Unemployed African American men and various skilled and unskilled workers get jobs through Works Progress Administration (WPA) during great depression. Men gathered near Quartermaster office at a Bolling Field construction project in Washington DC. Laborers assist in building and grading runways at Bolling Field military installation. Men clear large rocks and debris from a jobsite. Workers smooth and grade runways. A steam shovel moves earth and loads a truck. Scene changes to New York City where a housing demolition project is shown, with men dismantling housing to prepare new moderate income housing. Bricks slide sown a chute away from the building. Workers at Colonial Park in Harlem New York are seen building a new bath house to accompany a newly completed swimming pool (later Jackie Robinson Pool).
African Americans swim in a pool constructed through Works Progress Administration in United States during the Great Depression. Children play and enjoy on various swings at children's park.
Doctors conduct research operation to implant an artificial heart to a cow in United States. They wheel cart with apparatus in operating theater. Surgeon holds atrium connections in his hand. Diagram showing heart and parts. Views of open heart beating during surgery. Artificial heart being implanted, and taking up heart function with diaphram of the artificial heart "beating." Cow standing with artificial heart visible externally. Heart pressures and function displayed on monitor screen.
Maharajah Yadvindra Singh, ruler of Patiala, inspects and greets British Indian troops in Gothic Line area, Italy. He talks to British officers. Soldiers of British Indian troops beet drums and perform a dance in honor of the Maharajah. (World War II period).
Belgian soldiers load equipment and baggage onto a C -130 E plane and board it in Leopoldville, Republic of Congo. TAC C-130 E planes parked along the runway and tents erected at Ascension Island airstrip
A B-26 K Cachita loaded with 2.75" FFARS parked at an airbase in Leopoldville, Republic of Congo. Plane taxis along the runway, takes off and in flight.
CRITICALPAST.COM: About Us | Contact Us | FAQs - How to Order | License Agreement | My Account | My Lightboxes | Shopping Cart | Advanced Search | Featured Collections | Website Terms & Conditions | Privacy Policy | Links ©2024 CriticalPast LLC.
License Agreement |
Terms & Conditions |
Privacy Policy
©2024 CriticalPast LLC.