U.S. Navy tanker loads oil at docks in Wilmington, California. Tanker loads oil at Union Oil Company in Wilmington, California. U.S. Navy sailors coupling feed line to tanker. Sailors work on tanker. U.S. Navy tanker loading oil at Shell Co. docks at Wilmington. Barrels of oil being loaded on tanker with Matson Liner in the background. Sailors around oil barrel on dock. Oil barrels being hoisted aboard ship. View from deck of tanker shows Shell Tank farm in the background and sailor checking tank in foreground.
Narrator, Lewis Nordyke, recalls seeing farm families passing through Dalhart, Texas, on their way West, to escape the dust bowl and start anew in California. Farmers and their families traveling in trucks. They stop and make camp for the night. Two farmers in conversation. Woman feeding a baby. Woman drying clothes. Girl sleeping. Journey starts again, with trucks piled high with belongings driving on roads. A sign marked with 'Arizona Welcomes You' can be seen as they pass through the Inspection office. Entering California, a board marked 'Needles welcome You to California'. Farmers go through inspection process in California.
Spectators fill bleacher seats to watch the Little League championship game in Pennsylvania. View of Dave Sehmen, of Granada Hills, California pitching against Stratford Connecticut. Narrator states that he struck out 18 batters. Glimpse of spectators in the stands. Next, California takes a one-nothing lead as their catcher, Ken Kinsman, gets the only extra-base hit of the game, a home run in the 4th inning. Views of fans scrambling for the ball where it lands, and of Kinsman rounding the bases. Fans applauding in the stands. Harold Smith of Connecticut is seen stealing second base and advancing to third as another Connecticut batter grounds out to first base. Smith is seen sliding into home plate to even the score, when California catcher Kinsman lets a pitch get past him. In an extra inning, Kinsman is seen hitting a single to right field. View of him (number 10) on first base. Team mate Fred Seibly (number 6) hits an infield grounder and Kinsman is forced out at second. But the throw to firat for a double play goes wild and Seibly advances to second. James Walker then hits a looping fly over first base that brings Seibly home for the win. Members of the California team celebrate on the field with their coaches.
Historical sites related to the westward expansion of the United States. The belltower of Mission in San Juan Capistrano, Orange County, California. Man surrounded by white pigeons. Statue of Saint JunÃpero Serra and a Native American Indian boy at San Juan Capistrano Mission. The bells of San Juan Mission. The interior of San Juan Church in California.
Final football match of Pacific Coast Conference is played between University of Southern California (Trojans) and Stanford University. University of Southern California beats Stanford University by 19-0. Around 95,000 people witness the match.
Aerial views of Los Angeles in California. The San Fernando Valley, Hollywood motion picture studios, and farms. Landmarks and trademarks: Electrical transmission towers, View of Hoover Dam and of hydroelectric power transmission facilities from Hoover Dam. Towers, factories, large scale industry, Oil Derricks, towers of gasoline and petroleum refining. An automobile assembly line engaged in production of 1950's four-door sedan cars. A worker at a tire manufacturing factory. Steel mill operations. Large steam locomotive wheels at factory. Aerial view of many oil wells and derricks near Los Angeles California. The U.S. flag near tower electrical tower. Douglas DC-6 transport Aircraft at production factory, including planes for commercial airlines such as Philippine Airlines and KLM. North American F-86 jet fighter aircraft at factory field. Workers exiting aircraft factory.
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