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Arcadia California USA 1937 stock footage and images

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A giant plow being pulled by three 90 horsepower tractors in Santa Ana,California

A film titled ' Giant plow made to uncover soil buried under sand ' shows three 90 horse power tractors pulling a giant plow capable of making a six feet deep furrow in Santa Ana,California. The plow uncovers soil from underneath a sand cover.

Date: 1937, July 28
Duration: 57 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675038441
A car-plane aerobile with folding wings in Long Beach California

Newsreel titled 'Folding wings turn airplane into automobile' shows a plane with its wings folded in Long Beach California. A man unfolds the flying car wings with Security Airster written on them. He gets into the cockpit of the aerobile plane and takes off.

Date: 1937, July 28
Duration: 1 min 27 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675038443
Divers compete at series of events during National Aquatic Meet in Los Angeles, California.

Divers participate in National Aquatic Meet in Los Angeles, California. Divers compete in various events at the Olympic Swimming Stadium. They exhibit various styles of diving. A diver dives to entertain the spectators. The divers dive from a dive board into the pool. Outstanding contestants include Marjorie Gestring, Katherine Rawls, Johnny Riley, and Norman Sper, Jr.

Date: 1937, June 7
Duration: 1 min 12 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675033983
An amphibian automobile designed by George Powell at Glendale in California

An amphibian automobile designed by George Powell at Glendale in California. George Powell seated in the mobile boat. Cars and bicycles travel with the automobile on the road. The amphibious automobile taken into Lake Willow. The auto boat travels with equal facility on land and water.

Date: 1937, April 26
Duration: 42 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675041422
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.)

Date: 1937, August
Duration: 26 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675042053
Hollywood star Mary Pickford and Buddy Rogers being greeted by guests after their wedding in Bel Air, California.

Mary Pickford marries Charles 'Buddy' Rogers in Bel Air, California. The Canadian actress (born as Gladys Marie Smith) and Buddy Rogers during the ceremony. Wedding guests witness the ceremony. Mary Pickford shake hands with her guests. Journalists take photographs. The couple being greeted by friends and relatives. Buddy Rogers eats a slice from the wedding cake. Mary Pickford holds a bouquet while standing beside her husband.

Date: 1937, June 24
Duration: 37 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058991