A gas explosion near a school in Barberton, Ohio. Wreckage due to the gas explosion. Crowd watches the building. A blackboard on the floor. School children slid to safety on the tilted floors of the building.
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.
Safety glass ensures better vision in Toledo, Ohio. Girls read a book through a safety glass as it makes reading easier. A technician helps them out. Safety glass being removed to demonstrate the difference in original vision and the one through a safety glass. Girls look at a picture through the safety glass. Models display different styles of clothes at a fashion show. Models wearing gowns and swim suits on the stage during the show.
A 1939 Ford commercial advertisement, in technicolor, promoting the balance and performance of the 1939 Ford Automobiles. A motor boat is seen pulling a man on an aquaplane, in a harbor. A woman balances on the shoulders of a man aquaplaning. They are successful, but both fall off the aquaplane, close to the shore. They are met by three friends and they all get into a 1939 two-door sedan and drive away. They pass a wood-paneled station wagon parked at the side of the road.
A new 22 ton flying fortress plane in flight. The plane lands at Floyd Bennett Field, New York. Plane sets a record as it flies from California to New York in 9 hours and 14 ½ minutes. Major Ulmstead talks with people, standing near plane. Army Air Corps tries out a miniature plane in Dayton, Ohio. Model aircraft launched from a catapult. Plane controlled by radio from ground. A parachute brings it to earth safely.
Conservation Work in the United States during the Great Depression. CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) renovate the house of Alexander Stevens, Vice President of the Confederacy, in Crawfordville, Georgia. View of the house with a statue of Alexander Stevens in front. The slave quarters near the house. View shifts to the oyster shell walls at Georgia's Santo Domingo State Park. The Government CCC program restores the park. Young men workers of the CCC march in front of restored cabins at Schoenbrunn springs area near New Philadelphia, Ohio.
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