United States Anti Aircraft units operate guns in California desert. Anti aircraft units in vehicles advance across the California desert. Men at the M1 90mm anti aircraft gun. Guns being fired. 40mm Bofers Anti aircraft gun fires on tank as it is dragged in the desert. Tank destroyed by guns. At night search light being used to locate the aircraft and anti aircraft guns fire. Tracers seen in the night sky. (World War II period).
Japanese-American citizens at a Manzanar war relocation center (internment) in California during World War II. Sign reads 'Religious Headquarters'. A Japanese-American girl gives service to religious education at a war relocation center. Shows Japanese-American girls attend a woman. At Vacation Church School a girl with a bible. Children make clay sculptures. Pastors at Pastors Federation. Music teacher takes a class. Woman reads from a Caucasian church bible. Young girls hold bibles. A Japanese-American man imparts religious education. Young Japanese-American boys and girls at Manzanar relocation center in California. Church services at Manzanar.
People gather at the California coast. The Grey Whale makes its annual migration from the Bering sea to the breeding grounds off lower California. People in observation boats as they watch the activities of the whale through binoculars.
A football game played between the University of Notre Dame and the University of Southern California (USC) in Los Angeles, California. A large crowd gathers to watch the game. The game in progress. The crowd cheers and applauds. USC wins with a score of 42-20.
Airplanes during test flights at Edwards Air Force Base in California. The airplanes can fly at an enormous speed. U.S. Navy Douglas Skyrocket parked at an air base. Test pilot Scott Crossfield (Albert Scott Crossfield) inspects the needle nose of a D-558-2 Douglas Skyrocket aircraft. Aerial views of the D-558-2 Skyrocket airplane in flight. Scene changes to an airfield in Inglewood California. A new light pusher airplane with an X-shape tail, the Acme Aircraft Co S-1 Sierra, is being rolled out of a hangar. A man stands nearby and looks at the airplane. A pilot in the cockpit. The airplane takes off from the air base for a test flight.
Speed and altitude tests being conducted by X-15 at Edwards Air Force Base, California. X-15 begins a solo flight into the stratosphere. Pilot Scott Crossfield seated in the cockpit of X-15. Mach meter indicator passes Mach two. Radar dish antenna recording the course of flight. Chase planes F-100F and F-104D in flight. NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) officials take recordings on graph and look at radar screens. Pilot converses with the ground crew members. X-15 lands on Rogers Dry Lake in California. Vehicles parked next to the aircraft after its landing in ground.
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