guide Price: b&w $75, color $137.50 Format: sd b&w or color Catalog numbers: LC card Fi A 60-3475; EFLA evaluation card No. 4388

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