On NYA activities in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Reel 1, Puerto Rican children and young men idle on street corners and in saloons. NYA youths hoe corn, gather tomatoes, transplant seedlings, and drain mosquito-infested ditches. Girls assist nurses. Reel 2, Puerto Rican girls donate blood and work in a selective service office. Boys do woodwork, grade a road, and level an airstrip at Losey Field, P.R. Reel 3 (color) shows aerial and ground views of coastline, flowers, and cities in the Virgin Islands.

National Archives Identifier: 37247

Local Identifier: 119.26

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

* Item Type(s) of Archival Materials: Moving Images

This item was produced or created: 1941

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

General Note(s): Credits: Story and photography, Louis Clyde Stoumen.

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