| UNCLE SAM TACKLES A PROBLEM Good shots of New York slums and the flats built to replace them. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 7220 |
| Catalog #: | 54225 | |
| Clip Number: | 54225-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | PT 489 | |
| Timecode: | 01:49:29 - 01:50:56 | |
| Location: | New York, United States of America (USA). | |
| Year Shot: | 1939 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | BUILDINGS: Apartments/Flats BUILDINGS: Slums/Tenements CONSTRUCTION: Misc. DEMOLITION: Buildings LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA, New York, New York | |
| Description: | UNCLE SAM TACKLES A PROBLEM Good shots of New York slums and the flats built to replace them. NEW YORK Clears slums that are both an eyesore and a menace to health. New York, United States of America (USA). Outstanding successes are the rebuilding scheme of Manhattan, the Red Hook community, and the Williamsburg scheme in Brooklyn. Several good shots of slums on New York's East Side and of slum buildings being demolished. Laundry hanging between buildings. Tearing down of tenements. Aerial shots of Manhattan as commentator talks of the rebuilding programme taking place there. Brief shot of men working on the construction of a new house. More aerial shots of new housing areas, then we see new blocks of flats put up by the Government-backed Williamsburg Scheme in Brooklyn. | |
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