Young recruits undergo training at the Naval Training Center in San Diego, California. A dramatization shows recruit Dan packing his bags in a dormitory. A Company Commander comes in and asks him to get into his uniform as he is still a part of the navy. Recruits get on boats with their baggage. A dramatization shows Potter and Benson welcoming Dan on a boat. The Company Commander converse with his wife Joanne. USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) at sea with the American flag raised aboard ship.
The Committee for a Free Asia in San Francisco, California. Men stand near a banner. The banner reads: 'Committee for a free Asia'. Other banner in a building reads: 'Seeds for democracy'. Women stand near a table. Mails on the table. The committee receives huge contributions from all parts of the country. They are being shipped to the Philippines.
Cloverdale Citrus Fair in California, United States. The fiesta is held for the state's 49th tribute to the citrus crop. People gather inside a building. Cloverdale local girl Shirley Williams being crowned as Queen of the Cloverdale Citrus Fair. The girl is given an Irish boogie-woogie with a harp made of oranges. Boy Scouts with their citrus display. Replica of a building and the United Nations emblem. An emblem of the patrons of husbandry and several other replicas on a stage.
Aircraft carrier USS Boxer (CV-21) returns to California, United States from Korean War service. People gather at a harbor to welcome sailors. The sailors aboard the ship. Wives of the sailors carrying their infants wait at the harbor. The sailors meet their babies and wives.
Children, in swim suits, play at a pool in in Sutro Baths, San Francisco, California. They slide down a long slide on the north side of the baths, into the water. Children play and jump into the pool. Some dive from spring boards. (Edison Company, Sutro Baths No. 1, 1897)
Steel being produced in a mill in California, United States during world War II. Machines in operation as steel is being produced in the first steel production facility on the U.S. West Coast. Famous industrialist and shipbuilding titan, Henry J. Kaiser, looks at the production process in the mill. Tanks roll out of an assembly line. Many lines of completed medium tanks and heavy tanks lined up in depots and ready for use in World War II.
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