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Better West Virginia, A

Reel Number: 220463-03

Color: Black and White

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1930s

Country: USA

Location: West Virginia Clarksburg Morgantown Huntingdon Jacksons Mill Germany Valley Charleston Camp Fairchance

TC Begins: 09:16:20

TC Ends: 09:24:22

Duration: 00:08:02

A Better West Virginia Montage depression - closed factories - jobless / unemployed. Better times - montage workers - happy families - land of plenty. Smoking factory chimneys. Construction of Tri-County airport at Clarksburg. Sealing of abandoned mines to prevent pollution. Construction of retaining wall in Morgantown to prevent earth erosion/ subsidence. Construction of unit at Morris Memorial Hospital for Crippled Children. Kids in cots suffering from infantile paralysis. Construction of building in Huntingdon. Gymnasium at Fairview High School Assembly hall for 4-H camp at Jacksons Mill. Swimming pools - people diving etc. Sewing room, women make garments for needy families. Nursery school - small black child in bath tub. Children playing in yard. 09:19:36 men breaking rocks for road building. Cars along road through rural area. Post office at Helvetia - small town. Old woman sitting churning butter outside farmhouse. Cheese. Tourist spot - Seneca Rocks ? mountains. Germany Valley. 09:20:38 Work of the Conservation Commission - Fish hatchery in Morgan County - fish added. Young women feed deer for restocking of forests. 09:21:03 Charleston - bridge replaced by WPA. Rail crossing improved - steam train. 09;21:42 Floods of 1936 09:22:.00 Flood restoration programme - bridge being rebuilt over Potomac near Peterburg. Flood walls and dykes. 09:22:31 Public Improvements - Mercer County Industrial Park - log houses - sort of collective farm. 09:23:08 Camp Fairchance in Boon County. Orphans / institutionalised children now living in happy community conditions. Children getting out of bunk beds - eating at long tables. Young girls sewing. Children playing - swimming - marching behind band - trumpeter on tower as Stars and Stripes lowered.

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