National Youth Administration in cooperation with U.S. Public Health Service determines youths' fitness to work in the United States. NYA boys and girls live in NYA resident centers. A Public Health Service dietary kitchen: boys shelling peas; girls skinning onions; boys slicing deli meat. Girl removes cookies from oven. Meal tray loaded with food. African American children in a cafeteria. African American girls in maid or housekeeping dresses seen making beds. White girl brushes her hair. African American boys wash their hands. An examination of a African American girl by doctors in an orthopedic school. African American children are given cod liver oil by a nurse. Young Native American Indian Hopi tribe women with children in Arizona receiving health care training. An Orthopedic school entrance. A nurse removes a leg brace from a child polio victim and massages his leg. A teacher draws pictures of vegetables on a chalk board. African American and white children in an integrated class room practice penmanship. Two boy polio victims are pushed in wheel chairs by nurses. A boy in a body cast is pushed in a wheel chair by a nurse. NYA National Youth Administration children practice calisthenics. A girl hits a softball. A boy hits a baseball with a bat. Boys practice archery. White and African American young men boxing. Girls swim in lake water that is very clear. A girl swims to bottom of lake underwater. Young women leave the women's dormitory after school day. The insignia of U.S. Public Health Service. The flag of the United States.
British Armstrong Whitworth Whitley bomber takes off from grass field and climbs rapidly. The aircraft makes a low-level pass, buzzing the field and pulls up in a steep climb. British soldiers in jeeps, small open trucks, and motorcycles with sidecars fill a road. They cross a small water stream. Officer in the water on a white horse observes. Motorcycles stop in a village, in formation, and all soldiers wave for the camera. (World War II period).
Camouflage engineers at Fort Heath in Massachusetts during World War 2. Aerial view of Fort Heath with its Coastal areas. U.S. Army Corps of Camouflage Engineers builds camouflage for coastal defense battery installations. Engineers build gun emplacement and concealment using fishnets and other material to deceive enemy. They prepare camouflage paint and paint it on a roof. Tree branch brought in by army truck.
Camouflage engineers at Fort Heath in Massachusetts. U.S. Army Corps of Camouflage Engineers look at maps. Housing and other structures camouflaged to resemble installations. A group of engineers builds fishnets. They cut strips and tie them onto fishnet to build a camouflage. Engineers work on machine cutting iron rods, welding and fitting instruments. These iron rods are placed near a bridge. The iron rod structure placed on the ground. Engineers make wooden boxes for camouflage. Camouflage nets placed over a bridge. Buildings, bridges and other neighboring area camouflaged. Engineers tie camouflaged nets with strings and rods. Engineers stand next to artillery. Building next to coastal area. World War 2 era aerial view of Fort Heath with camouflaged areas.
The Bureau of Internal Revenue in Washington DC. Exteriors of the BIR building and sign outside. World War II Secretary of War, Henry L Stimson exits the building. A guard opens the car door and Stimson gets into the car.
The Navy Department in Washington DC. Employees enter the Department. Police officers inspect the employees. Men and women with their photo identity pinned on their coats. They walk through the doors.
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