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John Cobb, a butcher from California, attempts to fly ornithopter bicycle

John Cobb, a butcher, rides an ornithopter bicycle with wings in San Fernando Valley, California. John has a collar to flap wings when he raises his torso. The bicycle has a rocket to assist takeoff. William Modes helps him as he starts riding. Ralph Spergis lights the rocket. The heat of the rocket sets tail on fire. Tail sets John's pants on fire. He purposely falls down, yelling for water. John is caught in the collar wires and can't get away. The rocket breaks loose, which it was do after takeoff, and sets wings on fire. A man throws water from a bucket to extinguish John's pants. (William Modes later became a director at Northrup Aircraft Company. Ralph Spergis later became longtime manager at Agua Dulce Airpark. Ralph and William, at the time this was taken, were roommates in Santa Monica, both working as aircraft mechanics at Douglas Aircraft Company.)

Location: California United States USA
Date: 1937, August
Duration: 26 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675042053
Hollywood actors and actresses awarded during 33rd Annual Academy Awards in Santa Monica Auditorium, California.

The 33rd Annual Academy Awards banner on Santa Monica Civic Auditorium (1855 Main St, Santa Monica, CA 90401, United States) in Santa Monica, California. A car arrives at the auditorium. Hollywood stars arrive. People sitting in the auditorium. Eva Morris announces name of Best Actor in a Supporting Role. Peter Ustinov comes to the stage and takes the award. Hugh Griffith announces the winner of Best Actress in a Supporting Role. Shirley Jones accepts the Oscar for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. Greer Garson announces the award for Best Actor. Burt Lancaster receives the award for his leading role in Elmer Gantry. Yul Brynner announces Elizabeth Taylor as the winner of Best Actress for her role as Gloria Wandrous in Butterfield 8. Elizabeth Taylor come on stage to receive the award amidst long applause. People in auditorium clap and cheer. Audrey Hepburn announces the winner for Best Picture. Billy Wilder, the producer of the film The Apartment, accepts the Oscar.

Location: Santa Monica California USA
Date: 1961, April 20
Duration: 2 min 19 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675024256
Luther Burbank's house and gardens in Santa Rosa, California.

American botanist and horticulturalist Luther Burbank puts on his hat as he poses at home in Santa Rosa, California. Exteriors of Luther Burbank’s house (204 Santa Rosa Ave, Santa Rosa, CA 95404, United States). Vines cover the exteriors, pergola, and veranda of the house. Children play in the street. View of the gardens.

Location: Santa Rosa California USA
Date: 1917
Duration: 1 min 18 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675066854
The air-sea search undertaken to find the American aviatrix Amelia Earhart in the Pacific Ocean.

The disappearance of American aviatrix Amelia Earhart in 1937. A smiling Amelia Earhart stands with a man, possibly Fred Noonan. Earhart and crew loading up an airplane parked in a hanger. May 20, 1937, Lockheed Model 10-E Electra taking off from Oakland, California bound for Miami, Florida on the first leg of Earhart's second attempt at an around-the-world flight. Earhart and her navigator disappear during the flight and are last heard from on July 2, 1937. A huge air sea search is undertaken to find them. An aircraft carrier underway at sea. Airplane parked on the flight deck. Bi-Planes fly in formation during search.

Location: Oakland California USA
Date: 1937, May 20
Duration: 47 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675063220
"Dear Diary," wins the $10,000 California Breeders' Stakes race at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia California

Crowds in Santa Anita Park racetrack in Arcadia, California (285 W. Huntington, Arcadia, CA 91007, United States). A horse gallops as it enters the racetrack. A portly man, wearing glasses, reads a newspaper. The starting gate opens. The horses leave the barrier stalls after the race started. Horses race around the racetrack. Men in coats and fedora hats watch the race with binoculars. View of horses racing in track. Audience watch the horse race. "Dear Diary," "Morning Breeze" and "Hasten Henry" finish one two and three for the California Breeders' Stakes 6th race at Santa Anita park, Arcadia.

Location: Arcadia California USA
Date: 1938, December 31
Duration: 57 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675079047
Construction of the Sodium Reactor Experiment nuclear power plant in Southern California

The Santa Susana Mountains in Southern California. Bulldozers clear trees in the Santa Susana Mountains. Explosives blasting cleared land to build the foundation of the planned Sodium Reactor Experiment nuclear power plant at the Santa Susana Field Laboratory. Construction workers build the core cavity liner of the Sodium Reactor Experiment nuclear power plant. The core cavity liner of the sodium reactor before concrete is poured to make the foundation. A man welds steel pipes in the outer surface of the core cavity. A large circular hole for the inlet and outlet piping. Workers set up basic structures after the core cavity liner and foundation are built. Some workers are digging near concrete columns. A worker pushes a wheelbarrow. Concrete poured into wheelbarrow. The wheelbarrow pours concrete into a backhoe. Workers pour wet concrete into the foundation. Animation depicts four concentric rings installed at the bottom of the cavity liner. A ladder inside a tank. Workers install blocks of thermal insulation materials. A crane carries the outer tank made from low-alloy steel. Workers carefully lower the outer tank into the core cavity. Stacked thermal shield rings at the construction site. The “Pacific” crane lowers a thermal shield ring into place. The crane brings the stainless-steel core tank. The crane lowers the core tank into the core cavity. Stainless steel bellows is put into place to seal the core tank and outer tank. Animation shows how bellows maintain the sodium vapors within the core area. Workers in white protective uniforms install the moderator and reflector units under conditions of extreme cleanliness. A worker uses a high-capacity vacuum cleaner to clean parts. The workers proceed to install the 75-ton top shield. Scientists monitor the pumps that monitor the rate of coolant flow in the sodium loops. A scientist inspects the fuel elements installed in the core. Scientists working at a control room of the Sodium Reactor Experiment nuclear power plant. They monitor the reactor stability. Timer connected to the control rod. Various meters measuring various powers such as electrical, thermal, and main primary sodium flow, steam flow rate. A Honeywell meter measuring the reactor inlet temperature. A sodium inlet temperature meter. A scientist measures shielding effectiveness during power runs. The scientist inspects shield blocks above the radioactive coolant galleries and over the reactor core.

Location: Brandeis California USA
Date: 1954
Duration: 8 min 14 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675080617
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