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Work Progress Administration projects in West Virginia.

Shows 'Closed' sign on gate of a factory during depression. Men sitting idle on benches. People with signs and banners on road. Men going through trash. Sleep in doorways. Whistle and men to work. Smoke stacks working again. Men shoveling field. Men and women entering a factory. Smiling faces of people. A young girl drinking milk. People in swimming pool. A couple holding kids. Construction of Tri-County airport at Clarksburg. Sealing of abandoned mines to prevent pollution. Construction of retaining wall in Morgantown to prevent earth erosion / subsidence. Construction of unit at Morris Memorial Hospital for crippled children. Children suffering from infantile paralysis in cots. Construction of building in Huntingdon. Gymnasium at Fairview High School Assembly hall for 4-H camp at Jacksons Mill. Swimming pools - people diving etc. Sewing room, women make garments for needy families. Nursery school - small black child in bath tub. Children playing in yard.

Location: West Virginia

Date: 1937

Duration: 3 min 25 sec

Sound: Yes

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Edited

Language: English

Various activities of Work Progress Administration projects in West Virginia.

Men breaking rocks for road building. Cars along road through rural area. Post office at Helvetia, small town. Old woman sitting churning butter outside farmhouse. Women with cheese. Tourist arrive in car at Seneca Rocks. Mountain area. Germany Valley. Work of the Conservation Commission, fish hatchery in Morgan County, fish added. Young women feed deer for restocking of forests.

Location: West Virginia

Date: 1937

Duration: 1 min 32 sec

Sound: Yes

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Edited

Language: English

A bridge replaced and rail crossing improved by Work Progress Administration.

In Charleston a bridge is replaced by WPA (Work Progress Administration). Sign of 'Railroad Crossing'. Rail crossing improved. Cars passing by mouth of the tunnel. Steam train comes out of the tunnel.

Location: West Virginia

Date: 1937

Duration: 39 sec

Sound: Yes

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Edited

Language: English

Public Improvement by Work Progress Administration.

Work Progress Administration Public Improvements show Log houses at Mercer County Industrial Park. Women milk cows. Man plowing with horses. Camp Fairchance in Boon County shows orphans now living in happy community conditions. Children getting out of bunk beds, eating at long tables. Young girls sewing. Children playing, swimming, marching behind band. Trumpeter on tower as flag is lowered.

Location: West Virginia

Date: 1937

Duration: 2 min 0 sec

Sound: Yes

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Edited

Language: English

Miners buried alive in colliery pit during a mine accident in Logan,West Virginia.

Mine workers and rescue squad carry out bodies of miners who were buried alive in colliery pit during a mine accident in Logan,West Virginia. Families of the victims wait outside the pit-head as search and rescue operation is being carried out.

Location: Logan West Virginia

Date: 1937, March 15

Duration: 40 sec

Sound: No

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Edited

Language: English

The area submerged in water due to the flooding of Ohio river in Wheeling, West Virginia.

Damage in Wheeling, West Virginia due to the floods in Ohio river. Aerial view of the area affected by flood. Houses along the sides of a flooded street. Trees submerged in water. People aboard small boats moving through the water. Women and children stand outside a house and lookout at the water outside the house.

Location: Wheeling West Virginia

Date: 1937, May 4

Duration: 51 sec

Sound: No

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Edited

Language: English