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A zoo constructed under Works Progress Administration projects in Chicago, Illinois

People enter a zoo constructed under Works Progress Administration project in Chicago, Illinois, during the Great Depression. People look at the ducks in a pond and chimpanzees eating ice cream. Men and women painters work to paint a large mural on a theatre stage or band shell. It depicts a Native American Indian Chief in a long white robe.

Location: Chicago Illinois USA
Date: 1937
Duration: 45 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058517
The largest strawberry pastry being cut at a gourmand festival in Lebanon, Oregon.

The largest pastry being sliced in Lebanon, Oregon. A sign on the pastry reads 'Lebanon is a strawberry city'. A woman cuts the pastry with a seven feet long knife during a gourmand festival. Pieces of the pastry in plates. Men and women cut many more slices of the pastry.

Location: Lebanon Oregon USA
Date: 1935, June 5
Duration: 34 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675058967
United States Navy airship Akron takes off and in flight during a trial in Akron, Ohio.

United States Navy airship Akron being successfully tried in Akron, Ohio. Crew members gathered around the 785 feet long airship as it prepares for its maiden flight. The airship in flight. Aerial view of the airship in flight.

Location: Akron Ohio USA
Date: 1931, September 24
Duration: 55 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675059118
War industries lead to overcrowded cities and lead to problems of housing, education and congestion in Mobile, Alabama (WW2)

"War Town" shows how War industry leads to problems in Mobile, Alabama during World War II. A large number of war workers at a shipyard in Mobile as they go to work building ships for the war effort in World War 2. Cranes at the shipyard. Men work at the shipyard as they fit Allied torpedoes. The men weld and rivet ship parts. Men work in various other factory and manufacturing industries like paper, aluminum, gypsum, steel, and machine shops supporting need for war material. Many men move out walking through the gates of the "Alabama Dry Dock and Ship Building Company" in Pinto Island, Mobile, Alabama. Many people in war materiel industry leads to congestion on roads and traffic on streets of Mobile. Crowd of workers on foot leaving manufacturing areas. Crowd of workers tries to board a city bus. Woman bus driver puts full bus in gear and drives away. Bus, car, and pedestrian traffic in Mobile on street corner with W.T. Grant Company in background. Long queues outside liquor stores, restaurants, and pay windows. Overcrowded schools as children exit the Barton Academy (Barton Academy Foundation P. O. Box 571 Mobile, Alabama 36601-0571) and are seen playing on playgrounds. Men drink in a crowded bar and men and women dance in a makeshift tented dance hall. Various rides including a Ferris wheel at an amusement park.

Location: Mobile Alabama USA
Date: 1943
Duration: 3 min 25 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675059206
Snow cover behavior and stability being observed and recorded with the help of instruments in Alta, Utah.

A training film about the means of forecasting avalanches in Alta, Utah. A Ram Penetrometer being used by a ranger to observe and study the behavior of snow cover. It measures the hardness of snow. A ranger digs a pit alongside the penetrometer with a shovel. Snow temperature being recorded with the help of a dial thermometer in the dugout. Layering of snow being recorded by the ranger to detect an avalanche. About half meter long sample tubes being inserted in different layers of snow. Sample tubes being removed and weighed to determine the water content and stability. Similar tests being conducted along a fracture line. A ranger with a penetrometer at the fracture line. Snow layers being observed and recorded at the fracture line. Ram resistance and slope angles being measured and recorded at the fracture point to make a profile of the fracture line.

Location: Alta Utah USA
Date: 1950
Duration: 3 min 40 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675059581
Animated map of Northeastern United States depicts dairy farming as the main agriculture, United States.

Dairy farming as main agricultural activity in Northeastern United States. Animated map of Northeastern States marks large metropolitan area consuming milk in a vast amount. Tank trucks move along road on their way to railroad shipping points and urban centers. Cattle graze at a field. Ducks in a poultry farm. Map marks growth of potatoes in Maine and Long Island. Apple growing areas in Middle States.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1942
Duration: 56 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675060049
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