Title A better Minnesota / produced by the Commercial Department of the News for the Works Progress Administration

Published Washington, D.C. : United States. Works Progress Administration, 1937

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Description 1 online resource (10 min.) Summary On Works Progress Administration (WPA) projects in Minnesota. Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) and WPA units battle a forest fire. Shows dams under construction at Lakeland, St. Paul, etc. WPA members supervise nursery school operations. Children are given medical examinations. Shows household training classes and scenes at a children's vacation camp. Sioux and Chippewa Indians weave, embroider, and make beads. Pink granite is quarried and building construction begins. Shows WPA exhibits at the 1936 State Fair and fair ground improvements made by the WPA. County roads are graded and surfaced Notes Title from resource description page (viewed April 08, 2016) In English Subject Public works -- Minnesota Public works. Minnesota. Genre/Form Documentary films. Documentary films. Documentaires. Form Streaming video Author United States. Works Progress Administration, production company

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