Pre launch preparation of a big cargo vessel 'Alcoa Pennant' at Long Beach, California. Launch of the cargo vessel in sea is witnessed by a huge crowd. Views of Alcoa Pennant in sea.
The sunset from a beach in Los Angeles, California. Reflection of sunlight in the water. Sun shines dimly above the waters of ocean. Two birds perch on the shore. Different views of the sunset from the beach. Waves in the sea.
Point of view (POV) shot from a moving vehicle, shows an upward view of palm trees lining a road in Los Angeles, California. View changes to show houses along the street, still from the moving vehicle. 1970's cars parked in front of houses, on sides of road, and a few cars passing in opposite direction.
From "Mr Edler's class - Drug education in one elementary school", clip shows elementary school science teacher Mr. William Edler interacting with school children and other teachers regarding the matter of drug abuse and drug abuse prevention. Notebooks and books on a table. Elementary school aged students in the courtyard of the Wilbur Avenue Elementary School in Tarzana California, near Van Nuys, and part of the Los Angeles School District. Boys and girls in the rough age range of 10 to 12 enter a classroom. Mr Edler enters the class. Close up views of Mr Edler and his students discussing drug abuse and illegal drugs, as he asks the children what they know about the subject. Many students stand up and boys and girls speak one by one. A recording machine. Mr Edler addresses a group of fellow teachers who listen to him attentively as he shares his curriculum for drug abuse prevention, so that other teachers can learn to deliver the curriculum. Mr Edler in a class. He explains and asks questions. Many students raise hands to answer. Mr Edler collects articles related to drug abuse and posts them on a bulletin board. Mr Elder sits with another teacher in front of a group of Los Angeles school teachers. View of a book titled 'Drug Abuse: Escape to Nowhere'. Mr Edler interacts with the group of teachers.
Science teacher William Edler in a classroom of the Wilbur Avenue Elementary School in Tarzana California, part of the Los Angeles school district. A chart reads 'Happiness is....'. Mr. Edler interacts with the children and talks about happiness and feelings. Some boy and girl students raise their hands to answer. Some children exit the classroom to conduct one on one interviews with other students in a school courtyard. The boys and girls sit in pairs and discuss. Mr Edler and the students sit in a circle on the grass. The children get up. Mr Edler and a woman stand in front of a group of teachers and educators in Los Angeles and describe the exercise, how it deals with promoting self worth and friendship, and how it ties in drug abuse education curriculum. Clip closes with scenes of students in the classroom and one student painting a picture.
The United Nations Conference opens in San Francisco, California near the end of World War 2. Flags of the participating nations. U.S. President Truman speaks to the UN delegates from Washington DC. Cars outside the venue of the conference. Personage at the conference include South Arabian delegates, North African Prime Minister and Field Marshal Jan Christian Smuts, China's Foreign Minister TV Soong, British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden, U.S. Secretary of State Stettinius, Andrei Gromyko, Jan Masaryk, Lord Halifax, Molotov and delegates from India, Mexico, Lebanon, Greece, Chezoslovakia, Egypt and Netherlands. Photographers take pictures. Typists work at typewriters in Associated Press Headquarters room. Telephone operators at switchboards. China's Foreign Minister TV Soong, Soviet Russian Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov and British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden each address the conference.
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