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Burning buildings and aftermath of the race riots in the Watts area of Los Angeles, California.

Loss and damage in the city after race riots in the Watts area of Los Angeles, California, during the Civil Rights movement. Night time views of the streets in the largely African American section in Los Angeles. Smoke and flames rise from buildings. Buildings on fire, set by arson during the riots. Interiors and exteriors of the buildings on fire, spanning many city blocks. Policemen arrest two men and lead them away. The devastated areas in the city, and a few buildings which are left intact. Armed National Guard troops in the streets on patrol to prevent further looting and damage. Damaged buildings on either side of the road. The Watts area of the city where a curfew was put into effect. A soldier with a rifle patrols the area. The remains of buildings in the area. Views from a moving vehicle of block after block of gutted and destroyed buildings. A special task force on alert. Policemen come out of a truck and National Guardsmen exit a bus. A helicopter in flight over the area. The police vehicles on the streets, and police in the streets behind makeshift covers for protection.

Date: 1965, August 16
Duration: 2 min 38 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675054841
Anastasia, the world's oldest tortoise, is fed lettuce leaves by a girl, on its 300th birthday, in San Francisco, California.

World's oldest tortoise in San Francisco, California, United States. A girl feeds lettuce leaves to world's oldest tortoise Anastasia, on the tortoise's 300th birthday. The tortoise chewing on the lettuce leaves. The girl sitting on the tortoise and holds the tortoise by a string tied to the tortoise's neck.

Date: 1930, October 9
Duration: 53 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675054981
Lion cubs spring at balloons when they are put to balloon test to reveal their ferocious nature, in El Monte, California.

Lion cubs during the balloon test in El Monte, California. A group of lion cubs in a den in El Monte. A bunch of balloons put into the den by animal psychologists, for the balloon test. The lion cubs watch the balloons in the air. The cubs spring at the balloons, revealing their ferocious nature. A group of cubs watching another cub pawing at a balloon and the balloon bursts.

Date: 1933, August 16
Duration: 60 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675055008
Ted Allen, a record holder in horseshoe pitching, demonstrates fancy and dangerous shots, in Long Beach, California.

Ted Allen, a record-holder in horseshoe pitching, demonstrates amazing skill in Long Beach, California, United States. Ted Allen, wearing a bowtie, holds horseshoes. Spectators gathered around the enclosure watch. He demonstrates several fancy and dangerous stunt shots in horseshoe pitching. Among them: He places horseshoes perfectly while his assistant's face is right next to the target stake. He knocks the end of a pipe from his attendant's mouth with a horseshoe, while the pipe stem stays intact. He lights a pack of matches resting against the stake by throwing a horseshoe precisely to scrape the matches against the metal stake.

Date: 1934, January 15
Duration: 51 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675055012
U.S. troops, military band and military vehicles in the opening parade of the National Defense Week in San Francisco, California.

The opening parade during the National Defense Week in San Francisco, California. A parade along a street opening the National Defense Week. Horsemen lead the parade. They hold flags. Troops holding guns march along the street. Buildings on either sides of a road. A huge crowd gathered on the sides of the road watch the parade. A military band follows the troops. Honor guards follow. The crowd on the roadside watch. A huge flag of America is carried by the troops. Military vehicles pass along in the parade.

Date: 1934
Duration: 1 min 42 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675055027
Apple eaters increase their chewing efficiency and also help the jobless thousands in San Francisco, California.

Humor newsreel about apple eaters in San Francisco, California. People in San Francisco increase their chewing efficiency and also help the unemployed thousands by eating apples and helping apple growers during the Great Depression. A man on a walkway of a busy San Francisco street buys an apple from a fruit vendor and is seen chewing an apple. Another man beside him. A man chewing on an apple while having a hair-cut, as the barbers also chew apples. A man looking on also chewing on an apple. A group of women golf players on a golf course eating apples. A woman places an apple down instead of the golf ball and takes a stroke as the other women watch. An engine driver of a train stands in front of a train and eats an apple. A man cleaning the windows of a high skyscraper building holds an apple in one hand and chews on it while working. A dentist attends to a patient in a clinic. The dentist eats an apple while he works, and the patient holds the apple for the dentist to bite from while he works.

Date: 1931, February 2
Duration: 1 min 10 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675055145