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Take off of the General Motors GM A-1 'Bug' missile from a launching automobile in Muroc, California.

A review of research and development in guided missiles by the United States Air Force from 1919 to 1948. General Motors power-driven bomb (GM A-1 Bug), number 9 on tail, in Muroc, California. Technicians work on the same. The bomb is raised into position for attaching to the launching automobile by means of a hoist on a truck. The missile is nick named the 'Bug'. Technicians work at the automobile being driven beneath the suspended missile. The missile is radio controlled. The automobile specifically built for the launch of the missile is powered by two 165 HP Cadillac engines attached to a single drive shaft. Attaching the 'bug' missile to the launching car. The tractor and the hoist are removed. The automobile is driven across terrain at Muroc. A testing station for testing radio control section of aircraft during test. A technician checks over the radio equipment and shows television camera and equipment used for test. The automobile start at a high speed across the launching strip. Take off of the missile from the automobile. 'Bug' missile in flight. Views from a control aircraft beside the GM A-1 Bug while the Bug is in flight. (World War II period).

Date: 1943
Duration: 4 min 52 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675046002
Men working inside the Vultee aircraft factory in Downey, California.

Men working inside a factory in Downey, California. Interior of the airplane factory. Men engaged in construction of different parts of the airplanes. Semi completed airplanes in the factory. Men working to complete the planes. An airplane takes off.

Date: 1940, July 1
Duration: 38 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675046145
A fire dog slides, climbs up stairs and rides a wheel board with children in Richmond, California.

A fire dog plays with children in Richmond, California. Girls play in a park. Children slide from a slider. A dog slides too. The dog climbs up the stairs of slider. He moves on a wheel board.

Date: 1930, June 14
Duration: 1 min 2 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675046582
People wear protest bibs against health officer's decision to ban kissing in Oakland, California.

Protest against health officer's decision to ban kissing in Oakland, California. Two women prepare bibs with protest sentences written on it. They tie it in the neck of small children. Children in cradles with bibs on. A man and woman kiss on a bench in a park. An old woman seated beside them. An officer comes and gives them bibs.

Date: 1930, June 14
Duration: 1 min 4 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675046583
US, Chinese and Japanese floats pass during a wine festival at San Joaquin Valley in Lodi, California.

A wine festival at San Joaquin Valley in Lodi, California. Men wave U.S. flag. Floats on road. Chinese float passes. Women in Chinese native dress seated on the float. Women in Kimono stand with Japanese umbrella on a Japanese float. People watch the parade. Woman seated on a throne. Women in fancy dresses on the float.

Date: 1937, September 29
Duration: 1 min 11 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675046692
Floats of different states and department at a parade during a Rose fete in Pasadena, California.

Rose Bowl parade and fete in Pasadena, California. Men stand with poster that reads '52nd annual tournament of roses'. A girl on a float waves. Name on a float reads 'our navy'. Model of an eagle on a float. Float of San Francisco with model of Golden Gate Bridge on it. Floats of Stanford, Nebraska, Ventura, Los Angeles and Glendale go by.

Date: 1941, January 2
Duration: 2 min 3 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675046748