Film showing students at the University of California, Berkeley, principally in 1980. It also shows glimpses of Vietnam war era background events. Opening shows students on a college campus. Two of them sit and converse. Scene shifts to National Guard troops and police near the University of California campus, in May, 1969, when Governor Ronald Reagan declared a state of emergency and sent 2,200 National Guard troops into Berkeley, California. Next, students are seen handing out voting information from booths on the Berkeley campus during the 1980 U.S. Presidential elections. Students massed on campus and some having lively conversations with others. The entrance gates to the campus are seen in the background. Students moving about on the campus and some seated at outdoor tables having snacks and conversing. A student being interviewed who speaks about employment. Complete shift of scene to American soldiers jumping from a UH-1 Huey helicopter in Vietnam. President Richard Nixon waving enthusiastically in front of the Presidential helicopter. President Lyndon Johnson glad-handing spectators as he walks along the streets of a city. Glimpse of American hostages being taken from the embassy in Tehran, Iran, November 4, 1979 during Iran hostage crisis. U.S soldiers firing a howitzer field piece in Vietnam. Returning American hostages leaving an U.S.Air Force transport plane. A woman student being interviewed at Berkeley campus about the 1980 Presidential race between Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan. Students seated on a long bench in a room where a picture of motion picture star, John Wayne, is displayed on a wall. A male student says Ronald Reagan has brought a new spirit into everybody in America. A Berkeley political science professor comments on the new voters. Students speaking positively about President Reagan. More views of students and voting information on campus. (Note: film is silent except for occasional interviews.)
Women wearing swim suits at a queue in Venice, California. A man paints mark on the leg of a woman as all bathers required to have identification marks painted on them before entering the water. Other women wait. Opening slate describes the practice as a "French fad."
Women sell thrift stamps in Venice, California. They pose with two elephants. A poster reads "help win the war". A large crowd gathers at the shop.
A film titled 'Water tennis makes a bow as aquatic sport,' shows girls playing a game of tennis in a pool in Venice, California. One of the girls writes down score on a board, as another one judges the game.
Four year old lion on swing in Venice, California. Lion named King Tuffy sways on an old fashioned rope swing under the directions of his trainer Harry D. "Bob" Matthews. (This is one of the MGM lions and also the first lion to walk a wire.) The lion in his cage swings on flying trapeze. trainer stands besides the lion.
The city of San Francisco, California. A cable car moves along on the street. "Van Ness Avenue California and Market Streets" sign on the trolley. Passengers seated inside. Traffic on the street. People get off and on the cable car. Pedestrians walk by. The cable car moves down a steep hill street. Cable car going down California Street near Powell Street, and passing the Rolls Garage (formerly Crest Garage). Passengers look out the windows. Cable cars number 510 and 506. A passenger standing inside. Several signs on the cable cars including 'Municipal Railway of San Francisco', 'Powell and Hyde Street', 'Powell and Market, Bay and Taylor'. The driver in the cable car as it moves down a hill.
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