The first public showing of an X-15 rocket powered aircraft at the NAA (North American Aviation) facility in Los Angeles, California. Various personnel sit in bleachers. A motion picture camera in action on top of a stand. U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon speaks. The X-15 being towed out from a hangar by a tug. The Vice President looks at the X-15 parked in front of the reviewing stand.
The first public showing of an X-15 rocket powered aircraft at the NAA (North American Aviation) facility in Los Angeles, California. Motion picture cameramen take pictures. Various personnel sit down. U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon speaks. The X-15 is towed out of a hangar by a tug. The Vice President shakes hands and talks to personnel while looking at the parked X-15.
USS San Francisco (CA-38) returns to San Francisco, California. The ship returns from the Battle of Solomons through the Golden Gate. Sailors wave from the deck of the ship. U.S. Navy Admiral E. J. King presents the Congressional Medal of Honor to a 31-year old commander of the cruiser. (World War II period).
The annual award of the President's Committee on Employment of Physically Handicapped is presented to M. J. Blumberg in Beverly Hills, California. Interiors of a room shows U.S. Admiral R. Mcentire presenting a plaque to M. J. Blumberg of Universal-International Pictures for the film 'Bright Victory'.
Examples of early American lumber processing at Sutter's Mill saw mill replica in El Dorado County, California. Water powered saw mill in operation. A water powered vertical reciprocating saw cuts a plank of wood. Except for the saw, brackets, axle, and bearings, all parts of the saw mill are made of wood . Lumber is stacked in a wooden shed. Logs of wood loaded onto wooden carts.
Scenes from the Fourth Liberty loan drive opening night event in Los Angeles California, United States. Officers, soldiers, sailors, veterans and mostly civilian men are seen marching, accompanied by a Navy Band on a crowded street of Los Angeles at night. They carry signs reading: "Liberty Loan," "service star," and "Eagle Loose." Large crowd gathered. Entertainers on stage sell and promote Liberty loan bonds as they address the gathering. People gathered around a bond sales desk. Hollywood actress Clara Kimball Young, in a dark dress and feathered hat, speaks to the crowd. She is then joined, seated, by Hollywood actress Blanche Sweet, in a white dress. Ms. Sweet removes her hat and the crowd appears to react to her hair style. The woman in the dark dress leads the crowd in a song. Next scene shows Hollywood actress Mary Pickford speaking to the crowd. Men subscribing to buy bonds. Crowd cheers the performers on stage as they stir up enthusiasm and update a board listing sales figures.
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