We Work Again, 1937

Creator(s): Federal Works Agency. Work Projects Administration. (07/01/1939 - 06/30/1943) (Most Recent)

Series : Motion Picture Films, compiled 1931 - 1937
Record Group 69: Records of the Work Projects Administration, 1922 - 1944

Production Date: 1937

General Note(s): WPA subject summary available.
Contributor: Producer, Works Progress Administration. Made by Pathe News.
Access Restriction(s): Unrestricted
Use Restriction(s): Undetermined

Scope & Content: Documentary: On the employment of Negroes in Works Progress Administration (WPA) projects. Reel 1: Contrasts scenes of Negroes waiting in breadlines with those employed in Federal work programs such as public building construction, nursery schools and land record indexing. Shows household and health care training programs and general adult education classes. Reel 2: Shows programs available for Negro artists, musicians, writers and actors. William Lawrence directs an art song group, Juanita Hall leads a spiritual choir and the Negro Theater Unit of the Federal Theater Project presents a scene from Macbeth.

Contact(s): National Archives at College Park - Motion Pictures (RD-DC-M), National Archives at College Park
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Phone: 301-837-3540, Fax: 301-837-3620, Email: [email protected]

National Archives Identifier: 12322
Local Identifier: 69.6

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