Secretary of War John Wingate Weeks disembarks from the United States passenger ship "President Grant" in San Francisco, California. Weeks and others salute, he pins up medals onto men at Presidio. Soldiers parade as men look at the marching soldiers. Weeks along with General Morton and Haynes review the parade.
Major events of the year 1951. War with Japan comes to an end with the signing of the Peace Treaty in San Francisco, California. Delegates of various nations gather to sign the treaty. Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko walks out to express his opposition. Japanese delegate and Allied delegate Dean Acheson sign the treaty. Japanese delegates shake hands with Dean Acheson, an Allied delegate and the United States Secretary of State.
A Douglas DC-4 at an airfield in Santa Monica, California. Flight crew enters the aircraft. Pilot in the cockpit. Aircraft in flight. Flight crew at work during a test flight. Man sends messages over a wireless.
James Roosevelt, son of Presdient Franklin D Roosevelt, seen in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, meeting with Samuel Goldwyn, the famous film executive and Hollywood movie business mogul. James Roosevelt examines a motion picture movie camera, with instruction from Samuel Goldwyn. They enter a movie studio office where Roosevelt signs a job contract and gets a film job with the Samuel Goldwyn Productions movie company.
Exceptionally tall man Ralph Earl Madsen (sometimes called Tex Madsen) in Los Angeles, California. He stands next to an elephant. He dances with an overweight short woman. 7 foot 6 inch Ralph Madsen stands beside two midgets, one of whom is atop the shoulders of the other. The little person on top lights Madsen's cigarette. Ralph Madsen (also called Sky High Madison) referees a boxing match between the midgets.
Point of view aerial views of San Francisco harbor through passenger airplane window. Fishing boats anchored in harbor. POV view of San Francisco from ship. Chinatown in San Francisco. Cable car moved on turntable in front of The Owl Drug Co. Point of view shot going down hill in San Francisco in cable car. POV looking out front of passenger bus going over the Golden Gate Bridge. Greyhound bus emerging from tunnel. Greyhound passenger bus driving on U.S. 101 on the 'Redwood Highway' Couple stares upwards at giant redwoods. The 'World Famous Tree House' in Piercy, California.
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