Aftermath of an accident on July 20, 1944, when two U.S. Army Air Forces P-51C Mustang fighter planes,flying low in close formation, struck a palm tree and collided over the 2800 and 2900 blocks of Post Street, in between Willow Branch and Cherry Streets. The crash caused a three-alarm fire involving twelve houses, three apartments, and three garage apartments. Both pilots, one a Lee High School Graduate, died in the crash. The only other fatality was a person killed by an airplane engine that crashed into his residence. (Reportedly, the aircraft were buzzing the home where parents of one of the pilots lived, in the 2700 block of Post Street.) Firefighters extinguishing the fire. Smoking houses. Debris lying in the area. People gathered around the houses. A damaged house. A wrecked car. (World War II period).
46th Annual Regatta at Larchmount in New York. 143 sail boats underway at the finals of a regatta organized by the Larchmount Yacht Club. The boats head for the finish line.
A parade opens a rodeo in Los Angeles, California. Gloria Jean, the Queen of Rodeo, leads the parade. Various other stars including Leo Carillo at the parade. A rider on a horseback during the rodeo. The rider falls from the back. A bull enters an arena as people enjoy the rodeo.
A forest fire in Topanga, California. The fire spreads over Topanga and Las Flores Canyons in California. Flames rise from the area. Smoke rises due to the fire. Fire fighters try to extinguish the fire as they spray water.
The football team of the Notre Dame University starts practicing in South Bend, Indiana. The players of Notre Dame practice and warm up before the football season gets underway. They run and practice with dummies during a session.
The California Golden Bears practice in Berkley, California. Nearly 90 players warm up before the beginning of the season. A player stands on shoulders of other players as other team mates throw a football at him. The players run towards a heap of football helmets. They fall over the heap.
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