Film Art 9th Edition by David Bordwell,Kristin Thompson

تمرين 23

When Pare Lorentz's The River was released in the late 1930s,
A) it was seen only in a few theaters, owing to exhibitors' reluctance to show such a long documentary on their programs.
B) it impressed Pentagon officials so much that they later assigned Lorentz to direct the war-time documentary series "Why We Fight."
C) it impressed President Roosevelt so much that he started the U. S. Film Service.
D) it became the first government-sponsored film to win an Oscar as best short documentary.