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Public Domain Stock Footage African Americans We Will Work Again

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keywords: african americans, depression era, wpa, works progress administration, breadline, soup line

	Synopsis: Direct film transfer to HD. Footage of unemployed African-Americans without jobs or hope during the Depression Era. Scenes of Blacks in America after employment in the WPA (Works Progress Administration) projects... (read more)

	Information: 1937 BW 15:05 min

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African Americans - We Will Work Again

Series of short or brief images of unemployed African-Americans in the depression era or Great Depression in America sitting around. Images that contrast scenes of unemployed African-Americans in breadline to images of smiling African-Americans after creation of the WPA, a federal work program for unemployed Americans. Scene of unskilled labors loading concrete debris into dump truck by hand. Images of a vintage power shovel loading a dump truck. Various scenes of public works demolitions and construction projects and jobs. Scenes of construction projects at Colonial Park in Harlem in 1936 (name changed to Jackie Robinson Park in 1981).

Scenes of children from needy families in a nursery school. Scenes of African-Americans in adult education programs, classes, household training courses, and health education. WPA programs for African-American artist, musicians, writers, and actors. William Lawrence directs an art song musical group as they sing a song. Juanita Hall leads a spiritual music choir singing a spiritual song. The African-American Theater Unit of the Federal Theater Project presents a scene from Macbeth.

Shot List: African Americans & Depression era Public Works Projects and Programs. Start video at time code shown.

01:00:53:03. Video of African-Americans (Blacks) in breadline.

01:02:03:10. Unskilled labors loading concrete debris into dump truck by hand.

01:02:11:12. Video of vintage power shovel loads dump truck.

01:02:48:11. Demolition of old buildings.

01:03:03:13. Construction of swimming pool bath house in Colonial Park in Harlem.

01:03:25:11. Children in swimming pool, Harlem Colonial Park 1936.

01:04:07:11. Children at Harlem Colonial Park playground.

01:04:13:12. Close up of young African-American child in swing.

01:04:25:00. African-American children in nursery school in the 1930's.

01:04:58:11. African-Americans (Blacks) in adult education class.

01:05:41:09. Clerical white collar workers filing, checking records, typing.

01:06:05:05. African American girls in a cooking household training school.

01:06:39:06. Two African-American girls “turn a mattress” and “make a bed”, showing proper way to “tuck a sheet”.

01:07:01:08. Black girls learn proper care of children and sick.

01:07:29:11. African American women employees of a sewing room.

01:07:48:14. William Lawrence directs an art song group in song.

01:09:18:03. Juanita Hall leads a spiritual choir in song.

01:11:06:14. African-American Theater Unit of the Federal Theater Project presents a scene from Macbeth.

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