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Film, Video And so they live

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About this Item

Title

  • And so they live

Summary

  • Film depicts white rural poverty in Kentucky and the quality of children's education.

Names

  • Roffman, Julian, 1915-2000, direction, writing
  • University of Kentucky
  • Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
  • New York University. Film Library

Created / Published

  • United States : New York University Film Library, 1940.

Headings

  • -  Poor white people--Education (Elementary)--Kentucky
  • -  Kentucky--Social conditions--20th century

Genre

  • Documentary films
  • Sponsored films
  • Short films
  • Nonfiction films

Notes

  • -  Narrator: Storrs Haynes.
  • -  Commentary revised by Edwin Locke ; music by Lee Grön.
  • -  Filmed in Kentucky in 1940.
  • -  Source used: National Film Preservation WWW site, viewed July 3, 2018; Internet movie database, viewed July 3, 2018; National Union Catalog, 1953-1957, volume 28, page 36;

Medium

  • 1 video file (digital, MPEG-4) (ca. 25 min.) : sd., b&w.

Source Collection

  • Macdonald (J. Fred and Leslie W.) Collection (Library of Congress)

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2018601211

Online Format

  • image
  • video

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Chicago citation style:

University Of Kentucky, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, and New York University. Film Library. And So They Live. directeds by Roffman, Julian, Ection, Writing United States: New York University Film Library, 1940. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2018601211/.

APA citation style:

University Of Kentucky, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation & New York University. Film Library. (1940) And So They Live. Roffman, J., dir United States: New York University Film Library. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2018601211/.

MLA citation style:

University Of Kentucky, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, and New York University. Film Library. And So They Live. dir by Roffman, Julian, Ection, Writing United States: New York University Film Library, 1940. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2018601211/>.