1940s 16mm amateur film WPA New Deal Federal Housing project Mpls Kodak-400ft

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******Neat vintage 16mm movie. ***THRIFT SHOP FIND******I AM NOT AN EXPERT ON THIS****It is a 16mm film, 1st part B & W, last couple minutes minutes are Kodachrome color, no sound. A home documentary movie by a semi-amateur movie maker back in the late 1930s. It is Kodak 16mm film with a "triangle, square" symbol on the film edge, which I believe dates the film stock to 1944, although I think this film was originally shot in 1938 or 39. Content is wonderful, some rare footage here! Starts with a header card "The Minnesota Branch of the Prudential Insurance Co of America Mortgage Loan Dept presents "207 Comes to town". Then tells about the New Deal National housing act, and mentions this is one of the first projects like it in the United States. The project is "The Parklake apartments on Lake Calhoun" in Minneapolis, MN. Great signage, then shows the building under construction, from clearing trees, to building the basements, up to the 2nd floor, then completed! Then, like "The Wizard of Oz" (ha, ha)....it magically turns to color footage of the project the last couple minutes. Shows the finished, landscaped building, and some kids playing. Nice little film taken during the end stages of the Great Depression. Gotta be the only footage of this building going up. This New Deal project was a part of the Works Progress Administration (WPA)
My buddy played it through a projector, it has a vinegar smell to it, which means it is slowly deteriorating as time passes. On a Bell & Howell reel, about 400 ft.  Good condition, but some surface scratching, wear, vinegar smell, a few splices, sold "as-is".***CHECK OUT MY OTHER 16mm FILM AUCTIONS******Buyer pays shipping. Will ship out within 3 days of cleared payment in account. Thanks! ***Due to mailing issues I ship to the lower 48 states only.****I SHIP BY PRIORITY MAIL ONLY******
Here is some info on the New Deal Housing act...
FDR worked behind the scenes with lawmakers and administration officials on this housing bill. Issues such as financing of projects, caps on costs per unit, and the staffing and governance of the proposed housing authority were sorted out in conferences held at the White House. With the major concerns of various Congressmen resolved, the bill finally went to a vote. President Roosevelt signed the Wagner-Steagall Housing Act into law on September 1, 1937.
The new law established the United States Housing Authority (USHA) that provided 0 million in loans for low-cost housing projects across the country. Under the new law, the USHA acted as a loan granting agency to state and local housing authorities to build low-cost housing in both small and large urban areas. The USHA was empowered to advance loans amounting to 90% of project costs, at low-interest and on 60-year terms. By the end of 1940, over 500 USHA projects were in progress or had been completed, with loan contracts of 1 million. The goal was to make the program self-sustainable through the collection of rents: one-half of rent from the tenants themselves, one-third paid by contributions from the Federal government; and one-sixth paid by annual contributions made by the localities themselves. During World War II, the USHA was instrumental in planning and constructing housing for defense workers.
To Franklin Roosevelt, adequate housing was not just a need, but a right. The Wagner-Steagall Housing Act of 1937, along with other New Deal housing and mortgage initiatives, brought greater economic security to hundreds of thousands of Americans.
On Sep-05-21 at 08:43:10 PDT, seller added the following information:
****Due to the proliferation of film being transferred to digital files and DVD, this is sold "AS-IS" no returns. Thanks and good luck! I will be listing many more 16mm films, including rare color footage of WW2.