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DOZENS WORKERS WITH SLEDGE HAMMERS PULVERIZE QUARRY ROCKS PAN STREET
BEFORE RESURFACING. VOICE OVER TELLS OF THE HUGE SAVINGS TO LOCAL TAX MONEY.

GOOD SHOT SMALL 1920S TRUCK, RIDES FROM FARM WITH LOAD OF LIVE HOGS, GETS STUCK IN FARM TO MARKET ROADS. CU REAR WHEEL OF TRUCK SINKS INTO HOLE IN DIRT ROAD, CAUSING HOG TO FALL OUT OF TRUCK. VOICE OVER SPEAKS OF NEED TO REPAIR
SECONDARY ROADS.

MS GOOD SHOT THREE WPA WORKERS FACING CAMERA, USING JACK HAMMERS ON
ROADS

MS WORKER PUSHES HOPPER CAR LOADED WITH CRUSHED ROCK ALONG RAILROAD TRACKS.

LARGE GROUPS WPA WORKERS USE SHOVELS TO CLEARING DEBRIS AND BUILDING ROADS TO MAKE NATIONAL AND STATE PARKS TO TOURISTS IN AREAS WHERE LOCALS DEPEND ON TOURIST TRADE. "MANY OF THESE VACATION SPOTS WERE COMPLETELY NON-EXISTENT, WEREN'T IT FOR THE WORKS PROGRAM". LS ABOVE VIEW PICTURESQUE LAKE AND WOODED AREA WITH WPA WORKERS WORKING IN F/G

DOZENS OF WORKERS PUT THEIR MUSCLES TO PULLING ROPE LIKE TUG O' WAR. MEN WITH LARGE WRENCHES TIGHTEN BOLTS ON HUGE PIPE. LS VIEW OF SITE. ALTHOUGH THE AREA HAD MILLIONS OF VISITORS EACH YEAR THEY NEVER HAD AN ADEQUATE WATER SUPPLY
UNTIL NOW.

GREAT SHOTS WORKERS DOING CONSTRUCTION AT THE BROOKLYN NAVY YARD.

STICKS OF DYNAMITE LYING ON GROUND, HANDS PUSHING DOWN ON PLUNGER, STONE
WALL EXPLODING.

GREAT SHOTS WPA WORKERS, BULLDOZERS BUILDING MODERN AIRSTRIPS AT NEWARK. DOZENS WORKERS PUT MUSCLE INTO LOWERING PIPE INTO TRENCH WITH ROPES.

PLANE FLIES OVER WPA WORKERS BUSILY MODERNIZING CHICAGO AIRPORT. AERIAL VIEW
AIRFIELD BEING BUILT IN PHILADELPHIA, WHICH NEVER HAD ITS OWN AIRPORT. MLS ABOVE VIEW HUNDREDS WORKERS WORK SIDE BY SIDE DIGGING DEEP TRENCH WITH SHOVELS.

VARIOUS SHOTS HUNDREDS TEARING DOWN BUILDINGS IN SLUM AREAS OF LARGER CITIES TO MAKE WAY FOR HOUSING PROJECTS, PROVIDING MODERN LIVING QUARTERS FOR WORKERS. VARIOUS SHOTS APARTMENTS BEING CONSTRUCTED. DOZENS WORKERS LAYING DOWN ROOF OF APARTMENT HOUSE HIGH ABOVE CITY TRAFFIC BELOW.

TECHNICIANS, SCIENTISTS WORKING IN LAB WITH TELESCOPES, ETC. CU SKILLED DRAFTSMAN, ENGINEER, ARCHAEOLOGISTS AND OTHERS PROFESSIONALS AND SKILLED WORKERS, INCLUDING WHITE COLLAR WORKERS, ALSO AT WORK ON WPA PROJECTS USEFUL TO WELFARE OF COMMUNITY. WHITE COLLAR WORKERS WITH VARYING SKILLS ARE ALSO UTILIZED IN PLANNING.

WOMAN SITS AT STEERING WHEEL IN LAB, SIMULATING AUTO DRIVER, IN DEVISED TEST TO DETERMINE ABILITY AND FITNESS OF DRIVERS, SO THE ELEMENT OF HUMAN FAILURE CAN BE ELIMINATED.

VARIOUS SHOTS WOMEN AT SEWING MACHINES, SEWING BY HANDS IN SEWING ROOMS AT DRAWING BOARDS DESIGN GARMENTS FOR THOSE ON WHO WERE PUT TO WORK IN GARMENT FACTORIES MAKING GARMENTS FOR PEOPLE ON RELIEF. WOMEN WHO ARE
PRINCIPLE SUPPORTERS FOR THEIR FAMILIES ARE PAID FOR THEIR WORK. THE
MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES PRODUCED BY THESE WOMEN ARE DISTRIBUTED FREE TO
PEOPLE ON RELIEF.

NEIGHBORHOOD CHILDREN, ADULTS, LINE UP TO GET HARD TO FIND BOOKS AT TRAVELING LIBRARIES.

VARIOUS SHOTS MEN MAKING BRAILLE (WRITTEN LANGUAGE FOR THE BLIND) BOOK, CU WORKERS HAND TAPPING LETTERING ON METAL SHEETS PLATES, WHICH IS THEN
TRANSFERRED TO PAPER IN THE FORM OF RAISED LETTERING. WOMAN EXPERT PROOF READS THE BRAILLE.

ADULTS AND CHILDREN IN WAITING ROOM AWAIT THEIR TURN TO BE EXAMINED BY
DOCTORS AND NURSES.

LITTLE GIRL SUFFERING FROM INFANTILE PARALYSIS IS LOWERED INTO
THERAPEUTIC SWIMMING POOL AT THE JAMES WHITCOLM RILEY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL IN INDIANA, IN SLAB AS NURSE WAITS IN POOL. NURSE IN SWIM SUIT, EXERCISES THE CHILD'S ARMS AND LEGS IN POOL. NURSE THEN DOES SAME WITH LITTLE BOY. MS 3 CUTE LITTLE KIDS WEARING ONLY PANTIES, SIT AT EDGE OF POOL, FACING CAMERA OLDER ONE OF THREE CATCHERS SMALL BEACH BALL THROWN TO HER.

GROUPS OF KIDS ENJOY PLAY PROGRAMS IN THE NURSERY. SMALL KIDS IN WORK SHOP SAWING WOOD, USING TOOLS. DIETITIAN DISTRIBUTES SNACKS TO LITTLE KIDS SEATED AT
TABLES.

GROUP OF WOMEN SIT AROUND TABLE SEWING GARMENTS AS TEACHER SUPERVISES THEM AT VOCATIONAL TRAINING PROGRAM PROVIDED BY WPA.

VARIOUS SHOTS YOUNG WOMEN BEING TAUGHT HOUSEHOLD CHORES BY SKILLED TEACHERS.

MLS TEEN-AGE BOYS IN ROWBOAT HELP ASSIST ANOTHER BOY ON NEW ENGLAND PIER INTO THEIR ROWBOAT, ENGAGED IN THE CATCHING AND BREEDING OF FISH. LS BOYS LAY OUT NETS FROM OFF SIDE OF ROWBOAT, THESE KIDS ARE GIVEN A HELPING HAND BY
WPA.

MS MUSIC CONDUCTOR, CONDUCTS LARGE AFRICAN AMERICAN CHOIR SINGING SPIRITUALS THAT ARE REAL FOLK MUSIC OF AMERICA, ACCOMPANIED BY BLACK PIANO PLAYER, IS A TYPICAL PROJECT BY WPA, CONTRIBUTING GREATLY TO THE CULTURE OF AMERICA. MUSIC, AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSIC

CADETS MARCHING ON CAMPUS AT WEST POINT. LS HUGE MURAL ON WALL OF WEST POINTS MESS HALL DEPICTING GREAT WARRIORS OF HISTORY. VARIOUS CU SHOTS OF MURAL.

WPA ARTIST RESTORES PERSIAN CEILING AT THE PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM, WHICH WAS FALLING., AND IN DESPERATE NEED OF REPAIR. VARIOUS SHOTS FOSSILS AND ANIMAL
SKELETONS BEING REPAIRED BY EXPERTS.

WORKERS HELP PEOPLE ISOLATED IN THEIR HOMES BY THE FLOODS,
INTO BOATS MANNED BY "THE SHOCK TROOPS OF DISASTER", WPA WORKERS WHO LEFT WORK PROJECTS TO HELP FLOOD VICTIMS. FOOD IS LOADED INTO BOATS TO FEED THE MANY VICTIMS OF THE FLOODS. VARIOUS SHOTS VOLUNTEER DOCTORS ASSISTING VICTIMS OF FLOODS IN HOSPITALS AND TRIAGE AREAS.

HUNDREDS WORKERS QUICKLY, PHYSICALLY, CLEANING UP MESS LEFT BY DISASTROUS FLOOD TO PREVENT THE NEW THREAT OF DISEASE. WORKERS FILL UP TRUCKS WITH THE MASSIVE DEBRIS.

CU YOUNG BOY WITH THERMOMETER IN MOUTH. CU NURSE LOOKING DOWN THROAT OF CHILD, CHECKING HIS EYES.

VARIOUS SHOTS WORKERS LAYING LAYERS WIRE REINFORCEMENT RODS FOR CEMENT WORK (?) AND TYING THE JOINTS TOGETHER. HUNDREDS WORKERS DOING THIS ON WIDE AREA.

CROWDS ATTENDING PARKS, PLAYGROUNDS AND OTHER RECREATION AREAS. THOUSANDS OF THESE AREAS ARE CONSTRUCTED AND MAINTAINED BY WPA WORK FORCES. VARIOUS VIEWS PELICANS, SEALS CAVORTING IN POOLS AT ZOOS SHOTS OF CHILDREN PLAYING, SWIMMING, IN OUTDOOR RECREATION AREAS AND PLAYGROUNDS. ABOVE VIEW CHILDREN ON SWINGS IN PLAYGROUND. MS LITTLE GIRL ON SWING, TOWARDS CAMERA. OTHER KIDS ON SEE SAWS, SLIDES OTHER DEVICES.

WOMAN DISTRIBUTES TOYS TO KIDS AT TOY LENDING LIBRARY.

VARIOUS SHOTS UNDERPRIVILEGED CHILDREN (LITTLE GIRLS) SIT AT BREAKFAST TABLES
EATING THEIR MEALS AT CAMP. LITTLE GIRLS SEWING GARMENT BY HAND. VARIOUS SHOTS KIDS CAVORTING IN CAMP LAKE AND DOING OTHER WHOLESOME ACTIVITIES.
CAMPS ARE STAFFED BY TRAINED WPA WORKERS.

MS LOG CABIN EARLY HOME OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN, HIS LAW OFFICE AND OTHER LINCOLN SHRINES RESTORED AND MAINTAINED BY WPA WORKERS. SHOTS INSIDE LINCOLN HOME AND LAW OFFICE.