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Presidents Flood Relief Committee Inspects Inundated Areas (1936)

1936 · Short film · 8 min

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Harry Hopkins and other members of President Roosevelt's flood relief committee inspect flood relief activities in Pennsylvania. The committee examines temporary tent camp facilities for evacuees, the operation of soup kitchens, damage to roads, board and sand bag levees, and flooded jetties and wharves. The committee scans the banks of the Ohio River from a river steamboat. National Archives Identifier: 12323 Creator(s): * Federal Works Agency. Work Projects Administration. (Most Recent) From: * Series: Motion Picture Films, compiled 1931 - 1937 * Record Group 69: Records of the Work Projects Administration, 1922 - 1944 * Item Type(s) of Archival Materials: * Moving Images This item was produced or created: * 1936 The creator compiled or maintained the series between: 1931 - 1937 General Note(s): * Subject summary is available. Use Restriction(s): * Undetermined Sound Type: Silent Accession Number(s): * 330 Subjects Represented in the Archival Material(s): Contributors to Authorship and/or Production of the Archival Material(s): * Works Progress Administration., Producer

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Running time
8 minutes
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Ephemeral Films

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