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1937 - Depression, USA Government Programs: Work Pays America R2 of 5 PARTIAL

Reel Number: 220461-03

Color: Black and White

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1937,1930s

Country: USA

Location: Appalachia,South,Warm Springs, Georgia

TC Begins: 07:02:51

TC Ends: 07:05:08

Duration: 00:02:17

1937 - Depression, USA Government Programs re Blindness & Health Treatment Sightless women using machines in repairing & rebinding books; older children queue up by traveling library in rural area. Public nurse bathing baby in home as mother looks on. 07:03:38 Blind workers making books & maps in braille for blind people, proofreading by blind people. CU fingers over braille. 07:04:01 Nurse visits poor rural family in program to prevent trachoma / blindness. Clinic bus takes old lady & old men wearing dark glasses to hospital. 07:04:41 Interior of waiting room w/ nurse taking details from patients waiting at clinic. 07:04:48 Female nurse testing sight of little girl. Old men get eyes checked. 07:04:57 Warm Springs Foundation treating children w/ polio aka infantile paralysis. Child lying on platform lowered into water. Government Programs; WPA; Depression; Health; Medical Treatment; 1930s Rural poverty NOTE: PARTIAL, will combine 2 cards (07:02:51 - 07:08:57) for per reel rate if requested.

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