| 25 Years Ago - New Deal and WPA | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1674 |
| Catalog #: | 363472 | |
| Clip Number: | 363472-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 033-057-06 | |
| Timecode: | 00:05:46 - 00:06:09 | |
| Location: | Alabama | |
| Year Shot: | 1935 (Estimated Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | CONSTRUCTION: Misc. ECONOMICS: Poverty GREAT DEPRESSION: New Deal LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA, Alabama | |
| Description: | 25 Years Ago - New Deal and WPA MS - The W.P.A. got under way, recruiting the first 15,000 for the New Deal's public works program. African American and Caucasian men. Recruit signs his name. Men work at construction. They have a wheelbarrow and shovels. Great shot of poverty during the Great Depression - CU African American man's feet, his toes wiggling to show off the tattered rags of (what used to be) his shoes. | |
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