On WPA projects in New Jersey. Shows the Newark airport, the city hall in Jersey City, and a recreation center at Perth Amboy built by the WPA. Shows construction on a reservoir at Atlantic City. Girls attend domestic science classes. Rock is dynamited and cabins are erected in the Palisades Interstate Park. A bypass road is graded near Perth Amboy. Boys play at Camp Hope. Oil is sprayed on stagnant water to combat mosquitoes. Shows nursery school activities.
National Archives Identifier: 12360
Local Identifier: 69.46
* 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