+"Arkansas United States USA" +1936 stock footage and images

Establishment of agricultural colony and construction works under Federal Emergency Relief Administration, in United States.

Establishment of an agricultural colony under the Federal Emergency Relief Administration, in the United States during the Great Depression. In Arkansas Colony No 1 homes for farmers under construction. A woman outside her home with her young children. Dynamite explosion to make roads and bridges. Horses drag leveling equipment and road graders. Workers selected for relief roles, work for construction. A river bridge under construction. A dirt road is constructed. Large pieces of wooden logs cut by workers at a sawmill. Wooden plates stacked and ready for use in construction of houses and infrastructure. Planing mill and other machinery under operation. After work hours, workers gather around a boxing ring to watch a match. Workers cut a tree with hack saws. Land cleared to build houses. Workers lay wooden plates and raise the house structure on scaffolds. A house constructed up to completion. Men and children walk in a farmland.