NEW DEAL FILMS

Living New Deal Project

May 2013

The following list of New Deal films provides information regarding one hundred unique titles, with links to online footage wherever possible. With a few exceptions, all of the films collected below were produced by and for New Deal agencies and programs as promotional, documentary, or training films.

Each entry aims to offer general information about each title, including which New Deal agency sponsored the film and a brief description of its content. Rather than a comprehensive catalog, this list sketches out in broad strokes the rich body of cinematic work supported by New Deal programs. The films on this list highlight the direct fruits of a public commitment to employment relief and the arts.

Researchers interested in further exploring New Deal era films – including those related to or about the New Deal though not explicitly produced by or for New Deal agencies – are encouraged to pursue the resources included in the reference section at the end of the list.

Special thanks goes to Megan and Rick Prelinger of the Prelinger Library, where the majority of research for this project was performed.

Research by John Elrick for the Living New Deal – http://livingnewdeal.org.

1.) Alabama Highlands (1937, 11 min) [Development of State Parks around Birmingham, Alabama] Agency Sponsors: U.S. Department of the Interior, CCC Reference: D. Cook, E. Rahbek-Smith, Educational Film Catalog, Supplement to the Second Edition. New York: H.W. Wilson Co., 1942. Film Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ArpLe_A0zk

2.) A Better Minnesota (1937, 9 min) [WPA efforts in Minnesota] Agency Sponsor: WPA Reference: Larry N. Sypolt, Civilian Conservation Corps: A Selectively Annotated Bibliography. Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers, 2005.

3.) Big Sur, California (1937, 10 min) [Scenes from and conservation activities in Big Sur]

1 Agency Sponsor: U.S. Department of the Interior, CCC Reference: Larry N. Sypolt, Civilian Conservation Corps: A Selectively Annotated Bibliography. Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers, 2005.

4.) Bridge Building with the CCC (1939, 2 reels) [The construction of bridges by the CCC in the National Forests of California] Agency Sponsors: U.S. Department of the Interior, CCC Reference: U.S. Film Service, Directory of U.S. Government Films. Washington D.C., 1939.

5.) CCC Accomplishments in Pennsylvania (1935, 15 min) [CCC work in the State and County parks of Pennsylvania] Agency Sponsors: U.S. Department of the Interior, CCC Reference: U.S. Film Service, Directory of U.S. Government Films. Washington D.C., 1939.

6.) CCC at La Purisima (1936, 11 min) [CCC reconstruction of Mission La Purisima in California] Agency Sponsor: WPA Reference: Larry N. Sypolt, Civilian Conservation Corps: A Selectively Annotated Bibliography. Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers, 2005.

7.) CCC at Mono (1936, 20 min) [CCC construction in Mono County, California] Agency Sponsor: WPA Reference: Larry N. Sypolt, Civilian Conservation Corps: A Selectively Annotated Bibliography. Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers, 2005.

8.) Civilian Conservation Corps at Work – Arizona (1934) [Various phases of CCC work in the state] Agency Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, CCC Reference: U.S. Film Service, Directory of U.S. Government Films. Washington D.C., 1939.

9.) Civilian Conservation Corps at Work – Colorado, Wyoming, and South Dakota (1934) [Various phases of CCC work in these states] Agency Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, CCC Reference: U.S. Film Service, Directory of U.S. Government Films. Washington D.C., 1939.

10.) Civilian Conservation Corps at Work – The Lake States (1937) [Construction and conservation efforts of the CCC in National Forests] Agency Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, CCC

2 Reference: U.S. Film Service, Directory of U.S. Government Films. Washington D.C., 1939.

11.) Civilian Conservation Corps at Work – Montana and Idaho (1934) [Various phases of CCC work in these states] Agency Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, CCC Reference: U.S. Film Service, Directory of U.S. Government Films. Washington D.C., 1939.

12.) Civilian Conservation Corps at Work – Mosquito Control (1934) [Abatement efforts in salt marshes of Delaware] Agency Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, CCC Reference: U.S. Film Service, Directory of U.S. Government Films. Washington D.C., 1939.

13.) Civilian Conservation Corps at Work – Oregon and Washington (1934) [Various phases of CCC work in these states] Agency Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, CCC Reference: U.S. Film Service, Directory of U.S. Government Films. Washington D.C.,

14.) Civilian Conservation Corps at Work – Utah and South Idaho (1934) [Various phases of CCC work in these states] Agency Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, CCC Reference: U.S. Film Service, Directory of U.S. Government Films. Washington D.C., 1939.

15.) Civilian Conservation Corps Fights Erosion (1934, 11 min) [CCC erosion control activities] Agency Sponsors: U.S. Department of Agriculture, CCC Reference: D. Cook, E. Rahbek-Smith, Educational Film Catalog, Supplement to the Second Edition. New York: H.W. Wilson Co., 1942. Film Link: http://www.texasarchive.org/library/index.php/Civilian_Conservation_Corps_Fights_Erosion

16.) Civilian Conservation Corps in a Crisis (2 reels) [CCC enrollees helping with flood relief efforts] Agency Sponsors: U.S. Department of the Interior, CCC Reference: U.S. Film Service, Directory of U.S. Government Films. Washington D.C., 1939.

17.) The City (1939) [Documentary on life in the modern city] Production: American Institute of Planners Director: Ralph Steiner

3 Reference: IMDB; U.S. Film Service, Directory of U.S. Government Films. Washington D.C., 1939. Film Link: http://archive.org/details/CityTheP1939

18.) The Civilian Conservation Corps (1935) [The life of CCC enrollees from enrollment to discharge] Agency Sponsors: War Department, CCC Reference: U.S. Film Service, Directory of U.S. Government Films. Washington D.C., 1939.

19.) The Columbia (1949, 21 min) [Bonneville Power Administration film about the river with songs by Woody Guthrie] Agency Sponsor: U.S. Department of the Interior Writer/Producer: Stephen Kahn Film Link: http://archive.org/details/gov.fdr.353.3.4

20.) Cradle of the Father of Waters (1935/1938, 11min) [CCC work in north central Minnesota] Agency Sponsors: U.S. Department of the Interior, CCC Reference: D. Cook, E. Rahbek-Smith, Educational Film Catalog, Supplement to the Second Edition. New York: H.W. Wilson Co., 1942. Film Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJDQlblui3A

21.) Dawn Strikes the Capitol Dome (1936, 10 min) [Documentary portrait of the Capitol City] Agency Sponsor: WPA References: IMDB; National Archives. Film Link: http://archive.org/details/gov.fdr.352.1.3

22.) A Day in Virginia Camps (1934, 12 min) [CCC life and work in Virginia State Parks] Agency Sponsors: U.S. Department of the Interior, CCC Reference: U.S. Film Service, Directory of U.S. Government Films. Washington D.C., 1939.

23.) Down Mobile Way (1935, 10 min) Agency Sponsors: U.S. Department of the Interior Reference: D. Cook, E. Rahbek-Smith, Educational Film Catalog, Supplement to the Second Edition. New York: H.W. Wilson Co., 1942. Film Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=N23Vpy6VTmw

4 24.) Electricity on the Farm (1935, 2 reels, silent) [Electricity’s uses in rural areas] Agency Sponsor: TVA Reference: U.S. Film Service, Directory of U.S. Government Films. Washington D.C., 1939.

25.) Emergency Conservation Work at Mesa Verde (1934, 6 min) [Conservation activities at Mesa Verde in southern Colorado] Agency Sponsors: U.S. Department of Interior, CCC Larry N. Sypolt, Civilian Conservation Corps: A Selectively Annotated Bibliography. Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers, 2005.

26.) Emergency Conservation Work in Great Smoky Mountains National Park (1936) [Work of the CCC and scenes of life in the National Park] Agency Sponsors: U.S. Department of Interior, CCC Reference: D. Cook, E. Rahbek-Smith, Educational Film Catalog, Supplement to the Second Edition. New York: H.W. Wilson Co., 1942. Film Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kx3OoN0dIfY

27.) Evangeline, Haven of Peace (1936-37, 1 reel, silent) [CCC work in St. Martinville, Louisiana] Agency Sponsors: U.S. Department of the Interior, CCC Reference: U.S. Film Service, Directory of U.S. Government Films. Washington D.C., 1939.

28.) The Fight for Life (1940, 69 min) [Feature film about an urban maternity clinic] Agency Sponsor: U.S. Film Service Director: Pare Lorentz Writers: Paul De Kruif, Pare Lorentz (screenplay) Reference: IMDB; Richard Dyer MacCann, The People’s Films: A Political History of U.S. Government Motion Pictures. Hastings House, 1973. Film Link: http://archive.org/details/gov.archives.arc.1234

29.) Flood Special! (1936, 7 min) [Flood prevention and relief efforts] Agency Sponsor: WPA Reference: Larry N. Sypolt, Civilian Conservation Corps: A Selectively Annotated Bibliography. Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers, 2005.

30.) For a Changing Empire (1 reel) [CCC work in the State and County Parks of Georgia]

5 Agency Sponsors: U.S. Department of the Interior, CCC Reference: U.S. Film Service, Directory of U.S. Government Films. Washington D.C., 1939.

31.) Forest and Men (1933, 1 reel) [Informational picture showing the work of the CCC throughout the country] Agency Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, CCC Reference: U.S. Film Service, Directory of U.S. Government Films. Washington D.C., 1939.

32.) A Forest Playground (1936, 8 min) [CCC work in Patapsco State Park, Maryland] Agency Sponsors: U.S. Department of the Interior, CCC Reference: U.S. Film Service, Directory of U.S. Government Films. Washington D.C., 1939.

33.) Hands (1934, 4 min) [Short feature portraying the circulation of money and goods though various hands] Agency Sponsor: WPA Director: Ralph Steiner Reference: IMDB; Jan-Christopher Horak, Lovers of Cinema: The First American Film Avant- Garde, 1919-1945. University of Wisconsin Press, 1995.

34.) Heart of the Confederacy (1937, 10 min) [CCC efforts in Alabama] Agency Sponsors: U.S. Department of the Interior, CCC Reference: Larry N. Sypolt, Civilian Conservation Corps: A Selectively Annotated Bibliography. Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers, 2005. Film Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQqrcneTQV4

35.) A Heritage We Guard (1940, 28 min) [Soil conservation efforts] Agency Sponsors: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service Reference: D. Cook, E. Rahbek-Smith, Educational Film Catalog, Supplement to the Second Edition. New York: H.W. Wilson Co., 1942. Film Link: http://archive.org/details/6133_Heritage_We_Guard_A_00_27_54_00

36.) Hold That Silt (1936, 17 min) [Soil conservation and erosion control] Agency Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, CCC Reference: Larry N. Sypolt, Civilian Conservation Corps: A Selectively Annotated Bibliography. Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers, 2005.

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37.) Job Creation Contest (1939, 2 reels) [Illinois NYA holds a youth contest for best job creation ideas] Agency Sponsor: National Youth Administration Reference: U.S. Film Service, Directory of U.S. Government Films. Washington D.C., 1939.

38.) Jobs Not Handouts (1940, 20 min) [Description of relief programs] Agency Sponsors: National Youth Administration Reference: D. Cook, E. Rahbek-Smith, Educational Film Catalog, Supplement to the Second Edition. New York: H.W. Wilson Co., 1942.

39.) The Land (1942, 45 min) Agency Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, AAA Director: Robert Flaherty Reference: U.S. Film Service, Directory of U.S. Government Films. Washington, D.C., 1939.

40.) The Land – to Have and to Hold (1940, 15 min) [Land use and conservation] Agency Sponsors: U.S. Department of Agriculture Reference: D. Cook, E. Rahbek-Smith, Educational Film Catalog, Supplement to the Second Edition. New York: H.W. Wilson Co., 1942.

41.) Land of Ten Thousand Lakes (1936, 8 min) [CCC work in southern Minnesota] Agency Sponsors: U.S. Department of the Interior, CCC Reference: D. Cook, E. Rahbek-Smith, Educational Film Catalog, Supplement to the Second Edition. New York: H.W. Wilson Co., 1942. Film Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfPsTIp4w4w

42.) Land of the Giants (1935, 24 min) [CCC work in northern California State Parks] Agency Sponsors: U.S. Department of the Interior, CCC Reference: U.S. Film Service, Directory of U.S. Government Films. Washington D.C., 1939. Film Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkIkCjwlRL0

43.) Man Against the River (1937, 2 reels) [Flood relief efforts in the Ohio River Valley] Agency Sponsor: WPA Reference: U.S. Film Service, Directory of U.S. Government Films. Washington, D.C., 1939.

7 Film Link: http://archive.org/details/ManAgain1937

44.) Men and Dust (1940) [Documentary about silicosis in Missouri, Kansas, and Oklahoma] Agency Sponsors: Tri-State Survey Committee Producer: Sheldon Dick Reference: U.S. Film Service, Directory of U.S. Government Films. Washington D.C., 1939. Film Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPEtKTBoAog

45.) Morristown National Historical Park (1 reel) [Pictorial record of CCC restoration activities] Agency Sponsors: U.S. Department of the Interior, CCC Reference: U.S. Film Service, Directory of U.S. Government Films. Washington D.C., 1939.

46.) Mount Ranier National Park (1936, 7 min) [Scenes and conservation activities in the park] Agency Sponsors: U.S. Department of the Interior, CCC Reference: Larry N. Sypolt, Civilian Conservation Corps: A Selectively Annotated Bibliography. Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers, 2005.

47.) A Nation-Wide System of Parks (1939, 16 min) [CCC work in State Parks prepared for exhibit at the San Diego Exposition] Agency Sponsors: U.S. Department of the Interior, CCC Reference: U.S. Film Service, Directory of U.S. Government Films. Washington D.C., 1939. Film Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lI9YcPahmUg

48.) Norris Dam Construction (1935, 3 reels) [How the dam on Clinch River was built] Agency Sponsor: TVA Reference: U.S. Film Service, Directory of U.S. Government Films. Washington D.C., 1939.

49.) NYA Builds a Ski-Jump (1939, 2 reels) [New Hampshire NYA construction] Agency Sponsor: National Youth Administration Reference: U.S. Film Service, Directory of U.S. Government Films. Washington D.C., 1939.

50.) NYA Goes to College (1939, 2 reels) [Illustrates how NYA jobs at universities help students get college degrees] Agency Sponsor: National Youth Administration

8 Reference: U.S. Film Service, Directory of U.S. Government Films. Washington D.C., 1939.

51.) NYA Student Aid (1937, 1 reel) [Work activities performed by NYA students in schools and colleges] Agency Sponsor: National Youth Administration Reference: U.S. Film Service, Directory of U.S. Government Films. Washington D.C., 1939.

52.) Old Lands – New Use (1935, 11 min) [State Parks in South Carolina] Agency Sponsors: U.S. Department of the Interior Reference: D. Cook, E. Rahbek-Smith, Educational Film Catalog, Supplement to the Second Edition. New York: H.W. Wilson Co., 1942.

53.) Outdoors in the Garden State (1935, 20 min) [CCC work in New Jersey Parks] Agency Sponsors: U.S. Department of the Interior, CCC Reference: D. Cook, E. Rahbek-Smith, Educational Film Catalog, Supplement to the Second Edition. New York: H.W. Wilson Co., 1942.

54.) Parks Under the Lone Star (1936, 10 min) [CCC in Texas State Parks] Agency Sponsors: U.S. Department of the Interior, CCC Reference: D. Cook, E. Rahbek-Smith, Educational Film Catalog, Supplement to the Second Edition. New York: H.W. Wilson Co., 1942.

55.) The People of the Cumberland (1937) [Short film about labor organizing in rural Tennessee] Directors: Sidney Meyers and Jay Leyda Production: Frontier Films Reference: U.S. Film Service, Directory of U.S. Government Films. Washington D.C., 1939.

56.) Pilgrim Forests (1935, 1 reel) [CCC work in New England State Parks] Agency Sponsors: U.S. Department of the Interior, CCC Reference: U.S. Film Service, Directory of U.S. Government Films. Washington D.C., 1939.

57.) Plenty without Waste (1938, .5 reel) [New Deal programs for planning on farms] Agency Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture

9 Reference: U.S. Film Service, Directory of U.S. Government Films. Washington D.C., 1939.

58.) The Plow that Broke the Plains (1936, 25 min) Agency Sponsors: Resettlement Administration, WPA Director: Pare Lorentz References: IMDB; Jan-Christopher Horak, Lovers of Cinema: The First American Film Avant- Garde, 1919-1945. University of Wisconsin Press, 1995. Film Link: http://archive.org/details/plow_that_broke_the_plains

59.) Power and the Land (1940, 38 min) [Documentary about bringing electricity to rural areas] Agency Sponsors: U.S. Film Service, REA Director: Joris Ivens Reference: IMDB: Richard Dyer MacCann, The People’s Films: A Political History of U.S. Government Motion Pictures. Hastings House, 1973. Film Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZchKXFpaDg

60.) The Protected Valley (1939, 2 reels) [Flood control in Ohio] Agency Sponsor: PWA Reference: U.S. Film Service, Directory of U.S. Government Films. Washington D.C., 1939.

61.) Rain for the Earth (1937, 10 min) [WPA personnel in the Dust Bowl] Agency Sponsor: WPA Reference: Richard Dyer MacCann, The People’s Films: A Political History of U.S. Government Motion Pictures. Hastings House, 1973. Film Link: http://archive.org/details/Rainfort1937

62.) Rain on the Plains (1938, 1 reel) [SCS methods to control soil erosion in the southern plains] Agency Sponsor: Soil Conservation Service Reference: U.S. Film Service, Directory of U.S. Government Films. Washington D.C., 1939.

63.) Rebuilding Indian Country (1933, 36 min) [Scenes of emergency conservation efforts in Native American communities] Agency Sponsor: U.S. Department of the Interior, CCC Film Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zz5MaxXQv3U

10 64.) Reclamation in the Arid West (1936, 5 min) [CCC efforts at desert reclamation] Agency Sponsors: U.S. Department of the Interior, CCC Reference: U.S. Film Service, Directory of U.S. Government Films. Washington D.C., 1939. Film Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXBWDxeNgL8

65.) Recovery in Michigan (ca. 1937, 90 min) [WPA efforts in Michigan] Agency Sponsor: WPA Reference: Larry N. Sypolt, Civilian Conservation Corps: A Selectively Annotated Bibliography. Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers, 2005.

66.) Recreation Resources (1935, 14 min) [Natural resources and CCC work in the State Parks of West Virginia] Agency Sponsors: U.S. Department of the Interior, CCC Reference: U.S. Film Service, Directory of U.S. Government Films. Washington D.C., 1939. Film Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4MIXT3Zyrs

67.) The River (1937, 31 min) [Documentary portrait of the Mississippi River] Agency Sponsors: Farm Security Administration, CCC, PWA, TVA Director: Pare Lorentz Reference: IMDB; Jan-Christopher Horak, Lovers of Cinema: The First American Film Avant- Garde, 1919-1945. University of Wisconsin Press, 1995. Film Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MRCltkSZbw

68.) The Road is Open Again (1933, 6 min) [Short feature promoting the NRA] Sponsoring Agency: NRA (via Warner Brothers) Director: Alfred E. Green References: IMDB; National Archives Press Release, Feb. 8, 2008. Film Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMH1JnRn2c4

69.) Safety in Woods Work (1938, 18 min) [Safety measures during forest work] Agency Sponsors: U.S. Department of Agriculture, CCC Reference: Larry N. Sypolt, Civilian Conservation Corps: A Selectively Annotated Bibliography. Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers, 2005.

70.) Safety on the Job (1938, 10 min)

11 [Film on job safety] Agency Sponsors: U.S. Department of Agriculture, CCC Reference: Larry N. Sypolt, Civilian Conservation Corps: A Selectively Annotated Bibliography. Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers, 2005.

71.) Saving the Beauty of Alabama (1934, 1 reel) [CCC work in Alabama State Parks] Agency Sponsors: U.S. Department of the Interior, CCC Reference: U.S. Film Service, Directory of U.S. Government Films. Washington D.C., 1939.

72.) Sequoia National Park (1938, 10 min) [Scenes and conservation activities in northern California’s National Park] Agency Sponsors: U.S. Department of the Interior, CCC Reference: Larry N. Sypolt, Civilian Conservation Corps: A Selectively Annotated Bibliography. Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers, 2005.

73.) Scenic Resources of the Tennessee Valley (1938, 1 reel) [Scenes in the Tennessee Valley] Agency Sponsor: TVA Reference: U.S. Film Service, Directory of U.S. Government Films. Washington D.C., 1939.

74.) Shell Mounds in the Tennessee Valley (1937, 2 reels) [Examination of the pre-historic shell mounds in the Pickwick Landing Dam area] Agency Sponsor: TVA Reference: U.S. Film Service, Directory of U.S. Government Films. Washington D.C., 1939.

75.) The Shenandoah National Park (1937, 11 min) [Scenes and conservation activities in Virginia’s National Park] Agency Sponsors: U.S. Department of the Interior, CCC Reference: Larry N. Sypolt, Civilian Conservation Corps: A Selectively Annotated Bibliography. Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers, 2005.

76.) Shock Troops of Disaster (1939, 11 min) [WPA hurricane relief efforts] Agency Sponsor: WPA Reference: U.S. Film Service, Directory of U.S. Government Films. Washington, D.C., 1939. Film Link: http://archive.org/details/gov.archives.arc.12363

77.) Sinews from the Soil (1935, 1 reel)

12 [CCC in Minnesota] Agency Sponsors: U.S. Department of the Interior, CCC Reference: U.S. Film Service, Directory of U.S. Government Films. Washington D.C., 1939.

78.) Sowing Mustard for Erosion Control (1938, 1 reel) [CCC enrollees in California planting mustard seed as protective covering] Agency Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, CCC Reference: U.S. Film Service, Directory of U.S. Government Films. Washington D.C., 1939.

79.) Summer Ends in the Rockies (1935, 12 min) [Pictorial Record of CCC work in Rocky Mountain National Park] Agency Sponsors: U.S. Department of the Interior, CCC Reference: U.S. Film Service, Directory of U.S. Government Films. Washington D.C., 1939.

80.) Taming the Desert (1935, 15 min) [CCC work in New Mexico State Parks] Agency Sponsors: U.S. Department of the Interior, CCC Reference: U.S. Film Service, Directory of U.S. Government Films. Washington D.C., 1939.

81.) Technique of Fresco Painting (1936) [Fresco painting methods] Agency Sponsors: NYA, WPA Director: Leo Seltzer Reference: U.S. Film Service, Directory of U.S. Government Films. Washington D.C., 1939.

82.) Telephone Line Construction (1938, 2 reels) [CCC construction of telephone lines in National Forests] Agency Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, CCC Reference: U.S. Film Service, Directory of U.S. Government Films. Washington D.C., 1939.

83.) Temples and Peace (1937, 8 min) [Excavation at Mound State Park near Tuscaloosa, Alabama] Agency Sponsor: U.S. Department of the Interior, CCC Reference: Larry N. Sypolt, Civilian Conservation Corps: A Selectively Annotated Bibliography. Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers, 2005.

84.) Tennessee Valley (1936, 37 min) [Portrait of the work done by the TVA in the Tennessee Valley] Agency Sponsor: U.S. Department of the Interior, TVA

13 Film Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrlPHr4GzVs

85.) Terracing in the Northeast (1939, 11 min) [Erosion control efforts in the Northeastern States] Agency Sponsors: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service Reference: D. Cook, E. Rahbek-Smith, Educational Film Catalog, Supplement to the Second Edition. New York: H.W. Wilson Co., 1942.

86.) Trees and Stones that Speak (1936, 11 min) [CCC work in Alabama State Parks] Agency Sponsors: U.S. Department of the Interior, CCC Reference: U.S. Film Service, Directory of U.S. Government Films. Washington D.C., 1939.

87.) Trout Stream Improvement (1937, 1 reel) [Methods and details of CCC efforts at restoring trout streams] Agency Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, CCC Reference: U.S. Film Service, Directory of U.S. Government Films. Washington D.C., 1939.

88.) The TVA at Work (1935, 14 min) [An examination of the TVA and how it worked to control water flow in the Tennessee Valley] Agency Sponsors: U.S. Department of the Interior, TVA Film Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idCwqXju7w0

89.) Valley of the Tennessee (1944, 30 min) Production: U.S. Information Service References: IMDB; National Archives Press Release, Feb. 8, 2008. Film Link: http://archive.org/details/gov.fdr.353.3.3

90.) A Veteran of Three Wars (1 reel) [CCC restoration work on Fort Frederick near Hagerstown, Maryland] Agency Sponsors: U.S. Department of the Interior, CCC Reference: U.S. Film Service, Directory of U.S. Government Films. Washington D.C., 1939.

91.) Wasted Waters (released 1939, 1.5 reels) [TVA’s river control program] Agency Sponsor: TVA Reference: U.S. Film Service, Directory of U.S. Government Films. Washington D.C., 1939.

14 92.) We Can Take It (1935, 2 reels) [Work of the CCC in California] Agency Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, CCC Reference: U.S. Film Service, Directory of U.S. Government Films. Washington D.C., 1939.

93.) We Work Again (1937, 15 min) [Black Americans and the WPA] Agency sponsor: U.S. Federal Works Agency, WPA Reference: IMDB; Richard Dyer MacCann, The People’s Films: A Political History of U.S. Government Motion Pictures. Hastings House, 1973.

94.) Wheeler Reservoir Clearance (1936, 2 reels) [Clearing land for construction] Agency Sponsor: TVA Reference: U.S. Film Service, Directory of U.S. Government Films. Washington D.C., 1939.

95.) Where Trade Winds Blow (1936, 1 reel) [CCC work in the Virgin Islands] Agency Sponsors: U.S. Department of the Interior, CCC Reference: U.S. Film Service, Directory of U.S. Government Films. Washington D.C., 1939.

96.) Winter Lure (1935, 1 reel) [CCC in Warm Springs and Indian Springs State Parks, Georgia] Agency Sponsors: U.S. Department of the Interior, CCC Reference: U.S. Film Service, Directory of U.S. Government Films. Washington D.C., 1939.

97.) Winter Sun and Summer Sea (1935, 12 min) [CCC work in Florida Parks] Agency Sponsors: U.S. Department of the Interior Reference: D. Cook, E. Rahbek-Smith, Educational Film Catalog, Supplement to the Second Edition. New York: H.W. Wilson Co., 1942.

98.) Work Pays America (1936, 36 min) [Representative projects of the WPA] Agency Sponsor: WPA Reference: IMDB; Richard Dyer MacCann, The People’s Films: A Political History of U.S. Government Motion Pictures. Hastings House, 1973. Film Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_3-rMgjKCE

15 99.) Youth Also Serves (1938, 2 reels) [Hurricane relief efforts of NYA enrollees] Agency Sponsor: National Youth Administration Reference: U.S. Film Service, Directory of U.S. Government Films. Washington D.C., 1939.

100.) Youth Building at Wilberforce (1939, 1 reel) [Activities at Wilberforce University] Agency Sponsor: National Youth Administration Reference: U.S. Film Service, Directory of U.S. Government Films. Washington D.C., 1939.

Resources and References

Cook, Dorothy and E. Rahbek-Smith, eds. Educational Film Catalog, Supplement to the Second Edition. New York: H.W. Wilson Co., 1942.

Horak, Jan-Christopher. Lovers of Cinema: The First American Film Avant-Garde, 1919-1945. University of Wisconsin Press, 1995.

Internet Movie Database: http://www.imdb.com/

MacCann, Richard Dyer. The People’s Films: A Political History of U.S. Government Motion Pictures. Hastings House, 1973.

National Archives: http://www.archives.gov/

Prelinger Library: http://www.prelingerlibrary.org/home/

Sypolt, Larry N. Civilian Conservation Corps: A Selectively Annotated Bibliography. Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers, 2005.

U.S. Film Service, Directory of U.S. Government Films. Washington D.C., 1939.

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