| A Better Massachusetts | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1144 |
| Catalog #: | 491787 | |
| Clip Number: | 491787-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | ||
| Timecode: | 06:01:18 - 06:06:01 | |
| Location: | Massachusetts, USA | |
| Year Shot: | 1930 (Estimated Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | GREAT DEPRESSION: Recovery | |
| Description: | A Better Massachusetts Great Depression montage: MS's & CU's of signs posting no work, men sleeping in alleys and on streets, men shuffling aimlessly along streets, poking through garbage cans, in line at soup kitchens, etc. Cut to CU montage of men turning their heads quickly (victoriously) towards smokestacks; they grab shovels and start digging; good shots of their sweaty brows and bent backs as they toil; they stand in line to collect paychecks, then head home to their families (good shots of little girls drinking milk, families standing proudly). Newsreel of construction sites in Springfield (building Cross-town Boulevard), Boston (a golf course), etc. MS's of women sewing in a factory. MS's of a man restoring a painting. MS's of people painting a landscape at Boston Harbor. TLS's and MS's of people swimming at a public pool. MS's of boys wrestling as peers watch excitedly. Young boys building models. Ends abruptly | |
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