Heavy surf undermines and destroys beachfront homes in Redondo Beach, California. Water spread across an area. Damaged houses. A flooded area in the city. A man and a woman and baby leave their home. people try to save their belongings and furniture.
Twins compete at convention held in Huntington Beach, California. Identical twins descending a set of stairs. Children descend the stairs together. An African American man and woman accompany three pairs of girl twins. Large crowds gather for the contest and cheer the entrants. Twin sets of infants, girls and boys participate.
Dancers at a beach resort in Venice, California show new types of jazz and swing dances. Young dancers dance the Yam, the Shag, and Lindy Hop swing dances on the beach. Onlookers clap.
Election campaign advertisement for President John F Kennedy. Hand holds a banner that reads 'Kennedy'. Picture of John F Kennedy with signs that read 'Greatness', 'Leader for the 60's'. Collage with pictures of President Kennedy and other well known American leaders, and also with state and city names: 'Indiana', 'NewYork', 'Oregon', 'Illinois', 'Ohio', 'Michigan', 'Texas' and 'California'. Hands with banners that read, 'Kennedy for President'. Picture of President John F Kennedy with wife Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy and daughter Caroline Kennedy. Ad features background chorus singing a two stanza jingle with "Kennedy" chorus including stanza lines, "Do you want a man for President who's seasoned through and through, but not so doggone seasoned that he won't try something new? A man who's old enough to know and young enough to do? Well it's up to you it's up to you, it's strictly up to you. Do you like a man who answers straight, a man who's always fair? Well measure him against the others and when you compare, you'll cast your vote for Kennedy and the change that's overdue, so it's up to you, it's up to you, it's strictly up to you." Campaign advertisement features vintage 1960's television advertising style.
View inside night club Whisky a Go Go on Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, during the 1960s. The owner or manager of the club talks to a girl while she is dancing. He leads another girl to the stairs and goes into a glass enclosed room. The people at the night club watch the dancing and eat. The owner talks to the guests and to a woman and they watch the crowded dance floor. A group of African American men and women sit in the club. View of people dancing 1960s dance moves in the Whisky A Go Go night club.
Preparations for the 1960 Presidential elections in the United States. Clair Engle and Governor of California Pat Brown on a podium during a Democratic Party celebration after democrats swept the 1958 election. Republican Senator William Knowland, who lost the election, is seen in a polling place signing a document. California Governor Goodwin Knight, who also lost, is seen. Democratic Senator John F. Kennedy with his wife Jacqueline Kennedy and his brother Robert Kennedy in a large crowd. In New York people celebrate the victory of Republican Nelson Rockefeller over Governor Averill Harriman. Several views of Nelson Rockefeller.
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