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WPA workers provide food and medical supplies to dust storm victims and give employment to the farmers in the United States.

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.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1937
Duration: 3 min 46 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069523
A man takes measurement of Private John's big feet to make Army shoes in San Francisco, California.

A U.S. Army soldier having big feet in San Francisco, California. The soldiers march in a squad. Private John from New Jersey wearing sandals while marching. A drill instructor speaks to him. The long feet of the soldier. The soldier gets a desk duty. John seated at a desk. 'US Army' written on his uniform. A close up of the soldier having big feet. A man takes measurement of his feet for making Army shoes.

Location: San Francisco California USA
Date: 1957, August 15
Duration: 29 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069548
Yankees vs. Red Sox as Mickey Mantle and Ted Williams duel for the American League baseball batting crown

New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox meet in Boston as Yanks' Mickey Mantle and Red Sox' Ted Williams battle for the American League batting crown. Crowd of 36,000 fills Fenway Park to see the baseball game. Mantle seen talking with Yankee manager Casey Stengel in the dugout. Mantle comes up for first at-bat, camera focuses on his batting grip. Swings at pitch from Red Sox pitcher Tom Brewer and hits a single. It would be his only hit of the game. Ted Williams seen striding onto field. He comes to bat in second inning and hits a pitch from the Yankees' Don Larsen for a three-run homer. Announcer notes he gets another hit during the game, extending his lead over Mantle in the batting race. Williams rounds third base, touches home, gets quick handshake from Red Sox infielder Gene Mauch. (Note: Williams would win the batting championship over Mantle, hitting. 388 to Mantle's .365.)

Location: Boston Massachusetts USA
Date: 1957, August 14
Duration: 58 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069551
African American tennis star, Althea Gibson, wins Wimbledon, defeating Darlene Hard, 6-3, 6-2, on July 6, 1957.

Tennis star Althea Gibson, from New York City, USA, is seen in the final seconds of her contest with Darlene Hard, in the Ladies' singles final at Wimbledon, England,on July 6, 1957. She is the first African American to win at Wimbleton. After shaking hands with Hard, she is seen receiving the ladies' Wimbledon tropy "Rosewater Dish," from Queen Elizabeth, II. Althea Gibson displays the sterling silver salver, as she poses next to Darlene Hard.

Location: United Kingdom
Date: 1957, July 6
Duration: 30 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069555
The men removing debris, with shovels, from streets after flood, and are provided with food in Pennsylvania.

Floods in Pennsylvania. People walk on a street. The men removing debris, with shovels, from streets after the flood. A man points with a stick on the old high water mark from Johnstown flood in15 March 1907 and new high water mark. The cars lined up on a snow covered field. A man digging snow from the front of wheel of an old car. Men with shovels clearing snow from Johnstown streets. The men removing debris in snow fall. Water flowing on streets. Men walk on the street. Men unload food supplies from a truck. The victims stand in a line to receive food.

Location: Pennsylvania United States USA
Date: 1937, April 26
Duration: 57 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069586
Sketches show the people facing hardship and work on the frontier in the United States

A film depicts the contribution of various personalities to the history of the United States. The sketches depicts people moving out into the western frontier wilderness of the United States, chiefly in the 1800's. A creation of new society. People work on the frontier. They face hardships at the frontier.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1969
Duration: 54 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069600
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