Video Parts (9 across 3 reels)
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TROPICO: NYA AIDS DEFENSE Reel 2 · Part 1
Description
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.
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Records of the National Youth Administration
Series
Motion Picture Films Relating to the National Youth Administration
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Date
1941-01-01
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3:59