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35. Ads showing houses wanted with stipulated rentals.
36. Jerry-built houses in suburbs with signs showing high prices for bad housing.
37. Several shots of real estate signs and
38. Rows and rows of badly planned and monotonous houses all with high rents
39. Rows and rows of streets with parked cars showing garage shortage
40. Ghost suburbs
41. Canal roadhouse shots from canal side.
VI. PLANNING GREENBELT
42. Housing shortage is so acute that Resettlement announces appropriation for planning and building a town -- the typewriter clicks out "The Resettlement Administration today announced the appropriation of $____________ for the construction of a suburban resettlement "greenbelt" community near Berwyn, Md." and follow release on down page explaining shortage of housing and this remedial step.
43. As typewriter pounds out release camera comes close to clicking keys and revolving ribbon wheel which fades into
44. Whirling locomotive wheels taking workmen out B & O to work.
45. Shot of men working in tangled jungle undergrowth transitions to
46. Sign which says "Resettlement Administration" which fades into
47. Another sign which also says "Resettlement Administration" and fades into a close-up
48. Of "Suburban Division - 2020 Mass. Ave." The camera comes down to
49. Doors of 2020 Mass. Ave. and follows to left to
50. Drafting room where dozens of architects are at work from
51. Reports and economic and industrial studies shown in
rows of economic studies in folders
rows of figures, maps and tables -- bring camera to closeups.