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