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Actors of African American theater unit perform 'Macbeth' under federal theater project at a theater in New York.

Employment for African Americans in the Great Depression provided by Works Progress Administration (WPA) Projects in New York, United States. Actors of Negro People's Theatre troupe perform in Shakespeare's play 'Macbeth,' (known as the "Voodoo Macbeth") directed by Orson Welles, at a theater in New York under the Federal Theater Project. Actor delivers dialog in the play, set in 19th century Haiti instead of Scotland. Body of Lady Macbeth (Edna Thomas) on floor. Fight scene in play with Maurice Ellis as Macbeth, slain by Macduff. Three witches and Macbeth and Macduff on floor. Witches hold cut head. Final scene of play finishes. Viewers clap as the curtains drop. Curtain raises and actors bow.

Location: New York United States USA
Date: 1937
Duration: 4 min 10 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675026498
Nazi Brownshirt (SA) leader Rudolf Walter Richard Hess. Destroyed World War 1 German munitions and aircraft.

Rudolf Walter Richard Hess speaking as scenes of destroyed German munitions and aircraft (from World War I) are shown. Large fleet of German biplane warplanes seen parked at an airfield. Many have engines running and propellers turning, and some have begun to taxi out of the formation. Circa mid 1930s.

Location: Germany
Date: 1937
Duration: 20 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675026658
Works Progress Administration providing services and helping needy people in the United States during the Great Depression

The services of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in the United States. Skilled workers are hired for the libraries and school. They repair and rebind the books. Books in shelves. Traveling libraries and mobile libraries in trucks bring books to more rural areas. People enter a traveling library on wheels. Nurses visit homes of people and instructing the maternity care of the children to their mothers. A nurse bathing an infant. Braille maps being developed. The blind people are instructed about the use of the Braille maps. Trachoma eye disease patients in rural areas are examined. Nurses examine them and they are taken to WPA clinics. Group of men, women, and children wait in clinic to be seen by nurse or doctor. People including a young girl and an older man taking eye and vision tests, reading eye charts, and being examined.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1937
Duration: 2 min 5 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675076821
People march in a large number to protest against lay offs in the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in New York City

People protest against cuts in the Works Progress Administration (WPA) New Deal initiative of the Great Depression in New York City. People march in a large number to protest against lay offs. They hold boards and banners. A banner reads: 'Stop Mass Layoffs on WPA'. Buildings along street sides. Other board reads: 'Expand WPA'. Floats moving on a street.

Location: New York City USA
Date: 1937, January 11
Duration: 39 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675076854
People set up camps to protest against lay offs in the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in Washington DC, United States.

People protest against cuts in the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in Washington DC, United States, during the Great Depression. Unemployed men together with their wives and children set up a camp of families to protest against layoffs during the Great Depression. The Washington Monument in the background. People seated on bed cots that are layed out on a lawn. They have coffee and other refreshments. Women sew and wash laundry. A woman holds a pennant banner that says "Workers Alliance of America. For Jobs and Security." People eat food. People gather around a camp fire. Some remove their shoes and dry them by the fire side.

Location: Washington DC USA
Date: 1937, August 23
Duration: 51 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675076855
Men and women march to protest against lay offs in the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in Washington DC, U.S.

People protest against cuts in the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in Washington DC, United States, during the Great Depression. Unemployed Men and women march in protest. They hold boards and banners. Trees in the background. Buildings along the sides of a street. People gather outside a building and chant "we want jobs." A large banner reads, "Put the Schwellenbach-Allen Bill Into Effect." (The Schwellenbach-Allen Resolution called for persons to remain on the WPA rolls if they were unable to find private employment.)

Location: Washington DC USA
Date: 1937, August 25
Duration: 47 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675076856
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