Tourism in the Tioga Mountain Pass, located in the High Sierra region between Yosemite and Lake Tahoe in California, United States. A car driving through Lee Vining Canyon. Car driving down scenic mountain route in Yosemite National Park. Yosemite Transport System (YTS) stage passes by a lake. View of Mono Lake, a saline soda lake in Mono County, California. Tioga Lodge cottages near Mono Lake as seen from a passing car. A car stops, driver opens car for passengers. Tourists stop by in one of the cottages in Tioga Lodge. Tourists view a commemorative sign that reads “First White Man to cross the Sierras Capt. Joseph Walker camped here Oct. 15 1833 enroute to the Pacific Coast.” Alkali water flows in a volcanic crater. Tourists viewing a fertile valley.
First Regiment, California Volunteers, boarding the Pacific Mail steamer, SS City of Peking, to serve in the Philippines during the Spanish-American War. The troops board the steamer at the dock First Street between Brannan and Townsend streets in San Francisco, California. Relatives waving United States flags bid the troops goodbye in the foreground. The troops are seen climbing the gangplank with their travel kits and rifles. At least one woman in the crowd raises a handkerchief to her eyes. The troop ships SS Australia and SS City of Sydney departs San Francisco for Manila, Philippines. Troops are seen on the deck of SS Australia. Two harbor tugs escort the SS City of Sydney. The steamships depart San Francisco on May 25, 1898.
Amelia Earhart takes off from the U.S. Naval Air Station in Oakland, California in her Lockheed Electra aircraft, to begin her round-the-world flight. The runway and ramp contain small puddles of water from a recent rain shower. Aerial views from another airplane of the Lockheed Electra as it flies over the Oakland area of California. View of Oakland Bay Bridge.(These were probably shot on March 13th during their checkout flight.) In separate scenes, prior to departure, on the ground, Amelia talks with her husband, George P. Putnam.
A historic, early radio-controlled boat: F Wellington Morse, inventor and builder, demonstrates his radio transmitter control for a small boat model, propelled by two gas powered propellers. Boat goes into water and is controlled via radio control as it turns, circles, and comes back.
A group of children sit and eat with a four year old chimpanzee at his birthday party. The chimpanzee wears clothes and a chain. It drinks milk from a huge bottle. The party ends up with a roller skating round of fun, for the chimpanzee and the children. The chimpanzee uses his long hands while skating and makes funny faces.
Aerial view of the first public flight of a Lockheed Constellation (in Transworld Airways livery). Interior view of the cockpit showing flight instruments.
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