On Works Progress Administration (WPA) projects in Minnesota. Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) and WPA units battle a forest fire. Shows dams under construction at Lakeland, St. Paul, etc. WPA members supervise nursery school operations. Children are given medical examinations. Shows household training classes and scenes at a children's vacation camp. Sioux and Chippewa Indians weave, embroider, and make beads. Pink granite is quarried and building construction begins. Shows WPA exhibits at the 1936 State Fair and fair ground improvements made by the WPA. County roads are graded and surfaced.

National Archives Identifier: 12358

Local Identifier: 69.44

Creator(s): Federal Works Agency. Work Projects Administration. (07/01/1939 - 06/30/1943) (Most Recent)

From: Series : Motion Picture Films, compiled 1931 - 1937

* Record Group 69: Records of the Work Projects Administration, 1922 - 1944

Level of Description: Item

Type(s) of Archival Materials: Moving Images

This item was produced or created: 1937

The creator compiled or maintained the series between: 1931 - 1937

General Note(s): Subject summary is available.

* Contributor: Producer, Works Progress Administration. Made by Pathe News.

Access Restriction(s): Unrestricted

Use Restriction(s): Undetermined

Sound Type: Sound

Accession Number(s): 330