A sign reads 'Hancock Park, La Brea Pits'. Cars passing by. The road is lined with trees on the sides. Pedestrians on the street. Buildings in the background. Flowing water. Buildings on the ground. Trees and mountains in view. Famous Hollywood sign on mountain side in far background.
Pedestrians crossing busy intersection in downtown Los Angeles in 1950. South La Cienega area in Los Angeles shows several small houses and numerous oil well derricks in view. Close up of Los Angeles oil pumping derrick. View of city and vehicular traffic on street in Hollywood with various late 1940s and 1950 cars and trucks passing by. Elevated, sweeping panoramic view of part of Hollywood in Los Angeles, with hills in background, and Hollywood sign seen in the distance, faintly.
Automobiles passing the Angel's Flight funicular at 3rd and Hill Streets. The funicular cars pass one another. Countless numbers of cars closely packed into outdoor parking lot. People fill benches and crowds of pedestrians walk in a park. Car pulls up to drive-in restaurant and driver hands something to man who comes to the car from inside the restaurant. Views of concrete flood channels built by Corps of Engineers for Los Angeles river. Angel's Filght funicular car ascending hill. Car driving down the hill.
Hippies kill their name in a mock funeral adopting the name of Freebies in San Francisco. A "dead" man, symbolizing the old Hippie name, is lifted by the hippies during a procession through Haight-Ashbury. The hippie crowd performs and dances around a bonfire, and jumps over the burning remains.
A rug factory on fire in Los Angeles. Fire men battle to get fire under control. View of wrecked building and topping walls after the fire. Wounded fireman brought out of the building. Fire rages through the block long factory building.
General Wainwright, nicknamed 'Skinny' arrives in San Francisco, United States. General Wainwright disembarks from airplane. He is greeted by the Defense Commander. Huge crowd gathered to welcome General Wainwright. Welcome Parade on street to honor the General. General Wainwright along with his son salutes. General Wainwright disembarks from airplane in Washington and meets Mrs Wainwright. Huge crowd gathered to welcome the General at Washington monument. He receives the 'Medal of Honor' from President Harry S Truman.
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