South Charleston, West Virginia

(This film is silent)
National Archives Identifier: 37229
Local Identifier: 119.8
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From: Series: Motion Picture Films, ca. 1937 - 1942
Record Group 119: Records of the National Youth Administration
This item was produced or created: 1940
Scope and Content: On NYA machine shop activities. Reel 1, youths receive physical examinations: take occupational tests: use woodworking and machine tools: weld with acetylene torches; and are instructed in drafting. Shows library, medical, and gymnasium facilities. Reel 2, boys learn the Morse Code, machine airplanes parts, attend and aerodynamics class, and completely construct army cots (shaping the metal, welding, riveting, and painting).
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