On Works Progress Administration (WPA) projects in Ohio. Shows airports at Cleveland and Dayton under construction, remodeled orphanage buildings in Defiance, and dairy farm scenes. Flood waters rage in 1936. WPA units construct flood-control dam and levees. Naval reservists train in the Toledo Naval Armory. County roads are graded and resurfaced. Consolidated schools, served by buses, replace one-room schoolhouses. Shows restored Fort Recovery, WPA sewing room activities, nursery school scenes, and remodeled buildings and grounds at the Toledo Zoo.

National Archives Identifier: 12338

Local Identifier: 69.22

* 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