Young people train for jobs in the US military work program

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.