On Works Progress Administration (WPA) projects in New York City. Shows warehouses and streets under construction in the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Wharves are repaired, sewer pipe laid, and street car tracks removed. Buildings are razed along East River Drive. The New York Public Library is reroofed. Relief maps of the city are made. A stained glass window is placed in the West Point Academy dining hall. Children receive instruction in handicraft. Retarded readers receive instruction. Shows nursery school activities.

National Archives Identifier: 12339

Local Identifier: 69.23

* 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.

* Use Restriction(s): Undetermined

Sound Type: Sound

* Accession Number(s): 330