A training film depicts proper installation of barrage balloon in the United States. Two barrage balloons in sky. A lower link of a parachute attached on a cable. The upper link of the parachute attracted to the junction assembly. A building in the background. Troops carry a box. A soldier demonstrates the installation of barrage balloon. The soldier disconnects cable terminal assembly from a bell crank by removing the pin. He unscrews the channel pin. The soldier holds the link in his hand. He attaches the male end to the cable terminal assembly. Screws the cable pin in to correct position. He locks the terminal pin. He attaches the female end to the bell crank and tighten all the screws. (World War II period).
A railroad industrial plant in the United States. The railroad car wheels. The workers inside an industrial plant. A railroad car goes back and comes forward.
Railroad station in the United States. A view from a moving railroad train of railroad tracks and bridge as a train crosses over the railroad bridge. The train passing a freight train going in the other direction. A small railroad station at Good Hope. The train passes a road and trucks. Intersection of railroad tracks. Train passes various stations. A small depot. The train passes Jeffersonville Station (possibly Jeffersonville Indiana ?), South Salem Station, South Charleston Station.
A train crossing a bridge and a station in the United States. A horse drawn wagon waiting at a station. Railroad equipment along tracks and at station. A train passes from the station. The train passes a passenger train. The train passes from buildings. Smoke comes out from the engine. The steam locomotives. The Trainmen on tracks and speak to a conductor. Crossing a railroad bridge.
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.
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