Word: documentarian
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Year ago, hired by the U. S. Rural Electrification Administration, Documentarian Ivens marched his crew onto the small dairy and crop farm of lean, leathery William Parkinson in the rolling hills of eastern Ohio. Purpose: to show the rich rewards brought to the Parkinsons by the Federal Government's rural-electrification program. During the first half of Ivens' casual 36-minute report, the Parkinsons plod through their chores with such outmoded equipment as kerosene lamps, a wood-burning stove, a backyard privy, an old hand pump to the water well. One day the farmers are told about...