- Title: PA-40
- Summary: WE WORK AGAIN: How The New Deal benefits African-Americans. DIRECTED BY ORSON WELLS.
- Description:01:49:41 - VARIOUS VIEWS, AFRICAN AMERICAN MEN, INDIVIDUALLY, IN GROUPS, IDLY LOUNGING SITTING, AROUND AGAINST BUILDING WALLS, ON STOOPS, READING WANT WANT ADDS, DURING DEPRESSION YEARS. 01:49:50 - BLACK MAN SITS ON BOX AGAINST WALL BY ENTRANCE OF TENEMENT HOUSE AS ELDERLY BLACK WOMAN WALKS IN 01:49:53 - CU BLACK MAN LIGHTS UP CIGARETTE. ANOTHER SITS IDLY IN RAILROAD FREIGHT YARD, BOX CARS IN B/G. 01:49:56 - TWO BLACK MEN, SIT IDLY IN JUNK YARD, ONE SEATED ON WOODEN BOX, THE OTHER ON OLD CHAIR, 01:49:58 - TWO BLACK MEN SEATED ON STOOP OF BROWNSTONE BUILDING. WOMAN DOING SAME. TWO BLACK CHAT AS THEY LEAN AGAINST ALLEY WALL. 01:50:07 - MS MAN, BACK TO CAMERA, READS SCANT NOTES ON BULLETIN BOARD OUTSIDE EMPLOYMENT AGENCY. 01:50:08 - BLACK MAN PICKS UP PIECE OF FRUIT FROM PRODUCE DISPLAY OUTSIDE GROCERY STORE, LOOKS AT IT, PUTS IT BACK. PUTS HANDS IN POCKET, WALKS AWAY. 01:50:13 - MS MEN WOMEN ON BREAD LINE OUTSIDE MISSION (?) PAN SAD EXPRESSIONS OF PEOPLE (MOSTLY BLACK) ON BREAD LINE STOPPING AT YOUNG BLACK MAN. MS SAME MAN AT JOB IN FACTORY. 01:50:21 - PAN MS VARIOUS VIEWS MEN, WOMEN SEEN ON BREAD LINE AT WORK IN VARIETY OF INDUSTRIES AFTER FEDERAL WORK PROGRAM (WPA) WAS PUT IN PLACE. 01:50:25 - PAN FACES ON BREAD LINE TO DOWN TRODDEN BLACK WOMAN. MS SAME WOMAN WORKING AS TEACHER, AT BLACKBOARD TEACHING ARITHMETIC. 01:50:31 - PAN BREAD LINE, TO YOUNG DOWN TRODDEN WOMAN CLINGING TO HER COAT COLLAR AS IF SHE WAS COLD. MS SAME YOUNG WOMAN SMILING, AS SHE WORKS AT TYPEWRITER. 01:50:39 - PAN BREAD LINE TO YOUNG DEPRESSED MAN WEARING FEDORA MS SAME MAN SMILING AS HE PLAYS ACCORDION. music, entertainment, black musician. 01:50:44 - PAN BREAD LINE TO SAD LOOKING MAN WEARING FEDORA, COAT WITH COLLAR UP. MS SAME BLACK MAN IN ART SCHOOL, DOING WATER COLOR PAINTS. CU PAINTINGS. art. 01:50:55 - MONTAGE VARIOUS SHOTS BLACK MEN AT WORK, LINING UP BRICKS FOR BRICKLAYERS AT CONSTRUCTION SITE; LARGE BLACK MAN WITH RUBBER APRON, USING HUGE LADLE IN KITCHEN, CU SMILING BLACK WOMAN FEEDING CHILD. 01:51:04 - VARIOUS SCENES BLACK WORKERS GATHERING IN STREETS AROUND WORK SITES. MS BLACK WORKERS RUNNING TOWARDS CAMERA OM WAY TO WORK SITES(?). 01:51:23 - GROUPS OF BLACK WORKERS PICKING UP ROCKS, DEBRIS, AND TOSSING IT ONTO DUMP TRUCK. DERRICK SCOOPS UP DIRT, LOADS IT ONTO DUMP TRUCK. 01:51:38 - BLACK ROAD WORKERS (WPA) USE SHOVELS TO SCATTER SAND FROM DUMP TRUCK (WITH DUMPER IN RAISED POSITION) ONTO ROAD. ANOTHER GROUP LEND THEIR WEIGHT TO SCREED. BEING PULLED BY ANOTHER TRUCK TO SMOOTH THE SAND. 01:51:55 - VARIOUS SHOTS BLACK WORKERS AT WPA HOUSING DEMOLITION SITE IN HARLEM, TEARING DOWN OLD MULTI-STORIED TENEMENT HOUSES, FIRE TRAPS. LS BRICKS POURING DOWN CHUTE, AMID PILES OF OLD LUMBER AND DEBRIS AT SITE. 01:52:25 - VARIOUS VIEWS WPA WORKERS AT CONSTRUCTION SITE OF LARGE BATH HOUSE FOR LARGE COMMUNITY SWIMMING POOL ALREADY IN USE AY COLONIAL PARK IN HARLEM. MS BLACK WORKERS PHYSICALLY PULL LONG HEAVY PLANK UP SIDE OF BUILDING, AS OTHER BLACK WORKERS DO VARIETY OF SKILLED, UNSKILLED JOBS IN B/G. LONG STRING OF TENEMENT HOUSES IN B/G. 01:52:44 - LS ABOVE VIEW HUGE COMMUNITY SWIMMING POOL AT COLONIAL PARK, HARLEM, CROWDED WITH CHILDREN, LONG ROW OF ATTACHED TENEMENT HOUSES IN B/G MS VARIOUS VIEWS DOZENS OF BLACK, WHITE, CHILDREN SWIMMING IN LARGE POOL. 01:52:58 - MS GIRL IN F/G DOING PERFECT SWAN DRIVE FROM SPRING BOARD. CROWD WATCHING IN B/G LS SAME. sports, recreation. 01:53:02 - LS NURSE STOOPS TO ATTEND FOOT INJURY ON BLACK CHILD. GUARD WATCHES. 01:53:10 - VARIOUS VIEWS CHILDREN'S SEATED AROUND WATCHING OTHER CHILDREN IN WADING POOL, BUILT BY WPA WORKERS. AUTOS, CIRCA 1930S, PARKED IN B/G. 01:53:22 - CHILDREN PLAYING IN PLAYGROUND BUILT BY WPA WORKERS, CHILDREN SLIDING DOWN SLIDING PONDS, AS OTHERS RIDE SEE-SAWS IN F/G. OTHERS ON SWINGS IN B/G. AS LITTLE GIRL PUSHES SWINGING BENCHES FOR GROUP OF CHILDREN RIDING ON THEM. CU LITTLE BLACK CHILD ON BABY SWING, MOM IN B/G PUSHING SWING TOWARDS CAMERA. CHILDREN ON MONKEY BARS, CHILDREN ON SEE-SAWS IN F/G. 01:53:38 - GROUP OF BLACK CHILDREN PLAYING IN CLASSROOM AT NURSERY SCHOOL. BLACK BOARD IN B/G. CU BLACK BOY FACING CAMERA, ROCKING ON PLAY HORSE, OTHER KIDS PLAYING IN B/G. BLACK TEACHER SITS ON FLOOR WITH SEVERAL BLACK CHILDREN, SHOWING THEM HOW TO DRESS A DOLL. 01:53:46 - BLACK CHILDREN SEATED AROUND TABLE EATING HOT MEAL, OTHERS DOING SAME IN B/G. VARIOUS CU SHOTS BLACK CHILDREN EATING, WITH HANDS, SPOONS, FORKS. 01:53:57 - WHITE NURSE FEEDS SPOONFUL MEDICINE TO BLACK CHILD AS OTHERS WAIT IN LINE FOR THEIRS. CU CHILD MAKES FACE WHEN FED MEDICINE. 01:54:15 - LARGE GROUP OF BLACK CHILDREN TAKING NAP IN BEDS LINED UP IN ROOM. VARIOUS CU FACE SHOTS, SLEEPING CHILDREN. 01:54:16 - ADULT WOMEN IN CLASSROOM LEARNING TO READ, WRITE. MS BLACK WOMAN WRITING ON BLACK BOARD. CU 2 BLACK WOMEN, ONE WITH FLOPPY HAT, SEATED AT DESKS WRITING. MS WOMEN AT TABLE LOOK AT WHAT IS WRITTEN ON BLACKBOARD. 01:54:26 - BLACK MEN, WOMEN SEATED AROUND TABLE CONTAINING BOOKS, LISTEN TO MALE BLACK TEACHER IN LANGUAGE CLASS, BLACK BOARD WITH SPANISH WRITING IN B/G. CU MALE BLACK TEACHER GIVING LESSON 01:54:49 - MCU LITTLE BLACK BOY WITH SOLDERING IRON IN HAND IN ELECTRONICS CLASS. 01:54:55 - MS VARIOUS VIEWS BLACK WHITE COLLAR WORKERS DOING CLERICAL WORK. MS BLACK WOMEN FILING CARD IN FILE CABINETS. MS BLACK MAN AT DESK CHECKING OUT LEDGER WITH OTHER MEN, WOMEN. BLACK FEMALE CLERK WITH UNUSUAL HAIR STYLE. 01:55:10 - MCU BLACK WOMAN FACING CAMERA TYPING. OTHERS BEHIND HER DOING SAME. CU HANDS TYPING RAPIDLY TWO ROWS OF BLACK WOMEN TYPING. 01:55:19 - CU BLACK WOMAN IN (WPA) HOME MAKING CLASS WITH OTHERS CUTS DOUGH WITH COOKIE CUTTER. VARIOUS SHOTS BLACK WOMEN IN COOKING CLASS WORKING IN KITCHEN, PREPARING SALADS, BAKING. CU BLACK WOMAN REMOVES TRAY OF COOKIES FROM OVEN. 01:55:52 - TWO BLACK WOMEN TURN OVER MATTRESS IN BED, MAKE THE BED. TEACHER SHOWS PROPER WAY TO FOLD SHEET AT THE CORNER, IN HOME MAKING CLASS. domestic, education. wpa 01:56:17 - BLACK NURSE USES DOLL TO SHOW TWO YOUNG AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN HOW TO PROPERLY WASH, DRESS INFANT 01:56:29 - MS BLACK NURSE, STUDENT TAKE CARE OF BLACK WOMAN IN BED. SHOW PROPER WAY TO SERVE FOOD TRAY IN BED. medical, infirm. wpa 01:56:45 - VARIOUS SHOTS DOZENS BLACK, WHITE, WOMEN SEATED AT TABLES LEARNING HOW TO MAKE GARMENTS IN WPA SEWING CLASSES. WOMEN AT SEWING MACHINES. 01:57:00 - VARIOUS VIEWS WELL-DRESSED AFRICAN AMERICAN CHORAL GROUP GATHERED AROUND PIANO, SING CLASSICAL TUNES BOTH A CAPPELLA AND PIANO ACCOMPANIMENT. music, entertainment, classical music. 01:57:24 - VARIOUS SHOTS PIANO PLAYER CONDUCTS A CAPPELLA GROUP AS HE SITS AT HIS PIANO. 01:58:45 - VARIOUS SHOTS JUANITA HALL DIRECTS CHORAL GROUP SINGING SPIRITUAL, GATHERED AROUND PIANO. CU BLACK SINGERS SINGING. spiritual, classical music. theater, hollywood, movies. wpa.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1930
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1930s
- File Name: PA-40