A forest fire in Malibu Hills, California. Fire and smoke rising from the top of a mountain in the background. Houses and buildings on fire. The army working to control the fire. Men throwing water from fire hoses.
Members of the American Legion parade in Los Angeles, California. They parade at the end of the 20th Annual Convention. A large crowd gathers in a stadium to watch the parade. Men marching with flags. A train float moves past. Men seated on the float. Airplanes flying in formation overhead.
Evacuation drills for dependents from Castle Air Force Base in California, United States, during the Cold War. Sign at entrance to Castle Air Force Base. An officer telephones and informs a family to vacate the camp. A woman informs other families via a telephone tree or telephone pyramid. Family members including parents and children load essential belongings in cars. View of base housing and suburb housing. People sitting in cars and the cars being drive out of the camp. People get out of the cars and walk on the ground. A young boy is surprised and startled by the motion picture camera and backs up to join his mother. The families gather together at a picnic area or park under palm trees.
Test flights of United States Air Force Bell X-2 "Starbuster" in California, United States. Aircraft parked at an air base. Men stand nearby. A pilot wearing a helmet. United States Air Force B-50 Superfortress aircraft in flight overhead. An X-2 aircraft being released from a B-50 aircraft The aircraft in flight overhead.
"Hobos" and homeless are relocated to other places from Los Angeles, California, enforcing anti-vagrancy laws during the Great Depression. Dilapidated shanty houses and shacks in an area filled with hobos (sometimes called a "jungle.") Policemen talking to a man next to a shack. Vagrant and unemployed men walking on a railroad being escorted away. Railroad train arriving near a station at night and police run beside it looking for hobos on the train. A sign board reads: 'Arizona State Line'. Hobos in police custody empty their pockets and are fingerprinted.
Ex-President of the United States Harry Truman at a harbor in California, United States. People gather to meet the ex President. Cameramen take his photographs. Truman boards a ship with his wife and daughter. They sail for a Hawaiian voyage. Truman, his wife and daughter wave towards the crowd.
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