Bibliograph

A better Minnesota, produced by the Commercial Department of the News for the Works Progress Administration

Type

Label

A better Minnesota, produced by the Commercial Department of the News for the Works Progress Administration

Language

eng

Characteristic

videorecording

Main title

A better Minnesota

Oclc number

950267212

Responsibility statement

produced by the Commercial Department of the News for the Works Progress Administration

Runtime

Summary

On Works Progress Administration (WPA) projects in Minnesota. Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) and WPA units battle a forest fire. Shows dams under construction at Lakeland, St. Paul, etc. WPA members supervise nursery school operations. Children are given medical examinations. Shows household training classes and scenes at a children's vacation camp. Sioux and Chippewa Indians weave, embroider, and make beads. Pink granite is quarried and building construction begins. Shows WPA exhibits at the 1936 State Fair and fair ground improvements made by the WPA. County roads are graded and surfaced

Target audience

adult

Contributor