SHOCK TROOPS OF DISASTER
1939 · National Archives and Records Administration (via FedFlix)
Finding US Government work
The record names a federal body as the creating agency: Federal Works Agency. Work Projects Administration. A work prepared by an officer or employee of the United States Government as part of that person's official duties has no US copyright (17 U.S.C. 105; before 1978, section 8 of the 1909 Act).
The record names a federal body as the creating agency. A work prepared by an officer or employee of the United States Government as part of that person's official duties has no US copyright (17 U.S.C. 105; before 1978, section 8 of the 1909 Act). This says nothing about copyright outside the United States, or about music, stock footage or other material the film may incorporate.
- Creating body, as recorded
- Federal Works Agency. Work Projects Administration
- National Archives Identifier
- 12363 (local identifier 69.49)
- Internet Archive item
- gov.archives.arc.12363 (uploader's licence mark: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
The record
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National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 12363 / Local Identifier 69.49 - SHOCK TROOPS OF DISASTER - Federal Works Agency. Work Projects Administration. (07/01/1939 - 06/30/1943). On WPA relief operations in New England. Reel 1, hurricane and tidal waves hit the Long Island coast in Dec. 1938. The hurricane and flood waters rage across New England. Derailed trains, felled trees, damaged homes, flooded streets, and other evidences of the catastrophe are shown. Coast Guard crews rescue stranded citizens. WPA and CCC units erect sandbag levees. Reel 2, WPA director Harry Hopkins arrives at Providence, R.I., to survey damage. WPA units deliver food and medical supplies by truck, establish relief headquarters, clear mud from city streets, repair roads, and remove debris. -