A film on the winter sports and other activities in the White Mountain National Forest area in New Hampshire, United States. People gather near the Tuckerman Ravine. A girl skiing on the area. Aerial view of several people skiing.
A film on the winter sports and other activities in the White Mountain National Forest area in New Hampshire, United States during the Great Depression. Members of the Civilian Conservation Corps or CCC working. They construct the ski and hiking trails. View of a hiking trail. The young men of the CCC repair the foot bridges. A man walks over the wrecked foot bridge. Then he comes back and crosses the way by other means due to the wrecked bridge. CCC members working on the construction of bridge.
Farmers transporting water for cattle in Kansas City, Missouri. Livestock on a farm. Emaciated, thin, and dead and dying cattle suffering from drought and difficult conditions during the Great Depression. A farmer working on the farm. Water is transported from far areas after a drought in the city. A farmer loading containers in a jeep.
Mays department store (owned by J.W. Mays) distributes garments to needy people in Brooklyn, New York, during the Great Depression. People lined up outside the shop. Buildings in the area. Traffic on a street. Some people in the line are unruly and police work to restrain a woman. People get clothes.
A bank closing during the Great Depression in Chicago, Illinois. A board reads: 'Standard National Bank' outside building of the failed bank. Cars parked outside the building. A board on the entrance of the bank reads: 'For Rent. Edwin J Nelson'. A man entering the bank. Men seated at counters in the bank. Tellers sorting through paperwork, looking frustrated, and turning to reading newspapers and books instead.
Damage due to a dust storm in the Midwest United States during the dust bowl and the Great Depression. Farms and buildings are covered with dustbowl dust. Dust piled high up the side of a house. Men digging away dust with bare hands Cattle on a farm. Government workers arriving towards the cattle farm and passing dead cattle. They arrive to buy the cattle. They discuss amongst themselves.