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Crew members of University of California practice rowing in Oakland, California

'World Shell champs in training' shows crew members of University of California carrying oars in hands in Oakland, California. Members set out in ten racing crafts eight in each boat to practice rowing. Former University of California rowing heroes train the new members.

Date: 1933, February 6
Duration: 1 min 5 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675037685
Opening ceremony of San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge in 1936, San Francisco, California.

View of The San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge (San Francisco – Oakland Bay Bridge, San Francisco, CA, United States) over San Francisco Bay at the Pacific Ocean. Ceremonies where the bridge was opened to general traffic after completion of construction in 1936. California Governor, Frank Finley Merriam, uses a blowtorch to cut a chain, officially opening the bridge to vehicle traffic. Cars are seen massed, ready to commence the crossing. Cars pass through lane dividers and drive on the bridge. View of the towers and suspension cables from a car passing underneath. Buildings seen from the bridge. Traffic on the bridge. (From a 1961 newsreel recounting events 25 years earlier.)

Date: 1936, November 12
Duration: 25 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675052223
Use of papers in cargo delivery and planning to avoid traffic blockage at naval supply center, in Oakland, California.

A U.S. Navy training film in the United States. Cargo at Naval Supply Center in Oakland, California. The Administration Building of Naval Supply Center. Officials in meeting about planning of cargo delivery. Animation shows use of papers such as Bill of Lading and Way bill, Booking papers, Terminal papers and Manifest papers at port. Rail loads cargo taken to warehouse and then loaded on the ship. Any delay or stoppage results in the ware house being filled and the traffic being blocked. A map shows traffic between Oakland and Norfolk. Use of fork lift truck for cargo transfer. A checker checks and pastes identification paper on packet with information of dock receiving and shipper company. Officials plan and do the necessary changes for the cargo delivery.

Date: 1951
Duration: 4 min 19 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675046357
Seventy-two trolley cars piled in a huge bonfire following their condemnation as obsolete, Oakland.

Obsolete trolley cars piled in a huge bonfire in Oakland, California. Seventy-two trolley cars parked in an open area in Oakland. Men marking on trolley cars. Men set trolleys on fire. Burning trolleys.

Date: 1935, August 19
Duration: 39 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675047821
FBI agents and rescue personnel search the crash site of United Airlines Flight 615 near Oakwood, California

United Airlines Flight 615 crashed on approach to Oakland, California, killing all 50 passengers and crew. Rescue personnel search on the crash site of the Douglas DC-6 (N37550) into Dry Gulch Canyon southeast of Oakland. An officer inspects the debris. Personnel talk on telephone. Casualties carried on stretchers by rescuers. Damaged parts of the aircraft on the rugged mountain terrain. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents rush towards the site to investigate the wreckage of the aircraft crashed.

Date: 1951, August 27
Duration: 50 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675071432
In 1927, Lieutenant Hegenberger and Lieutenant Maitland make record-breaking flight over water from California to Oahu Hawaii.

U.S Army ground crews prepare Fokker C-2 Trimotor aircraft called "Bird of Paradise." Crowd at Oakland Airport as plane takes off. Aerial views of Oakland Airport and surrounding area, as seen from aircraft over San Francisco Bay. Aircraft in flight. Aircraft lands in Hawaii less than 26 hours later. Lieutenant Alfred Hegenberger and Lieutenant Lester Maitland are greeted by large crowd in Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii, as they were the first aircraft ever flown from the United States to Hawaii. Leis placed around neck of Hegenberger and Maitland.

Date: 1927, June 28
Duration: 1 min 27 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675051734