Works Progress Administration's adult education program during the Great Depression in the United States. A reconstruction shows a man teaching a group of adult immigrants the U.S. Pledge of Allegiance. He motions with a pointer as the group recites the pledge with him.
Works Progress Administration's adult education program in the United States during the Great Depression. A reenactment shows a teacher and adult students in a classroom. The film contains numerous takes of the group of immigrants ostensibly learning about normal pedestrian procedures in New York City. In particular, one man tries repeatedly to explain how to cross the street in response to a traffic policeman's whistle and direction. He has trouble explaining it (to the amusement of the others in the room). The young woman instructor, who holds a policeman's whistle in her hand, must keep correcting him. Each time she repeats, "When the policeman blows, you walk." A sign in the background is about WPA adult education program for foreign born. A sign on a bulletin board reads 'Speak English Only'.
Scenes of American people engaged in different occupations in the United States in the 1950s. African American surveyor looks through a survey transit instrument as they work on a construction project with Brooklyn Bridge of New York City in background. Men in suits examine blueprints at construction site of an interstate highway cloverleaf system. A man studies and works on the construction site of a bridge. Women nurses in a classroom take down notes. A redcap pulls baggage at a railway station. Men work on construction projects. Masons, carpenters work at construction site. Surgeons operate on patient in operating theater. Cowboys hold down a calf and brand it, A housewife prepares a meal. A man operates an automobile elevator parking lot and 1950's American automobiles are seen passing by his lift. A truck of the 'Sand and Gravel Corporation' at a construction site.
People engaged in different occupations in the United States. Policemen and women direct traffic on a street. A fireman rides in a firetruck. Cab drivers pick up fares. Men push dress racks on the streets of New York City in garment district. Women clerical workers or secretaries type on typewriters and use adding machines in an office.
People engaged in different occupations in the United States. An animal trainer with a black horse. A street cleaner picks up trash. A garbage collector empties a can. Window washers work on skyscrapers. A window washer cleans a storefront window.
People engaged in different occupations in the United States. A man carries out milk cans from a building. A man carries meat. Cans being unloaded from a truck. Scientists work in a laboratory as they conduct tests.
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