Uncle Sam Tackles A Problem (1939)

Titles read: “UNCLE SAM TACKLES A PROBLEM“. New York, United States of America (USA). Several good shots of slums on New York’s East Side and of slum buildings being demolished. Aerial shots of Manhattan as commentator talks of the rebuilding programme taking place there. Brief shot of men working on the construction of a new house. Commentator mentions the Red Hook Community. More aerial shots of new housing areas, then we see new blocks of flats put up by the Government-backed Williamsberg (Williamsburg?) Scheme in Brooklyn. FILM ID:1190.2 A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957),