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Surfers surf on sea waves at the Annual Aquaplane Derby from 44 miles at sea to Hermosa Beach in Catalina Island, California.

The Annual Aquaplane Derby from 44 miles at sea to Hermosa Beach in Catalina Island, California. Boats and surfers behind them surf in the sea. Various participants surf on the sea waves. Spectators at the beach watch the race closely and cheer for the participants. Victorious Frank Rodacker stands near the surf board surrounded by spectators and holds his fractured hand by neck cloth.

Date: 1938, August 8
Duration: 48 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675037139
American made automobiles are exported to foreign countries. A Studebaker sedan travels over dirt roads on Catalina Island off California.

Workers in a Studebaker automobile factory move a fully wooden crated new automobile on an overhead hoist. It is labeled "Studebaker Automobiles" on it's side. Views of crated cars bound for different destinations overseas. Seen are those headed to: Buenos Aires, Capetown, Melbourne, and Cairo. Next, a Studebaker sedan car is seen raising lots of dust as it races at high speed over a dirt road on Catalina Island, off the coast of California. The driver is trying to climb a 1500 foot hill over a distance of 3 miles, as fast as he can. His car is seen negotiating hairpin turns during the ascent and finally arriving at the summit.

Date: 1920
Duration: 1 min 59 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675071732
Chicago Cubs get ready for the 1950 baseball season on Catalina Island, California

The Chicago Cubs run onto the field during spring training for the 1950 baseball season. Mountains and tall trees visible in background. General manager Wid Matthews and manager Frankie Frisch confer. Cubs players pose for the camera. Several players warm up throwing arms, including #17 Bob Rush and #53 Johnny Schmitz. More players pose for camera; in shot with three players, man on the left is Hank Sauer, who would win the 1952 National League MVP for the Cubs. Cubs players take practice swings, including outfielders Andy Pafko (#48) and Bill Serena (#6).

Date: 1950, March 7
Duration: 44 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675062756
U.S. Navy Squadron deploys from San Diego, California, in its PBY-4 Catalina flying boats.

Flight crew members of U.S. Navy Squadron VP-1 (later changed to VP-21) sit in front of a Squadron PBY-4 for group photo before departing on a deployment (likely to Pearl Harbor). They disperse. Sailors are seen kissing their wives and girl friends goodbye. The Squadron aircraft is pushed down a seaplane ramp and departs, followed by others, one at a time. Friends and family wave as they depart. Aircraft numbers seen include 1-P-4; 1-P-6; and 1-P-10. A huge warship is seen behind the departing PBYs in several concluding scenes. The Squadron PBYs all display the insignia of a white elephant standing on a cloud holding a bomb with its trunk. The PBY-4 aircraft are distinguished by propeller spinners and flat hatches on their sides. The location appears to be North Island NAS, at San Diego.

Date: 1939
Duration: 1 min 9 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675074274
United States Navy PBY Catalina in flight dropping torpedoes in a sea in Montauk, Long Island.

The U.S. Naval torpedo testing range in Montauk, Long Island. PBY Catalina in flight over a sea. The airplanes drop torpedoes. Splashes due to the explosion of torpedoes in water.

Date: 1944, January
Duration: 1 min 7 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675076210
Torpedoes being dropped from PBY Catalina aircraft in flight over the ocean near Montauk, Long Island, New York.

The U.S. Naval torpedo testing range in Montauk, Long Island. Torpedoes on the wings of U.S. Navy PBY Catalina. PBY in flight over the sea. The torpedoes being dropped. Men enter a boat. They hoist a torpedo to the PBY wing.

Date: 1944, January
Duration: 1 min 4 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675076216