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Trainees visit Scotty's Castle on edge of Death Valley, California, United States.

United States Army trainees in California, United States visiting local landmarks on their day off. The trainees move towards Scotty's Castle, a two-story Mission Revival mansion named for gold prospector Walter E. Scott, at the edge of Death Valley in California. Road sign showing the direction to Scotty’s Castle (123 Scotty's Castle Rd, California, United States). View of plaque at castle gate noting it as an entry point for the 49ers seeking gold during the gold rush of 1849. View of sand and rock formations and wide view of arid desert landscape on edge of Death Valley California. View of Scotty's Castle.

Date: 1955
Duration: 35 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675067160
The 1944 U.S. Presidential election in World War II

On Election Day, November 7, 1944, in World War 2, Americans are seen waiting patiently to vote. They stand in a long line extending down a city sidewalk next to brick and stone buildings. Views of several persons in the line. Scene shifts in flashback to the election of Woodrow Wilson, in 1912. Four men on horseback arrive at a polling place. Another travels to vote, in his 1910 Ford Model T truck. Change of time and place shows farmer arriving by horse-drawn wagon and walking to polling place past 1930s car and truck. A fully laden truck stops at a rural gasoline station, temporarily serving as polling place. American town residential street scene in the 1930s. Citizens gathering to vote at a polling place set up at a laundry shop, in the Bronx Borough of New York City. Views of various places in the United States, serving as polling places. Americans seen waiting to vote at various places, in the 1944 national election. Among the sites shown is Bridgeport Central High School, built in 1916, (which later became Bridgeport City Hall), at 45 Lyon Terrace in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Persons in various places, registering to vote, including actor Lewis Stone, actress Esther Williams, and USO entertainer, Bob Hope. Voter closing curtain behind him as he votes in a voting booth. Views of voters' feet, below curtains, as they vote. Various types of boxes. Newspaper headline speaks of the large voter turnout in millions during the 1944 election. Shipyard workers at end of their shift, are seen heading to the polls to vote.

Date: 1944, November 7
Duration: 3 min 14 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675072899
Visit to the Mission Santa Barbara, a Spanish mission of the Franciscan order, founded in Santa Barbara, California, USA.

Franciscan monks at Mission Santa Barbara in Santa Barbara, California. A red map of the United States. Exterior view of the Santa Barbara Mission at Santa Barbara in California, USA. A Franciscan monk walking in a covered walkway of the Mission (Misión de Santa Bárbara 2201 Laguna St. Santa Barbara, California 93105). Greyhound tourist bus travels through a tunnel and on a highway. Exterior views of the greyhound bus, and interior point of view shot of highway and approaching tunnel from inside the bus. Silhouette of the passenger bus driver, driving on the highway.

Date: 1942
Duration: 53 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Spanish
Clip: 65675050325
Various processes underway at Standard Oil Company of California, United States.

Standard Oil Company of California, United States. Hi-Octane Division of oil refinery. Plants at refinery. Isomerization unit. Polymerization, dehexadizing and houdry processes underway. Standard Oil Refinery Office.

Date: 1944, November
Duration: 1 min 27 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675074445
United States Army Air Force P-61 Black Widow demonstration: P-61 takes off in Hawthorne, California.

United States Army Air Forces aircraft Black Widow's features are demonstrated in Hawthorne, California. A stationary Northrop P-61 Black Widow aircraft with views of its tail section, wings and engines starting. The Black Widow takes off.

Date: 1944, July 18
Duration: 33 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675071975
Damaged aircraft parts being used for making new airplanes at the Alameda Naval Air Station in California, United States.

Scrap of damaged airplanes being used for manufacturing new aircraft at the Alameda Naval Air Station in California. An aircraft in a hoist. A heap of wrecked aircraft parts. Women look at an aircraft. Men pull out metal pieces from the scrap to be used for manufacturing new aircraft. Butch O'Hare's aircraft also being used for the purpose. Metal pieces being piled up at the air station.

Date: 1944, April 24
Duration: 30 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675059350