WPA New Deal Film Collection

This collection contains 9 movies and is Over 2 hour 15 minutes of video.

Title Description
Duration
Better Housing News Flashes (No. 7) 1935

Newsreel-style theatrical short on the benefits of the National Housing Act to homebuilders, remodelers, and prospective homeowners.

4:30
[National Recovery Administration (NRA) Promo] 1933

Promotional short for the New Deal era National Recovery Administration.

2:47
Rain for the Earth (Part I) 1937

Film documenting the drought in the "Dust Bowl" and the efforts utilized to combat it.

9:52
The River 1937

This documentary on the Mississippi River Valley, covers the history of the exploitation of its resources, and the work being done to reclaim and rehabilitate the area.

29:57
Your Social Security ca. 1940s

Film detailing the functioning of the Social Security system.

17:02
Man Against the River 1937

Film documenting the efforts members of the Works Project Administration performed in assisting refugees from the winter flood of the Ohio River.

9:54
We Work Again ca. 1930s

A film on the African Americans and the benefits they receive from the New Deal.

10:51
Work Pays America 1937

The film denotes the beneficial effects on American society, and unemployed workers to be gained from the Works Project Administration's program of public works.

31:08
The City 1939

With music by Aaron Copland, this film is a plea from the Regional Planning Association of America to stop the chaotic growth and urban sprawl of American cities.

30:58