| CMHA Charges | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1960 |
| Catalog #: | 319318 | |
| Clip Number: | 319318-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | WPA 532 | |
| Timecode: | ||
| Location: | Cleveland, Ohio | |
| Year Shot: | 1973 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | Yes | |
| Headings: | BUILDINGS: Apartments/Flats BUILDINGS: Urban OCCUPATIONS: Journalism, Reporters | |
| Description: | General view of a Cleveland City Council meeting in session. The Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority (CMHA) has the floor. MS of a balding man with eye glasses speaking to the council. MS of Council Chairman George Forbes seated with his right hand resting on his chin. View local citizens who came to witness the meeting. The group consists African-Americans and Caucasians varying in age. The next part of this clip takes place at the Outhwaite Homes, a public housing complex in Cleveland Ohio. The complex was built in the late 1930's by the Public Works Administration. (PWA) CU of a sign that reads "Outhwaite Home-Management Office". View of two African-American men standing in front of a building talking. One of the men wears some sort of navy blue uniform with a hat. Maybe he is a bus driver? The other man is a reporter, but you would not know this from the scene. He wears a suit coat and tie. He holds a piece of paper and fidgets with a pen. Closer shot of the two standing in front of the doorway. Closer shot of the men talking as the camera pulls back. View of the same reporter interviewing an elderly African-American woman while standing outside of her home. This time the man looks like a reporter with a microphone in his hand. The woman wears these wonderful round eye glasses. The woman states "I've lived in the Outhaite Homes for nine years". The reporter asks her if she has ever seen a laundry room in the Outhwaite apartments. The woman responds with "no". Reporter ask if there is one now. Woman responds "Not that I'm aware of". Reporter interview a second elderly African-American woman who lives in the complex. She remains in her home with the screen door shut while the reporter stands outside. They talk through the door. Reporter asks the woman how long she has lived in the apartments. She responds with "seven and 1/2". Reporter asks the woman about laundry rooms. View of the reporter leaving the front door of one of the apartments and walking to the next. He holds a clipboard in one of this hands. He is going from door to door asking residents questions about the complex. | |
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