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A Better New York State 1937

Federal Works Agency. Work Projects Administration

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On Works Progress Administration (WPA) projects in New York. Shows a reservoir at Albany under construction. Garments for relief families are made in WPA sewing rooms. A marionette show is presented at a Buffalo school. Shows scenes at the West Point Military Academy and the Palisades Interstate Park. Dramatizes the part played by WPA crime laboratory technicians in capturing a safecracker. Shows views of restored Fort Niagara. County roads and forest roads in the Adirondacks are constructed.

National Archives Identifier: 12337

Local Identifier: 69.21

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.

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Public Domain Mark 1.0, as the Internet Archive states it.
Credit
Federal Works Agency. Work Projects Administration
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