Youth and Aviation: NYA's Pathway to the Skies

This film from the National Youth Administration (NYA) highlights the aviation training and opportunities available to young people during the early 1940s. At Camp DeSoto in Tampa, Florida, boys are seen working hands-on with motors, and in wood and metal workshops, as well as in classroom settings learning about aviation. College students delve deeper into subjects like aeronautics and meteorology. The film includes dynamic scenes of a seaplane landing and taking off at Glen Cove, Long Island, and features a significant event with NYA administrator A. W. Williams and First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt at the installation of a new seaplane base in Poughkeepsie, New York, underscoring the NYA's commitment to preparing youth for careers in aviation.