The University of Puerto Rico in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The University of Puerto Rico at Rio Piedras Campus. The Capitol Building with the U.S. flag on it.
Lowland portions of the island in Puerto Rico. Mountains in Puerto Rico. Houses for peasants on the mountains. Cattle plows farms on a mountain. Women and children outside a hut.
A harbor in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Location of Puerto Rico on a map. Ships and boats at the harbor. A shoreline in the background. Various buildings in San Juan.
Developments in Puerto Rico. People gather outside a health clinic. Training in skilled work shows women at work. A hydroelectricity dam to provide power for various works. A man operates a machine. Women at work. A man looks through an eyepiece. Workmen leave a building.
Officials dressed in white business suits, march, flanked by American flags,in a parade for the National Youth Administration, past the Captiol Building in San Juan, Puerto Rico. They are followed by youth in black overalls, shouldering spades. Behind them march girls, carrying a banner reading: "NYA, Caguas Proyecto." A truck comes next, displaying a large poster in its rear reading: "NYA for Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico Leads the way," amd listing various NYA youth projects in Puerto Rico. Youth carrying N.Y.A. banners and American flags come next, followed by more young men carrying spades. Youthful firemen stand beside reels of hoses and a sign reading: "Bomberos de Guayama." An official pins a badge on the lapel of a man being honored. Next, a fireman, and two youth demonstrate by spraying water from their hose along the street. Remainder of the film is a montage of views. Scene shifts to the harbor, where two U.S. Clemson class destroyers are seen. Then boys are seen playing on a beach. A closeup of a young woman. Closeups of several of the youthful firemen previously seen. Several youth with spades, seen from the rear. An American flag wafting in a breeze.
Lowland portions of the island in Puerto Rico. A coastal area with buildings and palms. Sugar farms with farmers at work. Hills at Manati. Trees bearing fruits. Women work in a refinery. Farms on mountains.