Lorentz, Pare

Pare Lorentz (1905-1992) was founded and headed the 1935 government program, which became the United States Film Service in 1938, and ended in 1940. He established American precedent for the government use of documentaries, which would continue during World War II by the Armed Forces and the Office of War Information and later by the United States Information Agency, now the International Communication Agency. Lorentz directed The Plow that Broke the Plains, The River, The Fight for Life, Power and the Land, directed by Joris Ivens, and The Land, directed by Robert Flaherty.

From the description of Lorentz, Pare, 1905-1992 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10569036

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