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SYNOPSIS VII. BUILDING A TOWN After a town is planned, the Federal Government puts the machinery of construction into gear. The general processes include surveying and engineering; land clearance; excavation and stripping and actual construction. In every big time job certain attributes of administration must be considered. This is especially true in a public works project employing a large percentage of relief labor. Thus the relief source; first aid provisions; classes of labor; labor relations; transportation are all sources of cinema possibilities which can well be utilized. SHOOTING SCRIPT BUILDING A TOWN 54. From the animated map will be camera cut-in to actual construction activities which will be under these general classifications: --engineering and surveying --land clearing --excavation and stripping --actual construction --administrative and supervisory activities cut in from No. 53 and 54 of form map in drafting room of drawing a pencil along board to drawing a survey line along rough terrain and cut to 55. Surveying operations --several sub-shots 56. Natural cut in from rod-carrying or survey operations to actual clearance of undergrowth and cutting of trees. 57. Stump pulling with tractors --possibly a shot of tractors lined up in the morning to go out and "attack" the stumps. 58. Road building with scrapers and 59. Bull dozers stripping and 60. Trucks hauling with cut to 61. Gardening and nursery operations of transplanting 62. General building operations --several sub-shots including building dam, mixing concrete, etc. --procurements 62. Cut in construction to administrative activities such as --labor employment --first aid --transportation --payment of men --light work squads --relief aspects --other administrative functions such as procurements -- invoices and shipping of supplies -- possibly license of trucks showing distant shipping points. --Sunday visitors.