| WASHINGTON PREPARATION FOR UNEMPLOYMENT CENTRE (PREPARATION FOR UNEMPLOYMENT CENSUS) Preparations for National Unemployment Census at Department of Commerce in | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 6351 |
| Catalog #: | 320252 | |
| Clip Number: | 320252-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 37/92 | |
| Timecode: | 01:32:10 - 01:32:56 | |
| Location: | Washington DC | |
| Year Shot: | 1937 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | COMPUTERS: Mainframe COMPUTERS: Punch Card GOVERNMENT: Census LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA, Washington D.C. | |
| Description: | Preparation for unemployment census. Washington DC, United States of America (USA). Preparation for National Unemployment Census at Department of Commerce building. Exterior: Department of Commerce. C/U of John T Biggars (sp.?), director of census. Various shots of clerks (mostly women) using machines to punch holes into cards to code them. The cards are then arranged by another machine, geographically and alphabetically. The cards will be sent to 32 million people in USA, to collect statistics about employment. The cards are put in a sorting and tabulating device. MS the printout of results, the unemployment census of 1937. | |
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