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A BETTER CHICAGO Part 3

Description

On WPA projects in Chicago. Sewer pipe is laid. Debris is cleared from the lake front. Animal skeletons are reconstructed in the Field Museum. Airport runways are lengthened and drainage ditches dug. Slum buildings are razed for a housing project. Shows scenes in parks and a zoo, auto accident scenes, cars being checked for defects, razing of unsafe grain elevators, playgrounds, and nursery school activities.

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Collection

Records of the Work Projects Administration

Series

Motion Picture Films

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Date
1937-01-01
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TRT
3:00