The city of San Francisco, California. Pedestrians on a street. A cable car comes up a street hill. Passengers get off and on the trolley. A sign on the cable car reads 'Powell and Market, Bay and Taylor, 504'. (North Beach, Russian Hill area) An advertisement for 'People-to-people Radio'. A man stands towards the rear of the trolley. Buildings on either side of the street. Hills in the San Francisco Bay area. Traffic on the street. Cars parked by the street pavement on either side. Hills in the San Francisco Bay area at the end of the street.
Steeplechase Park on Coney Island New York. Women and children sit on a rotating wheel of a ride called the Human Roulette Wheel. Many have slid from the center of the wheel and lie trapped at its outer edge until the ride is finished. Rocking bridge. Water ride, Steeplechase ride, with horses on steel tracks. Staircase from 'Golden Stand' to top of the slide. People slide down. 'Steeplechase' stand in background. People watch 'Human Pool Table,' where persons are seen coming out of a chute (slide) onto a table with rotating discs that shunted them about in all directions. Man at Steeplechase stand. Gents Toilet in background. People take a roller coaster ride. Men and women on Coney Island beach dancing and playing on the edge of the surf, wearing typical early 1900s bathing suits or bathing costumes.
1952 Miss Universe contestants participate in a parade in Long Beach, California. The contestants ride floats of their respective countries. Miss South Africa Catherine Edwina Higgins waving at the crowd. Women on top of a Universal- International Pictures float. Miss Uruguay Gladys Rubio Fajardo, Miss Sweden Anne Marie Thistler, and Miss Finland Armi Kuusela, on small floats with large shell designs. A large crowd gathers and cheers. The Contestants line up for photo shoot and pose before the camera.
Women sewing clothes for needy families as a part of the WPA program (Works Progress Administration) in Ohio United States during the Great Depression. Close up views of the women seamstress workers as they sew. Young children play with toys and engage in play activities in a nursery school or preschool built for children of working and needy mothers by the WPA. Children work with tools and hammers on projects. Children play in a wooden frame play house. Boy and girl children on swings in the nursery as a teacher watches over them. Smiling children wash up with soap and water using wash basins. One boy jokes and bumps against the girl beside him. The boys and girls lay down on cots for nap time. A boy and a girl sleeping during a nap at the school. Life Guards attend life- saving instructional classes on a beach. Lifeguards rescue a woman from the water and bring her to safety. Men put up a policeman cut out image with sign stating "Slow. School" as a safety measure near a school. People at the improved Toledo Zoo. Families look at a wall built from salvage material in the zoo. Families and children watch a monkey move across a rope ladder at the zoo. A group of monkeys in a pond. The WPA Symphony Orchestra performs in the open band shell amphitheater at the Toledo Zoo (the Zoological Park Amphitheater, Toledo, Ohio). WPA Orchestra with musicians employed through federal funds, are seated on the stage as they perform. Families indulge in swimming and relax in a community swimming pool in Ohio. A young boy climbs a fountain in the pool to take a closer look.
Preparation for 1984 summer Olympics in Los Angeles. A woman sits on a chair and talks over a phone. A plate on a desk reads 'Los Angeles Olympic Organization Committee'. A sketch of a cartoon and other photographs hung on a wall. A man speaks about the facilities which would be provided in Los Angeles during the upcoming summer Olympics. He mentions about language translation and currency exchange facilities. People from 150 countries will participate. Recreational facilities like Disney Land and beaches.
Promotional film showing Various national parks in California, United States. A child at a sea shore. A man fishes in a stream or river. People climb up mountains carrying camping backpacks. People at a beach. People sit on chairs in front of a recreational vehicle. A camp fire. A man is seen water skiing. The recreational vehicle is driven. A sign reads 'Eldorado National Forest Camp Ground Fallen Leaf'. Children watch fish in an aquarium.
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