Women sell thrift stamps in Venice, California. They pose with two elephants. A poster reads "help win the war". A large crowd gathers at the shop.
A film titled 'Water tennis makes a bow as aquatic sport,' shows girls playing a game of tennis in a pool in Venice, California. One of the girls writes down score on a board, as another one judges the game.
Home-made deep sea scuba diving suits in Venice Beach, California. Men don hot water boiler diving helmets and get into water. Women stand on beach and pump bicycle syle air pumps to provide air through long black tubes extending to the divers. Divers come out of the ocean water carrying a "treasure" box from bottom of the ocean floor. Woman comes out of the treasure box as they open it.
Four year old lion on swing in Venice, California. Lion named King Tuffy sways on an old fashioned rope swing under the directions of his trainer Harry D. "Bob" Matthews. (This is one of the MGM lions and also the first lion to walk a wire.) The lion in his cage swings on flying trapeze. trainer stands besides the lion.
A B-52 Stratofortress, an X-24 lifting body, and an X-24A aircraft in flight over Edwards Air Force Base in California. The B-52 taxis at Edwards Air Force Base. Various views of Edwards AFB. The B-52 aircraft in flight. The X-24 lifting body aircraft and the X-24A behind the B-52. The X-24 and the X-24A leave vapor trails behind. They make landings at Edwards AFB.
'Countdown for Deterrence' outlines the activities involved in a LGM-30 Minuteman missile operational test launches. View of several Mark 12 Reentry vehicles glowing as they enter the atmosphere at the Western Test Range in the Pacific Ocean. The Minuteman III missiles carrying them are seen being launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in Lompoc, California. Launch crews at controls. Intercontinental Ballistic Missile test launch operations begins at Vandenberg AFB. Exterior of building. Data analysis by officers. Scheduling officers at work. Launch tube of missile. Shows various officers responsible for launching of missile. Launch director in conference with ICBM test maintenance personnel. Maintenance of launch tube by the maintenance crew. The missile components arrive in Vandenberg AFB. Crew in underground silo work. Tape deck which records messages from SAC HQ. A Red box which contains secret codes for the launch of the missiles is double padlocked. Pre-recorded voice reports on the current status of the missile. An officer instructs Task Force personnel in Vandenberg AFB. Task Force commander confers with two officers.
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