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Movies/video

For Sale:

Artists at Work: A Film on the New Deal Art Projects (1981)  35min. http://newdealfilms.com/documentaries/artists-at-work-a-film-on-the-new-deal-art-projects

The Cradle Will Rock – FTP (1999)   132 min.  Feature film about the Federal Theatre production of the opera of the same name in 1937.

WPA Archaeology: The Legacy of an Era (2002)  27 minutes   http://www.archaeologychannel.org/video-guide/kentucky-videos/952-wpa-archaeology-legacy-of-an-era

Free online, recent:

Breaking the Chains: The Story of the Woodlawn Mural (2009)  10 minutes   Birmingham, AL  http://vimeo.com/23868259

Moran [Texas] High School Community Video Project, WPA: Built in 1937 and Alive and Well in 2011 (30 minutes), at https://vimeo.com/26209701.

Soul of a People  - about the WPA Federal Writers’ Project  (2010)  92 min.  Abbreviated version at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apInQYW9s1w.

WPA Posters  (2010)  6 minutes http://vimeo.com/9220478. No commentary, just images and a swing music sound-track.

Free online, from the 1930s:

President Roosevelt first inaugural address, 1933 (20 minutes), at http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/youtubeclip.php?clipid=14473&admin=32.

President Roosevelt talk introducing WPA legislation, 1935 (2 minutes): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6KSOaaWqb4.

WPA: Three promotional films produced by the agency:

Audio recordings

“Brother Can You Spare a Dime?” performed by Rudy Vallee in 1932 (3:37 minutes)  at http://www.authentichistory.com/1930-1939/3-music/19321027-Brother_Can_You_Spare_a_Dime-Rudy_Vallee.html

President Roosevelt, Historic Audio Clips, at http://www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/archives/collections/avclips.html.

WPA Federal Theatre Living Newspaper, Triple-A Plowed Under (print commentary and audio re-enactment), at http://xroads.virginia.edu/~MA04/mccain/play/splash.htm