Unedited footage showing NYA restoration of this small Spanish settlement in San Antonio, Texas. Reel 1, NYA girls make Spanish poster decorations which are put up for the Christmas fiesta. Reel 2, San Antonio mayor Maury Maverick watches NYA boys excavating, leveling ground, and laying brick wall. Shows parts of the restored Alamo and the San Jose Mission. Reel 3, Apache Indians present a Matachina dance at the Christmas fiesta, stone is moved and chiseled. Doors are planed and painted. Reel 4, stone blocks are sawed and chiseled. Home fireplaces are rebuilt. Mayor Maverick watches an Indian dance.
National Archives Identifier: 37231
Local Identifier: 119.10
Creator(s): Office for Emergency Management. War Manpower Commission. Bureau of Training. National Youth Administration. (09/17/1942 - 01/01/1944) (Most Recent)
From: Series : Motion Picture Films, compiled ca. 1937 - 1942
Record Group 119: Records of the National Youth Administration, 1934 - 1945
Type(s) of Archival Materials: Moving Images
This item was produced or created: 1942
The creator compiled or maintained the series between: ca. 1937 - 1942
Use Restriction(s): Undetermined
Sound Type: Silent
Accession Number(s): 1518
Contributors to Authorship and/or Production of the Archival Material(s): Federal Security Agency. National Youth Administration. (07/01/1939 - 09/17/1942), Producer