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President Roosevelt arrives to inspect the Civilian Conservation Corps camps at Shenandoah National Park in Virginia, U.S.

U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt arrives at Shenandoah National Park in Virginia, United States. He inspects the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camps. He shake hands with the young men there. The President seated at a table with some of the men.. They eat food. Tents in the background. The President talking to the CCC boys during the Great Depression.

Date: 1933, August 14
Duration: 1 min 5 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675076837
Billions of dollars are voted for President Roosevelt's New Deal as the 73rd U.S. Congress ends its session in Washington DC.

The 73rd U.S. Congress ends its session in Washington DC, United States. Billions of dollars are voted for the operation of U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal programs to aid the country during the Great Depression. Exterior view of the U.S. Capitol framed by trees. Wheat harvesting combines at work on a field. Scenes of men getting back to work. Men cutting down trees in logging operations as part of Works Progress Administration (WPA) or Civilian Conservation Corps work (CCC). A crowd of men walking into work on grounds of a plant of factory. Woman fills white cloth bags with coins. Men gathered at a stock or commodity exchange. A biplane aircraft taking off from a snow covered runway. A new ship being launched from skids at a shipyard. The ship underway. Women workers seated at a liquor distillery assembly line put covers on liquor bottle tops. Bartender pours draft beer into glasses in a bar (soon after end of prohibition) and serves patrons. Men and women gathered at a bar drinking alcohol. U.S. Congress in session and view of Speaker of the House, Henry Thomas Rainey, standing and using gavel at podium or dais.

Date: 1934, June 20
Duration: 1 min 28 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675076838
People gather on a street awaiting their chance for a job in the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in New York City

Jobless and unemployed people rush for jobs in the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in New York, United States as unemployment benefits are cut back during Great Depression. Buildings along the sides of a street in New York City. People gather on the street in long lines awaiting their chance for a job. Women using typewriters to type job applications for lines of men. Men engaged in construction of buildings in New York City. Views of foundation and excavation work, and brick layers laying brick.

Date: 1935, August 28
Duration: 55 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675076839
The First Lady of the U.S. Anna Eleanor Roosevelt arrives for the inauguration of a new housing project in New York City

The inauguration of a new housing project in New York City during the Great Depression. Apartment buildings along densely populated streets. People gather on a street. Clothes and pillows hanging on a line in front of the buildings. The First Lady of the United States, Anna Eleanor Roosevelt, along with Mayor Fiorello La Guardia and other officials is seen at the ceremony. Mrs. Roosevelt cuts a ribbon.

Date: 1935, December 4
Duration: 32 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675076842
5000 unemployed people line up outside a city employment bureau in New York City, United States

During the Great Depression, unemployed people struggling to get jobs in New York City, United States. A large number of men and women lined up outside buildings. 5000 people arrive in unemployment line for 100 jobs. Women in a separate area filling out forms. Close up of elderly man looking for work. Police contain the crowd on horseback. A man who attempted to cut in line is apprehended by a police man.

Date: 1930, August 18
Duration: 33 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675076850
Unemployed people seek work for $1 a week in New York, United States.

Unemployed seek work in New York City, United States, during Great Depression. They work for one dollar a week. Men standing outside a building. They wear caps and banners which read: 'Painter', 'Dishwasher', 'Porter' and others. They march on a street. Buildings along the street sides.

Date: 1930, November 3
Duration: 28 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675076851