Works Progress Administration (WPA) projects in the Great Depression to build better cities in Massachusetts, United States. Shows playground activity. Children play on playground. Near Murphy Park, children swim at a swimming pool area known as the Greenfield Municipal Swimming Pool, on the Green River in Greenfield, Massachusetts. They dive from a high diving board, enjoy low dives and slides, and learn swimming and life saving skills in the water. Two boys practice wrestling and compete in a wrestling contest as other boys and an official look on. Boys at Marble Head build ship models out of wood and show off their creations for the camera.
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.
Instructions are broadcasted on radio and television during a hurricane in the United States. The hurricane approaching and very high tides, high surf, and storm surge seen at a coastal area. High waves crash into docks. High speed wind blows. Signs : 'No Surfing, No Vehicle' and 'No Sleeping on Pier'. Local broacasters in a studio give emergency instructions over radio, to inform and instruct the people about evacuation via radio and television. People follow the instructions: They knock on neighbors doors and help them in evacuating. High waves seen from a hurricane or tropical storm with cyclone winds.
The victims of a hurricane are interviewed by media persons in the United States. The hurricane arrives. A tropical storm with cyclonic winds. The victims of the hurricane disaster. Damaged houses and wreckage. The victims of the hurricane are interviewed on streets.
U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs the historic Marshall Plan in the United States. The signing of the foreign assistance bill and aid to China is witnessed by Senator Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg; American politician, Thomas Terry Connally; Representative Sol Bloom; the Speaker of the House, Joseph Martin and others. President Truman makes a short statement about the bill.
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