Swamp Water (1941) - (Movie Clip) The Okefenokee Swamp

Name: Swamp Water (1941) -- (Movie Clip) The Okefenokee Swamp
Uploaded: 2016-08-15T00:00:00-04:00
Duration: 2 min 50 s
Description: Opening renowned French director Jean Renoirs first film in the U.S., on location at the Okefenokee in Georgia, Dana Andrews in a search party, with Walter Huston, Ward Bond and others, in Swamp Water, 1941, from the only novel by Georgia-born Vereen Bell, who died in action in the Philippines in World War Two.

Opening renowned French director Jean Renoir’s first film in the U.S., on location at the Okefenokee in Georgia, Dana Andrews in a search party, with Walter Huston, Ward Bond and others, in Swamp Water, 1941, from the only novel by Georgia-born Vereen Bell, who died in action in the Philippines in World War Two.

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