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Arcadia California USA 1939 stock footage and images

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Exhibition buildings are constructed for Golden Gate International Exhibition in California

Preparations for Golden Gate International Exhibition in California. Exhibition buildings are constructed on Treasure Island at California. A view of boats in water. Man observes the designs for the exhibition buildings. Workers at construction site. Man digs at the site. Lorries at the site. Men saw wood at the construction site. Exhibition buildings are painted. A sign on a building reads 'Federal Theatre'. (Federal Theatre Project was part of the Works Progress Administration or "WPA" during the Great Depression).

Date: 1939
Duration: 2 min 26 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675041889
Walter Stewart wins the annual ocean swim in La Jolla, California.

Annual ocean swim in La Jolla, California. Nearly 100 swimmers take to sea at the annual ocean swim competition in La Jolla, California. Participants swim through the rough sea. Walter Stewart reaches the finish line to win the competition. Among the women, Florence Chadwick touches the finish line first.

Date: 1939, August 23
Duration: 1 min 26 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675042800
Lawrence is awarded the Nobel Prize for his work on the cyclotron and its applications in Berkeley, California.

Dr. Ernest Orlando Lawrence receives the Nobel Prize for his invention in Berkeley, California. Dr. Ernest Orlando Lawrence, a professor of Physics at the University of California, Berkeley, demonstrates his invention- the "Cyclotron" particle accelerator. Control dials of the machine. Men work at machines. View of Dr. Ernest Lawrence.

Date: 1939, November 13
Duration: 24 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675070954
A football match between the Oregon State Beavers and the UCLA Bruins results in a draw in Los Angeles, California.

A football match between the Oregon State Beavers and the UCLA (University of California, Los Angeles) Bruins in Los Angeles, California. The game in progress. A cheering crowd in the stands. The game comes to a draw with a score of 13-13.

Date: 1939, November 27
Duration: 2 min 13 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675075703
The University of Southern California beats the University of Notre Dame in a game of football in South Bend, Indiana.

A football match being played between the University of Southern California and University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana. The game in progress. A cheering crowd in the stands. The University of Southern California (USC) beats the University of Notre Dame with a score of 20-12.

Date: 1939, November 27
Duration: 1 min 20 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675075702
The launching and explosions of various test missiles in the United States.

A review of research and development in guided missiles by the United States Air Force from 1919 to 1948. Interior of a steel mill shows workers performing various duties around an open furnace. The exhaust section of a JB-2, flames erupting from the same. A JB-2 launching. It taxis in a wooded area. A large explosion. The exhaust section of V-2 during launching. Failed test as a V-2 rocket streaks down towards the earth after a launch and slams into a wooded area, with a huge explosion resulting. The first guided missile robot torpedo aircraft crashes at Arcadia, Florida. First successful launching of the U.S. aerial guided missile. Exhaust section of JB-2 starting operation attached to a wing of a B-17. The B-17 launching. JB-2 in flight. PQ-8 target aircraft dives towards the slope of a mountain and explodes. An atomic bomb explosion. Atomic cloud formation rises up in the air from the Trinity test, the first atomic explosion, in New Mexico.

Date: 1946
Duration: 1 min 1 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675046014