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Trainees meet civilians and take a ride on a mule pulled wagon while visiting Calico in Mojave, California.

Trainees visit Calico, a ghost town, in Mojave, California during an armored combat training. The trainees read the inscriptions on a wall. Civilians on horses. Some civilians on mules. Mountains in the background. The trainees are greeted by a civilian. The trainees visit the town on a mule pulled wagon.

Date: 1955
Duration: 1 min 15 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675067165
An instructor teaches about tank flame zone and trainees learn to fire on enemy fortifications in Mojave, California.

Armored combat training at Fort Irwin and the National Training Center (NTC) in Mojave, California. A board reads 'Rock pile Tactical area'. Rock formations. An instructor teaches about tank flame zone. Smoke columns rise due to a fire. The instructor briefs the trainees. The trainees sit and listen. Tanks are driven away. The trainees learn to fire artillery mounted on the tanks on targets such as enemy fortifications. A tank is driven over an uneven land. The tanks are driven at night. A green flare given as a signal to fire. firing from the tanks at night.

Date: 1955
Duration: 3 min 11 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675067166
Trainees perform their final task before the completion of a training in Mojave, California.

The series 'The Big Picture' about armored combat training at Fort Irwin and the National Training Center (NTC) in Mojave, California. A board reads 'Nelson Pass Tactical Area'. An instructor briefs trainees. The trainees sit and listen. They move out of a hall and pick up ammunition from the ground. Tanks are driven away. Instructors in a jeep along with the tanks. A trainee speaks over a radio device. High ranking officers observe from an observation pole. An aircraft spreads a smoke screen. The tanks are driven forward. One of the tanks fires artillery mounted on it. The tanks are driven back after the completion of the task. A trainee writes a letter to his parents. Master Sergeant Stewart Queen speaks about the successful completion of the training.

Date: 1955
Duration: 4 min 42 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675067167
Mount Whitney and rocks of Alabama Hills in California.

Mount Whitney and other peaks of the High Sierra as seen from Mojave Desert. View of Mojave Desert as seen from an elevated position. View of other peaks and ravines adjacent to Mount Whitney and rocks of Alabama Hills (oldest geological formation in the United States). Huge boulders in hill formation in Mojave Desert can be seen.

Date: 1940, April
Duration: 2 min 30 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675039414
Ronald Reagan and Walt Disney at 1955 Disneyland opening ceremonies; and scenes from 35th Anniversary of Disneyland in 1990.

Circa-1990 aerial flyover of Disneyland, in Anaheim, California, followed by brief vintage footage of Walt Disney in an office in 1955, introducing Disneyland and showing a giant map of the theme park on his wall. Shots of July 1955 opening ceremony are presented along with shots of the Disneyland 35th anniversary celebration. Ronald Reagan is seen at both events. President Ronald Reagan in 1990 seen congratulating the park on it anniversary. Then a flashback shot to 1955, with Hollywood star actor Ronald Reagan leaning over a balcony of Main Street in Disneyland and talking about the opening celebration. Cutting back to 1990, Roy E. Disney is seen unveiling a plaque at the anniversary celebration. Scene shifts back to 1955, with Walt Disney welcoming visitors to Disneyland during its opening celebration, and a view of a plaque unveiled at the park's opening. In 1990 footage, Roy Disney notes that no one except Walt could have predicted the success of Disneyland. Views of visitors at contemporary Disneyland enjoying a teacup ride and on the Splash Mountain log flume ride, followed by scenes with colored confetti falling at the 35th anniversary celebration.

Date: 1990
Duration: 2 min 40 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675036380
UFO enthusiasts visit Giant Rock and are interviewed by reporters in Mojave Desert, California.

Television broadcast shows the controversies regarding UFO (Unidentified Flying Object) in the United States. View of a convention or gathering of UFO fans at Giant Rock in the Mojave Desert in California. View of various book titles among the crowd gathered. Vehicles parked in front of the Giant rock in Mojave Desert, California. Book headlined 'Flying Saucers have Come'. Woman stands next to a board that reads 'My flight to Venus'. Reporter interviews her. She claims to be a UFO contactee and says during the experience she felt that her mind had become one with the entire universe. A man at the convention describes having met the late George Adamski, who had claimed to be a contactee and to have filmed UFOs and space saucers. View of footage reportedly shot by George Adamski of a flying saucer type of UFO flying in the sky that Adamski called a spaceship from Venus. Reporter interviews reported contactee Madeline Warterburger. She describes a UFO landing on her property. A man speaking at a podium mentions that 200-300 pilots have reported UFOs and yet they continue to fly.

Date: 1966
Duration: 2 min 31 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675064064