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Salinas California USA 1951 stock footage and images

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A Japanese-American boy delivers newspapers in California.

Relocation of Japanese-American citizens at the Salinas Assembly Center in California, during World War 2. A newspaper delivery. Two men sit on a bench and play. A Japanese-American boy internee at the relocation center or interment camp moves past them. A house shaped letter box on a road. The boy puts a paper in the letter box.

Date: 1942
Duration: 40 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675046924
Treaty of San Francisco signed September 8, 1951, ending Military Occupation of Japan, effective April 28, 1952.

Signing of the Treaty of San Francisco by the Allied Powers and Japan, September 8, 1951 in San Francisco, California. Secretary of State Dean Rusk is seen shaking hands with Japanese Foreign Minister Okazaki Katsuo, in 1952. American troops remaining in Japan engage in training for Defense. They practice assaults from small boats, charge overland, simulate fighting in empty industrial sites. Flag of Japan being raised while Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida and officials stand at attention and American officers salute. American troops in formation salute. Japanese troops march in parade.

Date: 1951, September 8
Duration: 2 min 10 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675024882
Cowboys ride bucking horses at 36th annual California rodeo.

Spectators seated in arena at 36th annual California rodeo. Cowboys parade in arena. A modern Lady Godiva rides in the parade. Huge crowd cheers. Cowboys ride bucking horses and bulls. A bull throws a cowboy.

Date: 1951, June 25
Duration: 1 min 23 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675039865
Installation of bell tower on 10th anniversary of Salinas Buddhist Church.

Buddhist priests in robes and vestments or okesa rally down the street . Renshi Shojo Ohtana dressed in an elaborate robe and flanked by children in parade. Children dressed in traditional chigo costume of kimono, hakama, and headdress. Girls in high-contrast dark and white costume with elaborate headdress, holding flowers. Boys in monotone costume and smaller headdress holding fans. Adults dressed in kimono and western clothing stand in rows behind the children.Ohtana installs the bell and blesses children in a later ceremony.17 November 1934.

Date: 1934, November 17
Duration: 59 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675028713
United States aircraft carrier USS Independence (CVL-22) damaged in Operation Crossroad "Test Able," risk in daily lives and discussion of radioactivity.

'Radioactive contamination' about the hazards posed by the sinking of a United States aircraft carrier and the methods to control radioactivity. United States Navy F6F-3 Hellcat aircraft taking off from United States aircraft carrier USS Independence (CVL-22) in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. F6F-3 Hellcat firing rockets in air. Landing signal operator LSO using flags while guiding plane for landing on USS Independence. Kamikaze attacks at Tarawa. Anti aircraft guns on carrier cut down kamikaze planes as they attack. USS Independence flying USA flag at Tokyo Bay. Scene of surrender of Japanese at Tokyo Bay aboard the USS Missouri. Aerial view of atomic bomb blast at Bikini in 1946. The wrecked carrier Independence being towed away after it was used as a target for an atomic bomb test in 1946 as part of Operation Crossroads. Men at a construction site talk about contamination caused in sea water due to sinking of Independence containing radioactive waste. They comment, "she's all full of that radioactive poison" and with respect to eating fish in water near the ship, "would you eat fish again?" Two women dressed in furs, in a car, also discuss radioactivity. One woman says, "from what I've heard it's very dangerous. " View of 1940s car backing into oncoming traffic and almost causing an accident. An aerial view of atomic explosion at Bikini. Damaged USS Independence ship after TEST ABLE. Signs on board warn of radioactivity with words, "Keep Clear, Danger! Very Radio-Active" and "Radioactivity. Do not remain more than 2 hours." Men in small boat near USS Independence examine damage to the ship. Parts of the USS Independence being tested for radioactive contamination at the Naval Radiological Defense Laboratory NRDL, Hunter's Point Naval Shipyard in San Francisco, California. The USS Independence being sunk in 1951. View of Bikini atomic bomb blast within a bay surrounded by ships. Simulation shows the effect a similar blast would have on a coastal city as a radioactive cloud covers the city. Officers holding handkerchiefs to their mouths as they enter an office building from outside. Firemen climb ladders while putting out a large fire. A house wife working in a kitchen and responding to a pot boiling over on the stove burns her hand. A man slips on a bar of soap in the shower while singing. An officer honking at an oncoming car as he is run off the road. Woman driver dressed in furs exclaims to her friend about the bad driving of men. Officer just run off the road by woman driver exclaims, "Women !" with frustration. Aerial view of test nuclear explosion at Bikini Atoll.

Date: 1951
Duration: 8 min 20 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675051356
House Committee on Un-American activities holds hearing at U.S. Post Office and Courthouse building in Los Angeles, California

Opening scene shows John Stephens Wood, chairman of the House Un-American Activities Committee, in 1951. He is in the Chairman's seat. Next to him, on his left, is Donald L. Jackson, Congressman from California, who is a member of the Committee. Next, are closeup views of Robert E. Stripling, Chief Counsel for the Committee. He is relaxed and sitting in a chair quietly listening to a Committee conversation (unseen). Change of scene shows reporter from Television station KTTV interviewing Committee member, Donald L. Jackson. Scene shifts to Committee Chairman, Wood, smiling as he speaks before taking his chair as Committee Chairman. A large American flag forms the backdrop. Chairman Wood settles into his chair. Scene shirts showing a uniformed guard outside a door with a sign reading: "Un-American Activities Committee." The Guard opens the door, and a woman comes out. Inside, Committee members put on their suit jackets and begin leaving the room. One of them is Committee member, Clyde Gilman Doyle, Congressman from California. Committee members rise from their seats and begin leaving the room. Camera focuses on one unidentified person inside the room and another taking a smoke outside the Courthouse. Chairman Wood is seen outside the Courthouse, taking a break with members of his Committee and staff. They reenter the building, where witnesses and other attendees are being seated. Camera focuses on a woman seated in an uncrowded section of the meeting room. Chairman Wood stands a while and then takes his seat with Committee members. Change of scene shows Great Seal on United States Post Office and Courthouse, where the proceedings are being held in Los Angeles. Several views from street level of the building.

Date: 1951
Duration: 3 min 28 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675038013