"Operation Firestop" at Camp Pendleton, California. A helicopter lands and personnel board the helicopter. Helicopter in flight. Helicopter hovers near fire truck as pilot picks up an end of a hose and unreels it, laying it out over a hillside. Accordian-folded cotton hose uncoiled from a tray below a helicopter, as firefighter holds the hose. Fire retarding chemicals being tested by rotating treated materials through flames, in a laboratory at the University of California, Berkeley. Field testing by spraying fire retardants on a grass field at Camp Pendleton, and then observing their efficacy when the field is set afire. Large group of firefighters on hill, participating in "Operation Firestop," watch a helicopter flying below them during tests. A truck laden with bags of chemicals, makes its way up a hill through brush.
College football game between the UCLA (University of California Los Angeles) team and the Washington Huskies in Los Angeles, California. The football game underway between the two teams. The UCLA team defeats the Washington Huskies 13-0 to win the game.
Successful endurance flight of U.S. Army Air Corps C-2A aircraft in Los Angles, California. C-2A Question Mark aircraft taxis and takes off from an airfield in California. Douglas C-1 transport aircraft in flight. C-1 aircraft lowers a hose to refuel the C-2A in mid air. Hose attached to the aircraft as oil, food and gasoline are being supplied to C-2A aircraft. C-1 refueled C-2A Question Mark during the 150 hour long endurance flight.
Successful endurance flight of U.S. Army Air Corps C-2A aircraft in Los Angles, California. C-2A Question Mark aircraft taxis as it lands at an airfield in California. Crew members get off the plane and being congratulated by fellow pilots. Crew members talk to each other. Crew members including Major Carl Spaatz, Captain Ira Eaker, Lieutenant E.R. Quesada, Lieutenant H.A. Halvorsen, Sergeant R. W. Hooe stand against a plane. A pyramid of empty fuel drums symbolizing the 5,200 gallons of fuel used during the endurance flight of C-2A aircraft. Crew members pose in front of the mounds of gasoline cans.
U.S. Army Air Corps 1st Provisional Wing at an annual training in California, United States. Aerial photo of President Herbert Hoover's residence in California taken by the 15th Photo Section. An aerial photograph of the Cascade Range taken from the vicinity of the Crater Lake National Park by Captain A.W. Stevens. Various peaks in the picture including Mt. Hood, Mount Saint Helens, Mt. Rainier, Diamond Peak.
U.S. Army Air Corps 1st Provisional Wing at an annual training in San Francisco, California. U.S. Army Air Corps C-3 aircraft on a field. California state police men load motorcycles into the aircraft. A policemen tries to put on a parachute. A pilot helps the policemen to put on the parachute. Policemen board C-2 aircraft and bid goodbye. A girl bids adieu to a pilot. Nearly 200,000 spectators at the Mills Field, San Francisco. U.S. Army Air Services LB-6, B-2, A-3, P-12 aircraft in flight. Spectators look on. A-3 aircraft lays a smoke screen.
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