40th Convention of Lions International in San Francisco, California. The Lions parade pass through the streets of San Francisco. Officials wave. Various floats in the parade. People standing on the side of a road watch the parade. Young women on floats greet people.
Local boys build a steam-powered automobile in Jamesburg, New Jersey. Three boys make the amateur version of a Stanley Steamer auto. The boys use kindling wood to stoke a fire for steam power. Steam rises from the device. The boys hop onto their car and drive it down a road in before a gathered crowd. (World War II period).
Eleven year old Song Yong Cho, a legless orphan of the Korean war, arrives in America to begin a new life in Boystown. Song Yong Cho disembarks a plane and is greeted by his adoptive mother. He walks with his adoptive mother. Signs : 'Entrance', 'U.S. Customs', 'U.S. Immigration', 'U.S. Public Health', 'Dept. of Agriculture'. Song Cho's luggage is inspected by a custom guard. He stands with a man near a counter and then moves.
Civil self defense exercise carried out by citizens of Spokane, Washington to meet the potential threat of nuclear bomb or hydrogen bomb attack during the Cold War. Mass evacuation by all citizens. Business area; women working at office, citizens and school children are guided to walk out and proceed to bomb shelters. Citizens standing near a bridge. A man in an operations center presses a button to sound the all clear signal at the end of the drill. Views of outdoor address loudspeakers sounding the drill sounds.
The Seattle Cycle Club celebrates the coming of spring with a motorcycle dirt and mud race in Seattle, Washington. Members of the Seattle Cycle Club start the race on motorbikes. They go through water and a mired course. Tire stuck in mud. All participants ooze a thick coat of mud. Spectators watch the mud race.
The greenhouse effect- the scientific concern and its causes global warming discussed in Washington DC. A conference conducted for discussion on the greenhouse effect by scientists. Industries, trains, trucks and various other vehicles emit greenhouse gases in excess which warms the atmosphere. A scientist speaks about the greenhouse effect and the need to reduce emission of certain gases that causes global warming. Views of buildings, thrasher pouring wheats into truck, a city and workers shoveling soil. Another scientist speaks about the need to understand the greenhouse effect. Views of a sunset and a harbor.
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