Works Progress Administration (WPA) projects to build better cities in Massachusetts, United States during the Great Depression. Testing of steering ability by a test operator provided by WPA. Traffic signs and street lights being erected by WPA workers. City's elevated system being constructed by them. Methods of preventing silicosis among granite workers being tested at Quincy. Breeches buoy rescue practice being conducted by the Coast Guard on Cape Cod.
Works Progress Administration (WPA) projects to build better cities in Massachusetts, United States. Nurses visit homes. A nurse instructs a mother about taking care of babies and feeding them. She bathes the baby. Young men and women stand in a queue to continue their education, program being conducted by National Youth Administration during the Great Depression. Point of view from moving boat approaching fishing dock areas at port in Gloucester, Massachusetts. A hatchery at Gloucester, Massachusetts for catching and breeding fish. Braille plates for Braille written works and braille maps being created by craftsmen. Braille mapping at the Perkins Institute for the blind at Watertown. Close-up view of braille works being proofread by visually impaired men and women. Children take free music lessons. They learn to play piano and a vocal instrument. Shows nursery school activities: Children eat food, play at jungle gym and wash hands. Children prepare to go to sleep.
Japanese Imperial interests prior to World War II. People gather to celebrate the hollyhock festival of 'Aoi Matsuri' in Kyoto, Japan. People walking with huge flower baskets and a cart decorated with flowers. People walk wearing colorful dresses in the procession. Other people watch the event. Houses along side of street. Trees in the background.
Japanese Imperial interests prior to World War II. People gather at the Chrysanthemum Show in Tokyo. They watch the flower plants. Children walk.
Street scenes in Tokyo. Women walk on the street. Pinwheels, paper flowers, and mini umbrellas adorn a flowerpot on the street. Japanese women wearing kimono turns to look at the camera behind them. People step inside a building. Some people seated on benches along the sides of a street. Houses and trees. People walk.
Japanese Imperial interests prior to World War II. People gather in the Ueno Park in Tokyo for Sakura cherry blossom viewing (Hanami). The five-storied pagoda of the Kan’ei-ji Buddhist temple inside Ueno Park. Intensely pink cherry blossom trees in full bloom partially obscure the view of the pagoda. Crowds gathered watch the cherry blossoms. Crowds of people walk in the park. Women in kimono strolling the park. People climb stone stairs at the park.