Landmarks and aerial views in Los Angeles, California: Vehicles pass through highways and freeway system. Aerial view of city, highway, and downtown. Traffic on freeway in Cahuenga Pass area. Buildings and highway from Los Angeles City Hall (200 N Spring St, Los Angeles, CA 90012, United States). Elevated view of Wilshire Boulevard from downtown Los Angeles to the Pacific Ocean. Driver front seat point of view of cars, traffic, shops, and businesses driving on Wilshire Boulevard westward.
Preparations being made for participants and visitors to the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. Doctors examine a man riding on exercise cycle. Computer screen shows heart beat rate. Doctor Jack Hackney speaks. A man photographs a balloon in air. Scientists work in a laboratory. A paper being printed. A man studies reports. Men draw on charts. A woman writes on the venue chart. A woman talks on a telephone. A man speaks on a hand microphone. People on a sidewalk. A security man on a bike. A security car being driven. A security man talks to a biker. A security officer trains other security personnel. A helicopter in flight. Aerial view of the city of Los Angeles with smog present. Los Angeles city buildings and streets seen from helicopter. Anti terrorist squad of FBI and SWAT team of Los Angeles Police Department outside a building.
Hard times in the Great Depression led to formation of The Bonus Army. American veterans of World War 1 march on streets of Washington DC, carrying a large poster demanding immediate cash redemption their "bonus" service certificates awarded by Congress in 1924 (but not lawfully payable until 1945). Army Chief of Staff, General Douglas MacArthur, ordered by President Hoover, to clear the Bonus Army encampments, is seen standing in a street surrounded by several U.S. Army troops. People watch from sidewalks as a contingent of U.S. Army cavalry rides down the street. U.S. Army M-1917 tanks roll down Pennsylvania Avenue in July 1932. Bonus marchers and others watch from Lafayette Park in background. Scene shifts to the 1932 Democratic Party Convention in Chicago Stadium, Chicago, where delegates cheer after nominating Franklin D. Roosevelt as their Presidential candidate. Roosevelt seen waving from the podium. Migrant farm workers seen at temporary, dilapidated dwellings in close quarters, and sitting at a campfire, some with sad and desperate faces. Migrant farm workers' cars on the road, piled high with family belongings during westward migration. Migrants riding atop an open railroad freight car. Two men share a copy of the "Epic News" newspaper (published by supporters of Upton Sinclair and the End Poverty Movement in Los Angeles and central California). Narrator describes programs of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) and the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). Construction workers ignite demolition charges during construction of Boulder Dam (aka Hoover Dam and officially so-named in 1947). Glimpse of President Roosevelt at the site in an open car, for its dedication on September 30, 1935. Construction workers engaged in building the dam. Another shot of President Roosevelt in his open car. Towers being erected to carry electric power from the dam's hydroelectric generators. President Franklin D. Roosevelt smiling broadly at the formal dedication ceremony, September 30, 1935. Controlled discharges of water through the dam. Views of the Boulder Dam hydroelectric generating station. Oil well rigs or oil derricks at work during construction at night. People at work in fabric mills or textile mills, and in a print shop
Aerial view: Port of the Los Angeles, Los Angeles Harbor, portion of the Port of Los Angeles. Shipyards, freight carriers, ocean liners, private yachts, small boats, Los Angeles. U.S. flag on ship.
General George S Patton Junior and Lieutenant General Jimmy Doolittle of the United States Army return to United States after World War II. A huge crowd cheers for the Generals as their parade procession marches on roads in Los Angeles, California. A crowd of around 2,000,000 cheer the Generals who lead the war and defeated Nazi Germany. Generals from their cars raise their hats towards the crowd. General Doolittle addresses the press reporters. He insists the home team to assure supplies so that field team finishes the war effectively.
Spectators seated in a coliseum, Los Angeles, California. Rodeo event organized in coliseum. Men ride horses. A man carries a U.S. flag. Men fall from broncos horses. Men demonstrate their skills on bikes. Young boys in the audience cheer. Gasoline automobiles on the track. An automobile turns upside down.
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