Cloverdale Citrus Fair in California, United States. The fiesta is held for the state's 49th tribute to the citrus crop. People gather inside a building. Cloverdale local girl Shirley Williams being crowned as Queen of the Cloverdale Citrus Fair. The girl is given an Irish boogie-woogie with a harp made of oranges. Boy Scouts with their citrus display. Replica of a building and the United Nations emblem. An emblem of the patrons of husbandry and several other replicas on a stage.
Aircraft carrier USS Boxer (CV-21) returns to California, United States from Korean War service. People gather at a harbor to welcome sailors. The sailors aboard the ship. Wives of the sailors carrying their infants wait at the harbor. The sailors meet their babies and wives.
Children, in swim suits, play at a pool in in Sutro Baths, San Francisco, California. They slide down a long slide on the north side of the baths, into the water. Children play and jump into the pool. Some dive from spring boards. (Edison Company, Sutro Baths No. 1, 1897)
Steel being produced in a mill in California, United States during world War II. Machines in operation as steel is being produced in the first steel production facility on the U.S. West Coast. Famous industrialist and shipbuilding titan, Henry J. Kaiser, looks at the production process in the mill. Tanks roll out of an assembly line. Many lines of completed medium tanks and heavy tanks lined up in depots and ready for use in World War II.
The National Air Races in Los Angeles, California. Aircraft in formation flight. The aircraft perform stunts while in flight. An aircraft lands and its pilot being greeted by people. An aircraft dives and then pulls up. Anther aircraft turns upside down while in flight. An aircraft twists and rolls. Three aircraft perform aerial stunts as they leave behind vapor trails. A parachutist descends and lands among the spectators at the air show.
A swimming tube being demonstrated in Long Beach, California. Toshichi Nakamura with a swimming tube around his waist. The swimming tube is equipped with two propellers. He jumps into water from the deck of a ship. Nakamura walks to the shore with the swimming tube around his waist.
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