# A Forest Playground

This film is on Maryland's Patapsco Forest State Park. The footage shows the park's forests and streams and a close-up of Avalon Dam on the Patapsco River. Scenes show Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) men as they worked on the park's roads with picks and shovels, cleared the banks and drained swampy areas, laid out trails, drilled and broke rock, and slept in outdoor quarters. The footage includes a panoramic view of Baltimore, Maryland. National Archives Identifier: 11665 Local Identifier: 48.34 * Creator(s): Department of the Interior. Division of Motion Pictures. (? - ?) (Most Recent) * From: Series : Motion Picture Film Documentation of the Diverse Activities of the Department of the Interior, compiled 1916 - 1976 * Record Group 48: Records of the Office of the Secretary of the Interior, 1826 - 2009 * Level of Description: Item * Type(s) of Archival Materials: Moving Images * This item was produced or created: 1936 The creator compiled or maintained the series between: 1916 - 1976 * Access Restriction(s): Unrestricted * Use Restriction(s): Unrestricted Sound Type: Silent * Accession Number(s): III-NAV-193

- Kind: Film
- Year: 1936
- By: Department of the Interior. Division of Motion Pictures
- Genres: Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/AForestPlayground)
- Licence or status: [Public Domain Mark 1.0](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) (as the archive states it)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

Not offered: its uploader marks it public domain, and the US Copyright Office's records do not settle that it is (a record that may be another film's, a film first published abroad, a year when renewal was automatic, or a country they do not name). Unclear is not offered.