Development works under the Works Progress Administration (WPA) Projects in Missouri, United States. Students of a school swim in a swimming pool. Masons and painters at work at a school under construction. A square dance is held in the Winona community hall. Couples dance as musicians play violin and other instruments in the Great Depression.
Development works under the Works Progress Administration (WPA) Projects in Missouri, United States. Experts dig clay from ground to examine its utility in pottery. A potter's workshop with various items kept. A potter makes a jar on potter's wheel. Women workers operate looms and traditional spinning wheels for wool and weaving industry in the Great Depression. The women are seen working on hand looms and making cloth. Workers include white women and African American women. Various fabric products made by the women.
Development works under the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in Missouri, United States, during the Great Depression. A segregated nursery school for young African American boys and girls, built by the WPA. Young children in a class. They eat a meal at tables. The boys and girls nap and sleep on beds lined in a room.
Development works under the Works Progress Administration (WPA) Projects in Missouri, United States. A Missouri farmer uses an ancient divining rod to search for underground water. Geological survey of underground water by experts, under WPA project during the Great Depression. Survey machines and experts work in a field to test the availability of underground water in the field. equipment drill tube wells. Experts in a laboratory test the minerals and salts in available water. Public health improvement works in St Louis. Construction and repairs of sewers by workers. New built homes in the area.
Establishment of an agricultural colony under the Federal Emergency Relief Administration, in the United States during the Great Depression. In Arkansas Colony No 1 homes for farmers under construction. A woman outside her home with her young children. Dynamite explosion to make roads and bridges. Horses drag leveling equipment and road graders. Workers selected for relief roles, work for construction. A river bridge under construction. A dirt road is constructed. Large pieces of wooden logs cut by workers at a sawmill. Wooden plates stacked and ready for use in construction of houses and infrastructure. Planing mill and other machinery under operation. After work hours, workers gather around a boxing ring to watch a match. Workers cut a tree with hack saws. Land cleared to build houses. Workers lay wooden plates and raise the house structure on scaffolds. A house constructed up to completion. Men and children walk in a farmland.
A news presenter speaks about President Johnson's assuming office under strained times. An excerpt from a file interview with the then Vice President Lyndon Johnson follows. Lyndon Johnson talks about his childhood, his school and college life. He reveals that it was his childhood ambition to become a Senator. His father was a public representative which created his interest in public life and politics. He also talks about his experience as a Vice President of United States.
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