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A service station to check cars under Works Progress Administration projects in Chicago, Illinois

Scenes of car accidents and car crashes in the 1930s. A 1930s sedan plunging off of un unfinished roadway; several scenes of cars crashing into each other. A car plunging off of a cliff and smashing into a cliff wall as it falls. A train crashing into a car parked on railroad train tracks. Views of smashed cars in wrecks. Service stations set up under Works Progress Administration project in Chicago, Illinois during the Great Depression to check cars for mechanical defects and safety problems, in order to reduce incidents of accidents. WPA workers in a work coat labeled "CPD" check cars at an annual safety inspection station. A worker applies a sticker to the inside right windshield of a car certifying that it passed the inspection. Views of Chicago landmark buildings in the background.

Location: Chicago Illinois USA
Date: 1937
Duration: 1 min 1 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058518
Grain elevators demolished under Works Progress Administration projects in Chicago, Illinois

A grain elevator burns in a fire near Chicago during the Great Depression. The complex of buildings in flames. A huge tower at the site, in flames, and falling into a river. Men demolish old derelict buildings that are fire hazards, under Works Progress Administration project in Chicago, Illinois. Children play at a playground after demolition of old buildings. A group of boys playing baseball or softball at a newly cleared lot.

Location: Chicago Illinois USA
Date: 1937
Duration: 1 min 11 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058519
Nursery schools, parks and playgrounds built under Works Progress Administration projects in Chicago, Illinois

Children eat, play and sleep in a nursery school set up under Works Progress Administration project in Chicago, Illinois. People swim in a pool. Boys and girls play in swimming pools and splash. Boys in a line wait to use a diving board as a boy dives off of a high dive spring board. Children enjoy playground equipment and play on swings in a playground also constructed through WPA projects during the Great Depression.

Location: Chicago Illinois USA
Date: 1937
Duration: 1 min 37 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058520
Robert Irwin confesses of murdering a model, her mother and a boarder in Chicago, Illinois.

Robert Irwin confesses his crime in Chicago, Illinois. Robert Irwin after he confesses of having murdered a model, her mother and a boarder in New York three months ago. Officials escort him to an aircraft as photographers click pictures. Irwin boards the aircraft to leave for New York.

Location: Chicago Illinois USA
Date: 1937, June 25
Duration: 29 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058987
Albert Tangora sets a new record of typing of 141 words a minute in Chicago, Illinois typing contest.

Albert Tangora sets a new typing record in Chicago, Illinois. A number of men and women at typewriters during a competition as people look on. Many women typing in typing pool. Albert Tangora types during contest.. Tangora poses with the winning trophy after he won the competition by setting a new typewriter speed record. Tangora typed 141 words a minute for an hour during the competition on a Royal typewriter.

Location: Chicago Illinois USA
Date: 1937, June 25
Duration: 30 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058989
An old fashioned parade on the eve of Easter in Chicago,Illinois.

Shows an old fashioned parade on the eve of Easter in Chicago,Illinois. Participants dressed in old-time clothes and riding in buggies march through the streets of the city. People gather in large numbers and cheer. Women participants pose for the camera.

Location: Chicago Illinois USA
Date: 1937, March 29
Duration: 31 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675029449
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