On NYA centers in Georgia and Alabama. Reel 1, Negro boys feed chickens and pigs, plow with tractors, landscape grounds, and repair dormitories at centers in Boligee, Ala., and in Dorchester, Ga. Girls prepare and serve meals, weave baskets, and make mattresses. Reel 2, boys construct chairs in a woodworking class at an Atlanta high school. Shows home economics classes, radio instruction, and shoe making courses at Georgia State College Girls cook meals, make dresses, and attend nursing classes at a Slossfield, Ala., center.

National Archives Identifier: 37232

Local Identifier: 119.11

* 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

* Level of Description: Item

* Type(s) of Archival Materials: Moving Images

* This item was produced or created: 1940

The creator compiled or maintained the series between: ca. 1937 - 1942

* Use Restriction(s): Undetermined

Sound Type: Silent

* Accession Number(s): 764

African Americans, Alabama, Camps, Footwear, Georgia, 

* Contributors to Authorship and/or Production of the Archival Material(s): Federal Security Agency. National Youth Administration. (07/01/1939 - 09/17/1942), Producer