WPA (Works Progress Administration) units carry out relief projects in flooded areas in the United States in the Great Depression. The floods in a town. The water entering the town. The fields flooded with water. Damage due to floods. Aerial view of the flooded area. Houses submerged in water. The water on streets. Several views of damaged buildings and submerged houses in water. The workers of the WPA help the people to rescue. They take the people stucked in their houses aboard a boat. Several views of the workers helping the people to rescue. The WPA workers on the snow area. The victims are provided woolen clothes by the workers. Red Cross nurses in a hospital. They treat the wounded. The workers carry wooden planks on their shoulder. The WPA workers fill sand bags. The workers lay sand bags near a river. Director of WPA Harry Hopkins inspects flooded areas. The workers remove the wreckage. The wreckage on the ground. The workers remove the wreckage.
WPA (Works Progress Administration) units carry out relief projects in dust bowl sections in the United States, during the Great Depression. A drought and dried area thick with dust. The hot dry winds blow. A dust storm occurs. Two people - a woman and a boy, are seen walking with difficulty in the dust storm. Food and medical supplies are delivered to dust storm victims. The women fill water from a hand pump. Nurses treat the children and examine them for respiratory problems and other ailments. The children seated on a bench. A nurse writes into a paper. A close up of a boy with a thermometer in his mouth. A nurse checks eyes of a boy. Horse drawn equipment and teams of farmers with horses . The farmers employed by the WPA work. The farmers are hired by the WPA to construct a new road, with much of the digging and leveling done with horse drawn power. The farmers on horse drawn carrier move on a road. They are at work during the project. Relief workers and men who suffered from drought construct dams to help stop land erosion. The workers building the dam substructure and hauling rocks during the construction.
A film depicts the contribution of various personalities to the history of the United States. The sketches depicts people moving out into the western frontier wilderness of the United States, chiefly in the 1800's. A creation of new society. People work on the frontier. They face hardships at the frontier.
A film depicts the contribution of various personalities to the history of the United States. The 31st President of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt giving inaugural speech. People crowd in large number and listen to him. The U.S. Capitol Building dome. People gathered to listen to him. People view the Statue of Liberty. The Washington Monument. Statues of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Ben Franklin, Theodore Roosevelt, Lafayette, Nathan Hale, and Abraham Lincoln.
SPARS (United States Coast Guard Women's Reserve ) play water polo in the United States. A SPARS swimming in a pool. SPARS playing water polo. Several views of SPARS playing water polo and enjoying.
SPARS (United States Coast Guard Women's Reserve ) aboard a Coast Guard (CG) boat in the United States. A view from a port hole. The SPARS climb up ladder of CG boat. Ships at dock in the background. A SPARS salutes as she climbs up the ladder. The SPARS moving towards the deck. The SPARS climbing up a ladder aboard a boat. SPARS sprays water on a deck of the boat holding a water hose. SPARS spreading water with the hose. A man in shorts a helps her. SPARS sweep the deck with help of a mop. A view of the SPARS saluting one after the other and climbing down the ladder.
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