Homecoming of USS Valley Forge (CV-45) in San Diego, California. Sailors come down a gangway. They carry boxes and sea bags (Liberty party disembarks). Men stand on the ship. Spectators watch from the dock.
Homecoming of USS Valley Forge (CV-45) in San Diego, California. Men at quarters aboard the ship. The Mayor of San Diego Joshua H. Bean speaks. The Consul of Sweden, Waldo Homburg comes to speak. Wives greet their sailor husbands on the dock. The sailors kiss and hug their wives and children.
Snow covered mountain peaks. Timbered Mountain slopes. Trees line the bank of a lake. View of the forest in Yosemite Valley of California.
People gather around a big campfire at night in Yosemite Valley of California. People dance around the campfire.
(Audio only). Radio broadcast from Washington DC during World War II. Musical prelude before reporting of news. This is followed by reporting by correspondent Morgan Beatty on the death of President Franklin D Roosevelt and national events following it. Vice President Truman retains Roosevelt's Cabinet before taking oath of President's office. He indicates that news of the President's death was released immediately from Warm Springs. Cabinet meeting in White House. The White House Press Secretary Stephan Early makes an official announcement of President Roosevelt's death in Warm Springs, Georgia. Reports from White House radio room. Correspondent Ralph Howard Peterson summarizes events immediately before and after the death of the President. In Luxembourg: Correspondent Lowell Thomas reports President Roosevelt's death and on the war in Europe.
The O'Shaughnessy dam across the Toulumne River,in the Hetch Hetchy valley, Yosemite National Park. It is named for the San Francisco City Engineer, M.M. O'Shaughnessy. Water flowing in the Hetch Hetchy aqueduct as seen from a boat. A view of the O'Shaughnessy dam from distant hillside. View of dam from above. Powerhouse. Electrical distribution system. Turbine deck in powerhouse. Controlled release of water from the dam. Water flowing through the powerhouse.
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