A film about training of United States Marines in San Diego, California. Recruits learn the details of squad formation as they perform drill manuevers under the instruction of a drill sergeant. The recruits receive fixed bayonet instruction. Two trainers demonstrate the use of bayonet equipped rifles in hand to hand combat. To build varied physical strength the recruits row a whaleboat. The crew of Marines raise their 12 foot oars in the air at the end of their rowing effort.
Film about the development of the XSM-65 Series A missile and the testing at Point Loma in San Diego, California. A technician checks the power battery and the inverter for power and temperature ratings. After the test the canisters are placed on the batteries. A technician at the power supply control panel. Two technicians at the controls check the batteries for vibration on a testing equipment. Animation depict the various laboratories for testing. Fire comes out from a missile after being ignited. Two technician see the location of the test site on a chart. View of the missile test site. A scientist explains the production planning,sequencing and scheduling of the missile. Technician installs the missile components. Animation of the launch of the missile.
Modern new office building architecture in the United States in the late 1950s. Building of the Hewlett Packard Corporation at Stanford Industrial Park (later renamed Stanford Research Park) in Palo Alto, California, at the time of the birth of Silicon Valley. 1950s cars of Hewlett Packard (HP) workers in the parking lot. Exterior views of Hewlett Packard company buildings. A truck driven past the plant. A tile wall at the facility. Inside a building: View of a Hewlett Packard oscilloscope. Number "75452" seen in upper left of unit. Behind the unit is seen a production plant floor with women and men technicians building HP electronic equipment. Wider view of the production and assembly floor. A woman worker poses with a circuit board in her hands. Camera pans up to show her. Large painted abstract colors and artwork on walls of the production plant. The woman who had held the circuit board turns away and is seen operating a piece of equipment. Another view of the plant or factory floor with workers. Exterior view of a forklift loading boxes, with HP logo visible on them, into back of a waiting truck. Scene changes to exterior views of what appears to be a part of the General Motors Technical Center in Warren, Michigan: A surface parking lot filled with employee 1950s cars, a sloped berm up to office buildings, including a brick laboratory building with vertical fins, pedestrian approaches, and landscaped plazas. Additional shots show other modern corporate or institutional research buildings of similar mid-century American architectural style; exact locations unidentified. One of these mid 1950s U.S. buildings shows a General Electric (GE) logo.
A parade for David Steward in Daly City, near San Francisco, California. Fourteen year old David Steward, wearing his Boy Scout uniform, is seen with his parents. Men play in band during a parade honoring David, as a tribute after David had organized a parade in town the year before. Soldiers parade holding rifles. Civilians on the street watch the parade. Traffic blocked on a highway due to the parade. The city mayor tries putting a crown on a young girl. David on horse back during the parade. Other children stand around the young girl. Men and women stand in the background. The girl with the crown.
Actress and models display costumes worn in the movie 'The Black Shield of Falworth' in Universal City, California. The sets of the film 'The Black Shield of Falworth'. American actresses Jane Leigh, Barbara Rush and other stars of the film display costumes worn in the film. Jane Leigh enters the set and poses. A model wearing a costume poses beside a statue. The model displays her costume. Another model dressed in black climbs down the stairs and poses. A film star poses. Another model poses wearing a costume of the movie. The model takes out the skirt and a jacket and poses in shorts and a designer top. The model in shorts and a top. Another star dressed in white poses. A model walks down the steps in black dress and poses.
An outdoor fashion show staged at Union Square in San Francisco , California. Aerial view of the spectators at the Union Square. Models wearing different dresses walk on the ramp and pose. The spectators look at their dresses. The models display bridal gowns. The onlookers look at the designer wear gowns.
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