A BETTER MICHIGAN — Part 2 | The Archive Project

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On Works Progress Administration (WPA) projects in Michigan. County roads are graded and surfaced. Shows airports at Lansing and Detroit and emergency landing fields under construction. Women learn rug making and weaving. Braille books are made and proofread. A new state police headquarters is shown. Dramatizes the use of the police radio system in establishing road blocks to capture bank robbers. WPA and Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) units battle a forest fire in the Upper Peninsula. Fire lanes and towers are constructed. Shows nursery school activities.

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Records of the Work Projects Administration

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Motion Picture Films

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1937-01-01

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2:52

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