Young people train for jobs in the US military work program

Identifier
irn724387
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2020.209
  • RG-60.7227
Dates
1 Jan 1941 - 31 Dec 1941
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

  • Metro Theatre Center Foundation
  • National Youth Administration (Producer)

Scope and Content

Short film produced by the National Youth Administration in 1941 about the United States military work program which prepared young people for future jobs in the defense industry. Depicts NYA youth at work with machinery, airplane assembly, welding, tool and dye making, grinding and milling, etc. NYA provided young people with practical experience and training for jobs in the war industry. Some of the 400,000 NYA youth (men, women, African Americans) who went into private employment since 1940 are shown at work in a large aircraft plant. Melvyn Douglas provides the commentary.

Note(s)

  • The National Youth Administration (NYA) was a New Deal agency implemented during the first term of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. It operated from 1935 to 1943 as part of the Works Progress Administration. The NYA provided work training based on U.S. citizenship and financial need for youth between ages 16 and 25. See http://rooseveltinstitute.org/national-youth-administration/

Subjects

  • WORKERS
  • MACHINERY
  • SOLDIERS/MILITARY (AMERICAN)
  • MILITARY OFFICERS
  • SCHOOLS
  • RADIOS
  • AFRICAN-AMERICANS

Genre

  • Film
  • Documentary.
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