Film begins showing steel framework for a new war plant under construction during World War 2. Next, workers are seen painting aircraft parts at the Vultee aircraft plant in Downey California. A crane at the plant moves an aircraft tail section to mate with the forward fuselage of an airplane. Cranes move wing segments through the plant. Workers, including a woman, lower a radial engine into place at the front of a BT-13 Valiant training airplane. A line of such aircraft is seen behind the one the camera is focused on. Scene shifts to the Lockheed aircraft plant in Burbank, California, where bodies of Lockheed Model 14 Super Electra passenger planes are seen covering the factory floor. A glimpse of Lockheed B-24 Liberator bombers in an assembly line next to men working engines of a partially assembled Electra 14 aircraft. Lockheed P-38 lightning fighter planes being assembled at another part of the plant. A P-38 taxis past a line of parked Lockheed Hudson light bombers and takes off on a test flight. View from below of gleaming aluminum P-38 climbing out. Aerial view from above of P-38 flying over land near some mountains.
A new (unknown brand) 1941 car is displayed driving toward the camera in a park-like setting. It has a sloping hood and two large sized kidney shaped grills. it displays a Michigan manufacturer license plate number M 10 26. Extreme front closeup of the car's hood. Later, the car drives with its right side to the camera. It Appears to have a one-piece windshield and solid steel wheels. The rear of the vehicle is rounded. It also passes with its left side toward the camera. The car parked on a lawn, its white overall color silhouetted against the dark foliage background.
Various activities of tourists during winter vacations in Miami Beach, Florida, United States. Sign atop a building entrance reads 'Minsky's Burlesque Million Dollar Pier'. People strolling along the waterfront and bathing on the beach. Steam locomotives pulling trains. (Note: film is silent except for sound of train passing, at the end.)
Various activities of tourists during winter vacations in Key West, Florida. Board hanged reads 'Sloppy Joe's'. Tourists walk on Green Street outside Sloppy Joe's Bar. People move inside the bar and drink
Various activities of tourists during winter vacations in Florida. The famous Breakers Hotel (1 S County Rd, Palm Beach, FL 33480, United States) in Palm Beach, Florida. Views of hotel building with trees and garden in the foreground. Cars parked on roadside in front of the building. Car being driven towards the building. Statue in front of the building. Exteriors of the building.
Promotional film showing Various national parks in California, United States. A child at a sea shore. A man fishes in a stream or river. People climb up mountains carrying camping backpacks. People at a beach. People sit on chairs in front of a recreational vehicle. A camp fire. A man is seen water skiing. The recreational vehicle is driven. A sign reads 'Eldorado National Forest Camp Ground Fallen Leaf'. Children watch fish in an aquarium.
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