Recorded in this film are scenes of schoolchildren and high school age students in Lytle, Texas from 1938-1941. Children leaving the schoolhouse are filmed as they file out of the building, and footage of the boys' track and field team is recorded. The older boys can be seen running sprint races, throwing discus, and practicing the pole vault, high jump, and long jump. This film is part of a larger collection of itinerant films made by Arthur J. Higgins. Higgins was an itinerant filmmaker in the 1930s and 40s who visited towns across the country with his wife, spending several days recording posed scenes of daily life there that focused primarily on the residents, for whom the film was typically shown at a local theater.

Atascosa County Medina County Lytle Bexar County

Lytle Atascosa County Bexar County Medina County Texas child children kid kids boy

girl boys girls teenager teenagers Mexican-American Mexican-Americans jump rope jumping rope baseball

softball soccer tennis track and field track & field discus discus throw pole vault long jump sprint

sprints high jump sprinting race races racing farming agriculture till tilling

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