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Film, Video [A better America?]

digital viewing copy

About this Item

Title

  • [A better America?]

Summary

  • Shows WPA projects being carried out on a nationwide level during the depression. Includes sewage disposal plants and sewer construction, medical services for the indigent, sewing rooms where women make garments for needy families, education projects, and nursery schools.

Names

  • Pathé News, Inc., production company
  • United States. Works Progress Administration, production company
  • U.S. Government Films Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • United States : [Work Projects Administration, Motion Picture Record Division], 1937.

Headings

  • -  Public works--United States

Genre

  • Nonfiction films

Notes

  • -  Summary taken from MI Film and Television catalog card.
  • -  Beginning and ending credits lacking.
  • -  Sources used: MI Film and Television catalog card; MI Collections file: U.S. Government file; National Archives WWW site, Guide to Federal Records, Records of the Work Projects Administration (record group 69) viewed September 8, 2023; National Archives online catalog, Motion Picture Films, 1931-1937 (NAID 12316).

Medium

  • 1 video file (digital) (approximately 10 min.) : sd., b&w.
  • viewing copy 1 videocassette of 1 (Digital Betacam) (approximately 10 min.) : sd., b&w ; 1/2 in.
  • viewing copy 1 videocassette of 1 (Betacam SP) (approximately 10 min.) : sd., b&w ; 1/2 in.
  • non-viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (approximately 10 min., 360 ft.) : sd., b&w ; 16 mm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • VAI 1120 (viewing copy)
  • VXB 8862 (viewing copy)
  • FAA 0030 (non-viewing print)

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2001642615

Online Format

  • image
  • video

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Chicago citation style:

U.S. Government Films Collection. A better America?. produceds by Pathé News, Inc.Uction Company, and United States Works Progress Administrationuction Company [United States: Work Projects Administration, Motion Picture Record Division, 1937] Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2001642615/.

APA citation style:

U.S. Government Films Collection. (1937) A better America?. Pathé News, Inc.Uction Company & United States Works Progress Administrationuction Company, prods [United States: Work Projects Administration, Motion Picture Record Division] [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2001642615/.

MLA citation style:

U.S. Government Films Collection. A better America?. prod by Pathé News, Inc.Uction Company, and United States Works Progress Administrationuction Company [United States: Work Projects Administration, Motion Picture Record Division, 1937] Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2001642615/>.