Final attempts by Department of Justice, to deport International Longshoreman Union President Harry Bridges for labor organizing and alleged subversive activities. Film begins showing sign reading: "Department of Corrections,California State Prison, San Quentin." An automobile is seen driving toward the camera, out the gate of the prison. Guards open and close iron gates of the prison twice, as if for benefit of the camera. Distant view of front gates closed. Scene shifts to co-counsel of Harry Bridges legal defense team parking his car and stepping out carrying some legal papers. He walks to office at the entrance of San Quentin prison and speaks with guards. Scene shifts abruptly to Harry Bridges' lead defense attorney, Carol Weiss King, surrounded by reporters and others in the hall of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, in San Francisco. Next a car is seen driving down a ramp to enter the court building parking garage. Harry Bridges steps from the car and is escorted by two uniformed guards and other persons. They all enter an elevator. Camera focuses on a room identified as "Number 203, U.S. Marshal, Criminal Dep't." Two men come out and join others escorting Harry Bridgers in the Court building hall. Closeup of Bridgers as he passes the camera. Photographers are busy taking pictures. Officials thoroughly search Bridgers, and then they all enter a room.
Shows California coastline at Monterey Bay. View of Pacific Ocean waves hitting the cliffs and rocks on the coast of California.
A view of sand dunes and arid landscape of Death Valley California. The car leaves the area and a range of hills is seen in California. The photographer Edward Weston sets the view camera in a suitable position on a tripod stand. He uses a photoelectric cell to check the intensity of light. The shutter of the lens is removed. A woman student accompanying the photographer uses a focusing cloth over her head. A bunkhouse seen in a valley.
California Governor Ronald Reagan and wife Nancy Reagan celebrate his Gubernatorial election victory at the Biltmore Hotel (506 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90071, United States) in Los Angeles, California. Republican supporters wave their hats and cheer as Reagan announces that 'partisanship ends today'.
A power plant at Boulder Dam and pictorial depictions of water supplies from Parker Dam and Imperial Dam serving California. The two wings of Boulder Dam power plant, one along each side of the Black Canyon wall. The power plant with different units for generating power. The machinery inside the plant. The major transmission lines that carry power to Los Angeles California metropolitan areas. Two men in the plant near transmission lines. A map depicts the path of power transmission lines. The power plant with turbines. The transmission lines along a desert. A path in the desert. A map depiction of water supply from Parker Dam to the city of Los Angeles. A map depiction of water supply to the Imperial Valley from Imperial Dam. The whole of the Boulder Dam (later Hoover Dam) in view with water gushing through the gates.
U.S. Army Air Corps 1st Provisional Wing at an annual training exercise at Rockwell field in California, United States. U.S. Army Air Corps P-12Bs of the 1st Pursuit Group and 95th Pursuit Squadron parked at Rockwell field in San Diego, California. LB-6s of the 2nd and 7th Bombardment Group parked on the field. A-3s of the 3rd Attack group lined up on field. A sign on a building in the background reads ' 3rd attack' Aircraft taxi as they prepare to take off. Commanders of the various groups Major Hugh J. Kenrr, Major Davenport, Major Carl Spaatz, Major Ralph Royce stand together.
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