View from height, overlooking crowds and street cars. A band is playing as President Nixon struggles through throng and enters a cable car. The cable car is followed by an open limousine and motorcycle police escort, as it makes its way up the hilly street. Poiice officers and officials mingling on a sidewalk. News media representatives with cameras are seen. President Nixon threads his way through dense crowd, reaching out to shake hands. In front of the St. Francis hotel, Mrs. pat Nixon walks across the street towards center of Union Square. President Nixon stands in open car, in front of the St. Francis Hotel, to say a few words to the crowd.
Flight crew members of U.S. Navy Squadron VP-1 (later changed to VP-21) sit in front of a Squadron PBY-4 for group photo before departing on a deployment (likely to Pearl Harbor). They disperse. Sailors are seen kissing their wives and girl friends goodbye. The Squadron aircraft is pushed down a seaplane ramp and departs, followed by others, one at a time. Friends and family wave as they depart. Aircraft numbers seen include 1-P-4; 1-P-6; and 1-P-10. A huge warship is seen behind the departing PBYs in several concluding scenes. The Squadron PBYs all display the insignia of a white elephant standing on a cloud holding a bomb with its trunk. The PBY-4 aircraft are distinguished by propeller spinners and flat hatches on their sides. The location appears to be North Island NAS, at San Diego.
View of hill side at Coloma, panning down to water of the American River, site of gold discovery by John Marshall in 1848, that led to the "gold rush." Close up view of panning for gold and filtering screens in use. Elevated view of wooden viaduct on hillside that transported water. Reconstruction interior view of a gold miner's office or dwelling, with gear and belongings of the mid 1800s period in the American west. A covered wagon parked outside. Saddles and harnesses hanging from rafters in a wooden building. Reconstructed studio of photographer Peter Britt, with various portrait photographs on the walls, and an area for subjects to sit, with a backdrop, for photographs. View of an authentic camera from the period.
Firefighter in red cap, stands in front of a makeshift Incident Command Post for firefighters at the Salmon River Complex, in 1987. He speaks of the value of having involved people of the local community in managing the battle against this forest fire.
Aerial view of forest fire flames and smoke from an aircraft traveling away from the wildfire front at Stanislaus National Forest, in 1987. View from ground of firefighting vehicles on road leading away from the fire. Smoke and flames billowing from behind. Red fire trucks parked on dirt road near forest fire. A small bus delivers several firefighters to a gathering of others, in yellow protective gear, assembled in an open space. Personal gear on the ground belonging to fire fighters recovering after being forced to employ their personal fire shelters as the flames blew over them unexpectedly at the fire front. They are breathing oxygen from masks, and otherwise being helped and interviewed. (All escaped safely.)
A new Marine helicopter takes off from Connecticut in the United States. The twin engined Sikorsky XHR2S helicopter parked on the airbase. Marines board and a jeep is loaded in the helicopter. Officers watching the helicopter. The helicopter takes off.
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