A butcher demonstrates his rocket propelled bicycle at Metropolitan Airport in Van Nuys, California. A small rocket in case is lit and operates for a short time, and then explodes on the ornithopter like bicycle. Bach Aircraft Company Incorporated airplane hangar seen in the background. The butcher then gets on his bicycle, which has wings and rockets attached to enable it to become air borne. The bicycle rockets are lit, the butcher loses balance on the bicycle, and lands in the mud during the demonstration stunt. Fire and smoke rises. Several men rush to help him stand up. They throw a bucket of water on him.
Preparations for Golden Gate International Exhibition in California. Bridge over waterway. Aerial views and elevated views of city of San Francisco. A view of the streets in San Francisco with car and trolley traffic and ferry terminal building in background. Pedestrians cross the streets. Vehicle traffic on road. Buildings on streets. A chart of pictures shown in different theaters. A man sits in a truck. 'Federal Theatre Project' (part of Works Progress Administration or "WPA" during the Great Depression) written on the truck. Traffic on roads and bridge. Advertising boards in the background. Exhibition buildings are painted. A sign on a building reads 'Federal Theatre'.
View of City Hall building (200 N Spring St, Los Angeles, CA 90012, United States) in Los Angeles circa 1950. Camera view pans down to shops and other buildings in the 200 and 100 blocks of North Main Street, Los Angeles, California. Pedestrians cross the street. A sign reads 'No Parking'. A road is lined on either side by trees. Various views of Los Angeles landmarks: A sign reads 'Hancock Park, La Brea Pits'. View of Griffith Observatory (2800 E Observatory Rd, Los Angeles, CA 90027, United States). Scenes in Chinatown and view of Grauman's Chinese Theatre (6925 Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood, CA 90028, United States) with visitors looking at movie star names in cement of sidewalk on Hollywood Walk of Fame. The photographer takes pictures. A license plate on an out-of-town vehicle, from Idaho, reads 'World Famous Potatoes' and contains a picture of a potato.
Landmarks and street scenes in Hollywood and Los Angeles California circa 1950. People stand on streets of Los Angeles. A traffic light on the street with a sign reading 'Stop'. Cars and buses on the roads. Pedestrians cross streets. Red Cross flags fly from many buildings on the street. A street car or trolley passes. View of Grauman's Chinese Theater. Heavy traffic on freeway and streets of Los Angeles, as seen from street corners and point of view shots from a moving vehicle. Cars on South Grand Avenue at the Biltmore Hotel (510 S. Grand Avenue Los Angeles). Smog visible in some of the scenes. View from inside descending rail car on the Los Angeles Incline Railway (Angel's Flight narrow gauge funicular railway) at 3rd and Hill Streets. Passengers on the other car pass as they ascend.
Crowded South Broadway street shopping district of Los Angeles California in 1950. Intersection of 7th Street and S. Broadway Los Angeles. American Red Cross flags hang from many buildings and a sign "Give more than before" as part of a blood drive. Desmonds department store sign visible in distance on South Broadway. Traffic light on the street. Pedestrians crossing the street. Vehicular traffic of cars, trucks and streetcar trolleys on the street. Passengers step down from a streetcar at a stop. It is number 59 with a sign that reads, in part, South San Pedro. View of shops on S Broadway including Bullocks Department Store on the corner of 7th Street and Broadway, Le Roys at 633 South Broadway, Harris & Frank's. A policeman stands at the intersection and directs traffic. Near ground level view of legs and feet of pedestrians with late 1940s and early 1950's mens and womens fashions. 1940s and 1950 truck, bus, and car automobile traffic clogs streets and highways of Los Angeles. Clothes hanging in front of residential garden apartments. Two babies standing in doorway of ground floor apartment, and a young boy sitting on the building steps.
The China Clipper flight from Manila, Philippines to San Francisco, California, and its return. The Pan American Airways (Pan Am) Martin M-130 flying boat takes off from water surface. Onlookers watch from fenced area. Pilot seated in cockpit, operates control panel. China Clipper in flight.
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