Construction Workers Build Houses in Levittown, New York 1950
On June 22, 1944, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Servicemen's Readjustment Act (also called the GI Bill of Rights), which provided servicemen returning from World War II with funding to go to college and buy homes. This created a significant market for mass-produced houses. Levittow...
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The WPA Film Library,
[1950]
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On June 22, 1944, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Servicemen's Readjustment Act (also called the GI Bill of Rights), which provided servicemen returning from World War II with funding to go to college and buy homes. This created a significant market for mass-produced houses. Levittown, New York, was one of the first suburbs in the United States to be built from such model homes. Copyright The WPA Film Library. |
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Originally released by The WPA Film Library, 1950. Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on October 24, 2016. Construction Workers Build Houses in Levittown, New York 1950 (0:21); Access requires authentication through Films on Demand. On June 22, 1944, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Servicemen's Readjustment Act (also called the GI Bill of Rights), which provided servicemen returning from World War II with funding to go to college and buy homes. This created a significant market for mass-produced houses. Levittown, New York, was one of the first suburbs in the United States to be built from such model homes. Copyright The WPA Film Library. 9 - 12. Streaming video file. System requirements: FOD playback platform. |
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1 online resource (1 video file (21 sec)) : . |
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Streaming video file. System requirements: FOD playback platform. |
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9 - 12. |
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Access requires authentication through Films on Demand. |