Television broadcast during the Presidential elections of 1984. In Los Angeles at the Century Plaza Hotel : People cheer raising flags of America. The President of the United States Ronald Wilson Reagan during his election victory speech addresses reducing use of nuclear weapons. Views of Reagan's supporters cheering.
Preparation for 1984 summer Olympics in Los Angeles. The opening scene is a flashback of footage from the 1932 summer Olympics in Los Angeles. A group of men play long horn bugles. Olympic competitors walking on stadium track during opening or closing ceremony of the 1932 Olympics. Scene changes to modern day 1983 views of the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (3911 S Figueroa St, Los Angeles, CA 90037, USA). The entrance door reads 'Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum'. A truck picks up cylindrical containers from the grounds. The truck spreads red paint on the floor and the workers work by the side. Red stone gravels. A worker sprays water on the ground. A stone fence reads 'University of Southern California'. Men stand near an Olympic swimming pool. A crane digs mud. Men work at the construction site.
Preparation for 1984 summer Olympics in Los Angeles. A woman sits on a chair and talks over a phone. A plate on a desk reads 'Los Angeles Olympic Organization Committee'. A sketch of a cartoon and other photographs hung on a wall. A man speaks about the facilities which would be provided in Los Angeles during the upcoming summer Olympics. He mentions about language translation and currency exchange facilities. People from 150 countries will participate. Recreational facilities like Disney Land and beaches.
Preparations made for participants and visitors to the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. Aerial view of a large passenger aircraft in flight. Congested highway traffic scenes: Aerial view of automobile, truck, and bus traffic on 101 freeway east of downtown Los Angeles. Skyscrapers of Los Angeles. A crowded sidewalk. Cars parked in a parking lot. The stewardess or flight attendant announces to people aboard a passenger aircraft. Sketches of the famous personalities of Los Angeles. A trailer truck being driven off in the foreground. Traffic on fly overs and overpass bridges. Houses in the city. Palm trees on a beach area. Cars parked in front of shops. People at a marketplace. A teenage boy dancing in a toprock breakdancing style. People watch the boy perform his break dance. People dance wearing skates. A woman dances. A man plays piano in an open ocean front market. A man performs a stunt and weightlifters workout lifting heavy weights at Venice Beach. Boys play racket sports. People ride bicycles and skate on a beach. An aircraft in flight and the airplane preparing to land at Los Angeles International Airport. People gathered at the 1932 Olympics watching runners leap hurdles in a race. Seats in stadium at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Entrance of the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (3911 S Figueroa St, Los Angeles, CA 90037). Views of the Santa Anita Racetrack facility (285 W Huntington Dr, Arcadia, CA 91007, United States). A man plays a bugle on the racetrack at the start of an event. People in the stadium watch the horse race. Exteriors of the University of Southern California (USC) and the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). A sign for "UCLA".
Preparations being made for participants and visitors to the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. A Korean airliner lands. Interiors of the international airport under construction. Counters inside the airport. Luxury hotels in the city. A woman talks on telephone at the information desk. People take information from the woman. A man enters the Los Angeles Convention & Visitors Bureau. People take information about the venue and other things at the center. A woman talks on telephone. A woman arranges pamphlets of hotels broacher. A woman answers to queries on telephone. Women compile addresses of homes that will be available for stay. A woman talks on phone. Houses in the city. A yacht at dock. People inside the yacht.
Preparations being made for participants and visitors to the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. Automobile traffic on road. Engineers study traffic patterns on a map. Men at a computerized center to control traffic. Traffic on road. Traffic pattern on a computer screen. A man enters the information center. Pamphlets in various languages in selves. Traffic on a freeway. Men at center control traffic on freeways. A man works on a typewriter. A model shows traffic flow. Red light shows excess traffic and green light shows normal traffic. Men draw on charts and study traffic flow. Overhead direction boards on roads. Private transport on road. A driver talks to a visitor and gives information. Women talk on microphones and feed information on computer at Commuter Computer. Prints being taken out. A woman arranges papers. People work in telephone exchange center. Men on control panel at General Telephone & Electronics Corporation