Late 20th century clip shows montage of still images from late 19th century dealing with borax. A view of Death Valley desert in United States. Deposits of borax found in the valley. Picture of San Francisco business man William T. Coleman. William Coleman invested in the borax. Mules seen carrying the cargo of borax. Twenty mule teams used to carry borax out of Death Valley, in operations by William Coleman's Company. Pictures showing the mule teams are seen.
Speed runs by 'Budweiser' SOS (Speed Of Sound) rocket powered car. The car is driven by Mr. Stan Barrett at Edwards Air Force Base. Speed is 246 miles per hour, recorded from camera number 743. The vehicle and background buildings, aircraft, hangers, and such, are reflected in surface beneath the car. Lines from a drag chute appear behind the car, but chute, itself, is not visible when it stops.
Speed runs by 'Budweiser' SOS (Speed Of Sound) rocket powered car. The car is driven by Mr. Stan Barrett at U.S. Air Force Flight Test Center, Edwards Air Force Base. Speed on this run is 246 miles per hour, and event is recorded on camera number 747, The vehicle image and background objects are reflected in the road bed. Hangars, airplanes and other aspects of the Air Base are seen behind the rocket car as it passes. Drag chute deploys, but only lines from it are seen behind the vehicle, after the run.
Speed runs by 'Budweiser' SOS (Speed Of Sound) rocket powered car at Edwards Air Force Base. The car is driven by Mr. Stan Barrett. Speed is 246 miles per hour and viewed from camera number 748. rocket car is reflected, along with background objects, in roadbed during the run. Drag chute deploys. But only lines from it are visible after vehicle stops.
A fifteen month old baby Ramona Carpenter with her father in a garden. A house in the background. Her father tosses her in the air playfully and she performs tricks calmly and sometimes smiling during the stunts. Point of view shot from father's perspective tossing the girl into the air playfully. She loops-the-loop into her father's arms. She is named as 'Rubber Ball Baby'. The toddler girl seen walking in the grass at her home.
Carl Laemmle, Hollywood business titan, co-founder and owner of Universal Pictures film studio, is honored by election as head of the Los Angeles Breakfast Club (LABC). Business men in the club line up to congratulate Laemmle at Breakfast Club in Los Angeles. The men shake hands and smile. Men sit on the LABC Breakfast Club famous wooden horses with "ham" written on side of each horse. Close-up view of movie mogul Carl Laemmle smiling and gathered together with the men in the breakfast club.
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