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Fiesta Inaugural celebrations on Los Angeles 150th birthday depicts 'The Epic of Transportation' in Los Angeles, California.

Inaugural celebrations on Los Angeles' 150th birthday in Los Angeles, California. Parade event on city streets opens with the 'Epic of Transportation' depicting history of travel from primitive to modern times. Procession starts with a man on horseback drawing a primitive carriage with two children sitting on it. A buffalo cart. A carriage drawn by a mule team. Depiction of train and aircraft during the procession.

Date: 1931, September 5
Duration: 1 min 29 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675022461
Los Angeles County Relief Administration (LACRA) workers build 12 foot Bell sewer trench in Los Angeles, California.

Los Angeles County Relief Administration (LACRA) workers build a 24 mile long Bell sewer, 12 deep in Los Angeles, California. They dig and brace the sides of the trench using pounded stakes. They add a gravel bed and then lay pipes into the trench. Engineers gather to inspect the pipe, led by LACRA chief engineer Ralph Smith. By hand, workers operate a giant pump handle with a massive hook on the end, which pulls massive timbers from deep buried positions along the line of the trench.

Date: 1935, February
Duration: 1 min 5 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675023042
Count Felix Von Luckner visits Los Angeles on "Peace Tour," in 1927

Count Felix Von Luckner visits Los Angeles, California, while on a "Peace tour," in July, 1927. He is famous for his exploits while in command of SMS Seeadler (Sea Eagle) in 1916-1917, during World War 1. He sits, posing while and artist sketches his likeness. Next, he is seen on the deck of the sailing ship, Vaterland, with his Swedish wife, Countess Ingeborg. They hold two dachshund dogs. The Count, in mufti, accompanied by Captain, Julius Lauterbach, strolls the deck of the Vaterland "inspecting" the crew. Camera shifts to closeup of the masts and rigging of the Vaterland, and then down to her hull. Von Luckner on the bridge commanding the Vaterland, which begins to move slowly. Starboard view of the Vaterland, with 4 main masts bare and only flying jib, inner jib, and Fore Topmast Staysail set. View on deck of the Vaterland, where Von Luckner, his wife, and Lauterbach watch U.S. Navy ships of the American Battle fleet, as they pass them. They pass a U.S. Dreadnought battleship. View from land as the Vaterland passes Los Angeles Harbor Light, aka Angels Gate Light, at San Pedro Breakwater in Los Angeles Harbor.

Date: 1927, July
Duration: 1 min 41 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675054339
People watch a parade during the 'Elks Convention' in Los Angeles, United States.

A parade led by a band during the 'Elks Convention' in Los Angeles, United States. Automobiles decorated with flags and umbrellas lined up on an athletic field. Men march. Spectators watch the event. Men in uniforms on horses. Trees and a building in the background. Smoke rises.

Date: 1920
Duration: 2 min 25 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675028688
American workers dig with shovel and level concrete during road construction in Los Angeles.

American workers build a road in Los Angeles. Huge concrete mixer in operation at the construction site. Workers pour concrete on prepared bed. They level and smooth concrete. Workers digging with shovels.

Date: 1920
Duration: 2 min 12 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675064521
Man drives a car on straight highways and down a slope in Los Angeles.

Road and highways in Los Angeles. Man and two women stand atop a hill with hills in the background. Car being driven past on road with hilly terrain alongside. Car on road moves down the slope. Driver waives driving his car on a straight road.

Date: 1920
Duration: 1 min 23 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675064522