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Prison physical examination.
Doctor examines a shirtless prisoner during medical exam in prison. A doctor examines the ear of the prisoner using an otoscope in prison clinic. Doctor taps the knees of patient using a reflex hammer (also known as a plessor) to test his reflexes. Doctor uses stethoscope on man's chest. Doctor checks patient’s eyes. Doctor writes down notes.
Prisoners wait for their medical exams outside examining room in prison
A doctor calls a male prisoner to the “examining room” of the prison. Prisoner stands up and follows doctor. Young male prisoners talk to each other while they wait for their turn to take their physical and psychological exams. Doctor opens door to call out another prisoner. Sign reads “Examining Room” beside door. Two prisoners wait for their turns beside psychiatrist’s office door. Sign reads, "psychiatrist"
Healthy farmland in the United States.
Views of well maintained farmland throughout the United States. Narrator emphasizes the importance of "conservation farming" to protect land.
Bathing beauties throw horse shoes in Elk Lake, Oregon.
Shows swimsuit girls playing a game of horseshoes at Elk Lake in Oregon,United States. Girls pitch wooden horseshoes at a target in the lake.
Contribution of WPA federal buildings projects in Ohio, United States, during the Great Depression.
From a film titled "A better Ohio". Scenes of Great Depression period in the United States: Idle men, closed factories, men searching through trash, sleeping on sidewalk. Scenes of post depression recovery: Smoke from factories, lines of workers, ample food, happy families. Views of Works Progress Administration (WPA) projects in Ohio: Airstrip construction of runways at Cleveland Airport; construction of Dayton Airport runways and aerial view of the Dayton Airport area; pipe capping and sealing work at abandoned coal mines to prevent pollution of local water supply; remodeled orphanage in Defiance, Ohio, with orphan children playing on the grounds of the Defiance County Children's Home; repaired and updated buildings at the Home for Sailor's and Soldier's Orphans at Xenia, Ohio; newly built dairy farm at the Sailor's and Soldiers Home; Rebuilt wing of the old people's home for care of the elderly in Napoleon, Ohio; view of the newly constructed tuberculosis sanatorium in Toledo, Ohio (the William Roche Tuberculosis Hospital). Scenes of fast moving flood waters during flood of Spring 1936 in Ohio. Flood water rushing past flooded buildings. WPA -constructed dams, levees, and retaining walls are seen during building process. African American and white workers seen digging together with shovels on the project. New trees are planted at the sites.
Development of roads, rural school system, camps, and preservation of monuments in Ohio in 1930s
Hogs at a farm in Ohio. Farmer loads pigs into truck in order to transport them to the market. The truck gets stuck in a muddy road and the farmer is unable to free his truck. The hogs get tired and jump out of the truck adding to the farmer's complications. Demonstrates problems with low quality road system for farmers getting from farm to market. Federally financed road construction shows workers during the Great Depression as they reconstruct and level rugged roads under the Farm to Market Roads Program. Various machines used for the purpose of building new roads. A farm truck drives across a smooth road. A school bus approaches a new consolidated school building using the developed roads. View of an older rural school house in Ohio that is no longer used as a school due to school consolidation under the Works Progress Administration or WPA program. Two boys play on a see-saw in front of the school building. Children wearing shorts get off the school bus. View of main entrance of OYO Boy Scout Camp in West Portsmouth, Ohio. Boy Scouts view a knot tying demonstration as they sit outside the newly constructed Block House log cabin, built with federal funds under the Civil Works Administration, at the camp located in the Roosevelt Game Preserve. Views of the camp Headquarters building at Camp OYO. View of buildings of Old Fort Recovery, built by General 'Mad' Anthony Wayne, and restored by WPA.