Industrial Slums in Pittsburg, 1930s - Archive Film 1067178

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Industrial slums of Pittsburg, U.S.A, 1930s. Children crossing railway line. Man with false leg collecting coal in a bucket and hobbling back to his shack. Shots of dirty children in U.S.A. slums, very emotive. Man returning from work with lunch box and very dirty. Some men washing. Woman putting coal into stove. More smoke from chimneys and trains. Poverty in the U.S.A. People living in wooden shacks in the shadows of the steel mills.
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