The real thing

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Date
1989
Summary
Looks at the result achieved when photographers were commissioned to reflect the world or certain aspects of it, focusing on the Farm Security Administration which set out to document the United States in the 1930s.
Contributors
Shepherd, Geoff; Gavin, Barrie; Lloyd, Valerie
Publishers
Channel Four (Great Britain); Films for the Humanities (Firm); HTV West (Firm)
Subjects
North American Culture; American Culture; Fine Arts, Photography; American Culture, History; Documentary photography United States History; Photography, Agricultural United States History; Photography, Industrial United States History
Collection
Films@UM
Unit
Distinctive Media Collections
Language
English
Rights Statement
In Copyright
Terms of Use
Access is restricted to patrons at the University of Maryland.
Physical Description
26 minutes; color
Notes
Access
Access condition: campus-only.
Creation/Production Credits
Narrator, Diana Quick.
Other Identifiers
Filename: lms-090094; Fedora 2 PID: umd:1633; Handle Identifier: hdl:1903.1/945; OCLC: ocm31252374; Catalog Key: alephsys002174368; Catalog Key: FFH 2496

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