The Children Must Learn
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THE CHILDREN MUST LEARN (1940, sound, 13min, b&w, 35mm)
Sponsor: Alfred p. Sloan Foundation. production Co.: documentary Film productions inc.; Educational Film institute, new york university; university of Kentucky. director: Willard Van dyke. Writer: Spencer pollard. Camera: Bob Churchill. Music: Fred Stewart. Editor: irving Lerner. narrator: Myron McCormick. resources: Copyright not registered; Living Films, 30–31; EFG (1943), 93; Film Forum Review staff, “The Children Must Learn,” in Ideas, 159–60. Holdings: LC/prelinger, Macdonald.
Documentary profiling an Appalachian farming family struggling to scrape out a living. Linking education and economic development, The Children Must Learn suggests that better schooling, especially in agricultural techniques, would bring improvement. note: Made in conjunction with And So They Live (entry 22).
Credits
- Directed by
- Willard Van Dyke
Copyright
resources: Copyright not registered; Living Films, 30–31; EFG (1943), 93; Film Forum Review staff, “The Children Must Learn,” in Ideas, 159–60.
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Sources
- 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, year, length, format, sound, description, catalog record, copyright, video
- Wikidata · Q95464381 ↗ — creator, country, genre, credits
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