Orange trees growing in an orchard in California during the Great Depression. Walnut trees in a grove. Mountains surround a bean field. Clouds forming before a storm. Wheat stalks blowing in the wind. Lightning and thunder during a thunderstorm. Torrential rain floods a farmland. Soil erosion from flooding seen on a hillside. A farmer walks through land severely damaged by floods after a storm. A farmer and his wife survey the damage done to their orange grove after flooding. Various farmlands damaged by soil erosion. Muddy topsoil oozing and collapsing during heavy rain. Rain washing away the topsoil of land. Gullies forming from torrential rain. Topsoil being washed away in creeks. Rapids in creeks during heavy rain, pouring into rivers. Flood washing away an uprooted tree. Soil erodes from side of a river. Aerial view of topsoil pouring into the Pacific Ocean along the California Coast.
The experimental Northrop MX-324, first U.S. military rocket-powered flying wing plane, takes-off during tests at Muroc Dry Lake, California. It makes a short flight, circling to land smoothly with a very long landing roll, disappearing in the distance. (Buildings seen in back ground are at North Edwards Air Force Base.)
During period of semidarkness, at dusk, blinking red lights are seen. Then an aircraft is silhouetted low over the runway. It proceeds slowly, only a few feet above the runway, and then crashes in a spectacular ball of flames, followed by a huge cloud of black smoke. (Note: The aircraft, an F-100 Supersabre was being ferried from Palmdale, California, when the pilot elected to make an emergency landing at Edwards AFB.)
An American Trust Company bank branch building branch in northern California (likely Palo Alto or elsewhere in Santa Clara County). Sign on building reads "American Trust Company." A man comes out of the bank. A 1958 Ford Thunderbird convertible car, light blue and white, pulls up via the drive-in window. Bank teller seen at the window processing their transaction. The car drives away.
A Mobil gas station in northern California (likely Palo Alto based on other clips on the same film reel). A car being driven on road past the gas station. Readings on "Mobilgas" pump as it dispenses gas. Pump readout shows the total sale and the total gallons of gas sold, reflecting a price of 34 cents per gallon. A man driving a black Ford Fairlane has his oil checked and gets fuel. Gas station attendant seen removing gas pump nozzle from rear of car when fueling completes. (Unconfirmed: Possibly Bob Coombes Mobil Station at the SW corner of Page Mill and El Camino.)
Contemporary suburban homes in northern California in the United States. (possibly Palo Alto region as prior clip and subsequent clip on same film reel include Palo Alto shots.) A lemon tree in the front yard of a house. A woman comes out of the house. A man outside his house. A women walks with an umbrella. Various typical modern postwar homes and garden in front of the houses. A car driven out of a garage from underneath a modern suburban home. A man gets into his car in front of the garage of his house. Girls ride bicycles along suburban streets.
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