1938 SUMMER WORK CAMPS Reel 2 · Part 2

Description

About several summer work camps conducted by the American Friends Service Committee. Reel 1: Shows campers working at Oak Knoll Park, Flint, Michigan, to clear and equip the park. They attend a United Automobile Workers picnic at Saline Valley Farms. Campers from Penn-Craft work camps in a Pennsylvania mining area help construct miner's housing. Female workers conduct a nursery school, and do camp chores. Reel 2: Campers from TVA Work Camp help on a Tennessee Valley Authority project, in handicrafts, Soddy-Daisy, and Highlander Folk School, Tennessee. Delta Work Campers work at dairy cooperative, and conduct vacation school for Delta children in Rochdale, Mississippi.

Collection

Harmon Foundation Collection

Series

Motion Picture Films on Community and Family Life, Education, Religious Beliefs, and the Art and Culture of Minority and Ethnic Groups