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March 25, 1937, Amelia Earhart arrives aboard the Matson Liner, Malolo at the Port of Los Angeles in San Pedro from Honolulu

Amelia Earhart stands alongside Fred Noonan aboard the Matson Lines cruise ship Malolo at the Port of Los Angeles in San Pedro on March 25, 1937. She has arrived from Hawaii after her crash at Pearl Harbor's Luke Field. Newsreel cameraman boarded the ship at the Los Angeles harbor entrance to film Earhart's landing. Earhart is seen on deck with her navigator, Fred Noonan. Paul Mantz, her technical advisor holds a cigar. As the party leave the ship, Amelia's husband, George Putnam wearing the hat, is briefly seen following Earhart down the gangplank carrying her bags. Trailing behind Putnam are Fred Noonan, and Paul Mantz. On the dock, Earhart speaks to reporters. To her immediate left is Harry Manning, her radio operator, to her far left is Fred Noonan. To Earhart's right is Paul Mantz.

Location: San Pedro California USA
Date: 1937, March 25
Duration: 1 min 15 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675050176
"Operation Firestop" experiments in aerial firefighting. Various aircraft used in firefighting.

World War II scenes of German Stuka dive bombers in operation. U.S. B-25 bomber in flight, and views of firestorms from Allied incendiary bombing of Axis targets. Scenes of the "Operation Firestop" project in 1954-55, in California. U.S. Forest Service and other agencies cooperate in a one-year project headquartered at Camp Pendleton, California. Aerial views of Camp Pendleton area, in Southern California. A modified Grumman TBM Avenger torpedo bomber in flight discharges water from its torpedo bays. Men installing fabric water container into the bomb bay of the TBM. The aircraft seen in low level pass, dropping water contents onto field. Cropduster pilot Floyd Nolta, seen flying his Stearman biplane over California landscape, and then taxiing in to park, after landing. On the ground, we see how he modified his airplane to release water from a hopper in its bottom. On August 13, Vance Nolta flies the Stearman on multiple sorties, dropping water on a fire in the Mendecino Forest. Nolta filling his water tank from a hose at Willow Airport, and dropping water from the air, above the fire. View at Willow Airport, of 7 Stearman and N3N airplanes modified for aerial firefighting. Views of these aircraft dropping chemically treated water from the air. TBM aircraft equipped with 400 gallon tanks drop water from the air. PBY flying boat seen in flight. A B-26 bomber passing low and dropping chemically treated water. A Navy Mars flying boat passing overhead as it drops water from a 7000 gallon tank.

Location: California United States USA
Date: 1955
Duration: 3 min 27 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058692
The Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco under construction.

A 1970 television program hosted by Lee Marvin regarding construction of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco beginning in 1933 and completing in 1937. View of the Verrazzano Narrows Bridge in New York, and the Royal Gorge Bridge in Colorado. View of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco built by Joseph Strauss. Newspaper headlines during debate about whether to construct the bridge, such as 'Jobs Loom' and 'Span for Vote', and "The Golden Gate is One of Nature's Perfect Pictures -- Let's Not Disfigure It". View of the north and south tower of the Golden Gate Bridge. Boat passes under the bridge during its construction. Stages of Golden Gate Bridge under construction and discussion on the difficulties of setting the towers in the bed of the bay. A blimp passes over the bridge. Engineers work under bad weather conditions. Two men walk on cables connecting the bridge towers. Walter Cathey, construction supervisor, talks about the difficulties during construction and an incident where two bridge builders died during construction. Seagulls on shore. Painting of the bridge using the color known as International Orange. Boat in San Francisco Bay passes under the bridge. Opening ceremonies for the Golden Gate Bridge in May 1937 and traffic crossing the bridge for the first time.

Location: San Francisco California USA
Date: 1937
Duration: 7 min 7 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675023499
CH-3 helicopter, using MARS, retrieves Firebee drone, suspended below it, in tests at Edwards AFB. California

Teledyne Ryan BQM-34F Firebee drone being recovered by means of the Midair Recovery System (MARS) at Edwards Air Force Base in California, United States. Aerial view of a U.S. Air Force CH-3E in flight towing the Firebee after snagging it in the air. The Firebee is suspended far below the helicopter by a cable, and is seen trailing a striped drogue chute. It is gradually cranked closer, by means of an internally installed hydraulic winch system, until it appears to be within 20 feet of the CH-3 helicopter.

Location: California United States USA
Date: 1971
Duration: 4 min 41 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675067712
"Stratogyro," intended for flight to planet Mars, fails to fly at all during attempt in Hollywood, California

Pilot, "Doctor" Valentine Newbauer, and an assistant loading cargo aboard his failed flying contraption "Stratogyro," intended to fly to outer space and the planet Mars. Pilot Newbauer wears heavy flying suit and rubber boots. Assistant helps him don a metal helmet. He shows his special gloves. Pilot enters the plane, tests his controls and cranks a starter. Engine starts and large rotors begin to rotate. The entire ornithopter-helicopter machine vibrates, but does not move. Pilot shuts it down and steps out, removing his helmet and smiling. Assistants tow the machine back toward a shed. Repeat views of rotors turning; pilot testing controls; and cargo being loaded aboard.

Location: Hollywood California USA
Date: 1936, July
Duration: 1 min 50 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675051564
A Firebee drone recovered by MARS equipped CH-3 Helicopter is deposited at Edwards AFB California, United States.

Teledyne Ryan BQM-34F remotely piloted vehicle (drone) being recovered at Edwards Air Force Base in California, United States. Aerial view of CH-3E helicopter at very low altitude, with BQM-34 Firebee drone suspended below it on a cable. The CH-3 hovers over the tarmac. The drone's drogue chute flutters about. The CH-3 slowly lowers the drone to the ground, releases it and flies away.

Location: California United States USA
Date: 1971
Duration: 2 min 13 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675067713
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