Los Angeles County Relief Administration (LACRA) work with Sheriff's probation officers in enlisting youth for work during the Great Depression in the United States. A juvenile offender undergoes interview with probation officers. Young men work at the Juvenile Delinquency Prevention Camp near San Bernardino, California, digging into rock and gravel and dirt piles as they build new roads. Boy workers seated at a table eat food. They are shown seated receiving school lectures, and playing baseball and boxing. The American flag is lowered outside the camp barracks (operating similar to a CCC or Civilian Conservation Corps camp).
Man sitting in front seat of car yawning and saying 'what's going on?" Driver says, "ah go back to sleep." Back seat passenger says, "he got a ticket." Another says, "how fast were you going?" Yawning passenger says, "you think we can make it?" Frustrated driver closes car door. Zoom in on seatbelt dangling from closed car door. Zoom in on man driving a blue 1967 Volkswagen Squareback station wagon at night while passengers are asleep. Highway Interstate 15 California – San Bernardino sign at night. Driver struggles to stay alert while driving at night. Driver’s eyes open wide briefly while driving. A casino dealer in sits on a Craps table while talking to the audience about gaming odds.
Crowded South Broadway street shopping district of Los Angeles California in 1950. Intersection of 7th Street and S. Broadway Los Angeles. American Red Cross flags hang from many buildings and a sign "Give more than before" as part of a blood drive. Desmonds department store sign visible in distance on South Broadway. Traffic light on the street. Pedestrians crossing the street. Vehicular traffic of cars, trucks and streetcar trolleys on the street. Passengers step down from a streetcar at a stop. It is number 59 with a sign that reads, in part, South San Pedro. View of shops on S Broadway including Bullocks Department Store on the corner of 7th Street and Broadway, Le Roys at 633 South Broadway, Harris & Frank's. A policeman stands at the intersection and directs traffic. Near ground level view of legs and feet of pedestrians with late 1940s and early 1950's mens and womens fashions. 1940s and 1950 truck, bus, and car automobile traffic clogs streets and highways of Los Angeles. Clothes hanging in front of residential garden apartments. Two babies standing in doorway of ground floor apartment, and a young boy sitting on the building steps.
Aerial views of Los Angeles in California. The San Fernando Valley, Hollywood motion picture studios, and farms. Landmarks and trademarks: Electrical transmission towers, View of Hoover Dam and of hydroelectric power transmission facilities from Hoover Dam. Towers, factories, large scale industry, Oil Derricks, towers of gasoline and petroleum refining. An automobile assembly line engaged in production of 1950's four-door sedan cars. A worker at a tire manufacturing factory. Steel mill operations. Large steam locomotive wheels at factory. Aerial view of many oil wells and derricks near Los Angeles California. The U.S. flag near tower electrical tower. Douglas DC-6 transport Aircraft at production factory, including planes for Philippine Airlines and KLM. North American F-86 jet fighter aircraft at factory field. Workers exiting aircraft factory.
Homecoming of the USS Valley Forge (CV-45) in San Diego, California. High ranking U.S. Naval officer and crew members stand at the deck of the ship and look at the score board at ship. This includes Vadm Sprague, Group Commander and Captain of the ship and Radm Hoskins. Vadm Sprague stand with flowers received from Miss California and smell it. Destroyer moored to the ship. Sailors come down gangway. Sailor on dock kisses his wife and daughter.
Loading activities aboard the United States aircraft carrier Bataan in San Diego, California. Aircraft carrier Bataan moored to the dock with cars parked in the foreground. Marines embark onto the carrier. United States F-84 aircraft being hoisted aboard. F-84 on the deck of the carrier. A band plays on the deck of the carrier. Bataan gets underway. Men at the bow of the ship. A tug pushes the stern of the Bataan around. City of San Diego in the background.
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