A BETTER MASSACHUSETTS Part 1

Description

On Works Progress Administration (WPA) projects in Massachusetts. Streets in Springfield are paved and sewer pipe installed. WPA artists paint shore scenes. Shows playground activity. Ship models are built at Marblehead. Methods of preventing silicosis among granite workers are tested at Quincy. Breeches buoy rescue practice is conducted by the Coast Guard on Cape Cod. Nurses instruct mothers in the care of babies. Shows a hatchery at Gloucester, braille mapping at the Perkings Institute for the Blind at Watertown, and children taking free music and dancing lessons. Shows nursery school activities.

Collection

Records of the Work Projects Administration

Series

Motion Picture Films