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Poster for Park Conscious (1938)

Park Conscious (1938)

1938 · Ephemeral film · 7 min

  • Documentary

Synopsis

This short produced by the U.S. Department of Agriculture showcases the state parks of Minnesota, and shows how they provide recreation and relaxation for the state's residents.

Synopsis from OMDb

Details

Studio
U.S. Department of the Interior
Released
1938-11-25
Running time
7 minutes

Reviews on the Internet Archive

★★★ · A park with a view · Steve Nordby · 2003-11-19

US Dept. of Interior distributed this film praising Minnesota's state parks developed under the New Deal with idylic summer woodlands and lake front scenes. Nice scenery.

★★★ · Too bad it wasn't in color. · ERD · 2006-03-28

Produced by the U.S Department of the Interior (not Agriculture)This 1938 film about the state parks in Minnesota was well done. Too bad it wasn't photographed in color. I found the cars and people's outfit of that era interesting.

★★ · Uncoscious for this film however. · Spuzz · 2004-01-29

Quite similar in style to, if you can beleive it, Brandon, Park Conxcious involves a narrator that doesnt really go beyond "parks are good" while having delirious classical music pipe in during the (long) gaps when he is not talking. The images we see are just various people frolicking in of course, parks. Not bad for the iomages, but everything else falls flat.

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