The Sunset Limited passenger train enroute from New Orleans to San Francisco, in 1915. The railroad train running on the tracks.
Television broadcast during the Presidential elections of 1984. In Los Angeles at the Century Plaza Hotel : People cheer raising flags of America. The President of the United States Ronald Wilson Reagan during his election victory speech addresses reducing use of nuclear weapons. Views of Reagan's supporters cheering.
Development progress report of U.S. F-105 Thunderchief fighter bomber in the United States. U.S. Air Force YF-105A Thunderchief being towed. Republic maintenance men work on TF-105B on a ramp. The emergency hydraulic ram air turbine being extended from fuselage and then retracted. A bluff-shaped B-1 bomb being towed out and positioned under YF-105 on the ramp. Bluff-shaped B-8 bomb being lifted up into the YF-105A bomb bay. YF-105A taxis at the Edwards Air Force Base. Flyover of YF-105A. The wing tips and horizontal stabilizers being coated with high visibility paint. YF-105A in flight. A bomb bay and bluff shaped B-8 bomb drops towards the ground. Artwork depicts position change of the horizontal stabilizers. F-105B on dry lake bed after landing gear failure during the first flight. A truck mounted crane lifts the F-105B off the dry lake bed. F-105B with gear extended being towed by a tug on the dry lake bed. Two airmen work in the control room at the Edwards Air Force Base. A F-105B turns to the left and taxis towards the runway. Airmen work in the control tower. F-105 B taxis and takes off and retracting its landing gear. F-105 climbs after the take off.
King Faisal II of Iraq in San Diego, United States. A Greyhound Bus over a bridge. The King's royal party walks down a gangplank. They board a barge. The barge underway. The Iraqi and the American flags on the barge. It ferries the King to a ship. USS Oriskany underway. The barge approaches the ship. King walks up a ladder to the deck of the ship. Sailors on the deck.
Waterfront views of the San Francisco: Oakland Bay Bridge (Aka "Bay Bridge"). U.S. Navy warships can be seen in the distance, along with passenger ferry boats. Yerba Buena Island can be seen. Views of a Japanese freighter, a smaller ship, and a ferry boat heading into its terminal at the San Francisco Ferry Building on The Embarcadero.
Activities of Navy personnel aboard the battleship USS Pensylvania (BB-38) as makes its way toward San Francisco. A bugler blows a call on topside. Numerous views of the bugler with his horn. Sky and water in the background. The ship sways. The ship passing under the unfinished Golden Gate Bridge. Cables have been strung, but no further progress is noticeable. Heavy fog which partly obscures the top of the bridge piers. View from foredeck of the superstructure of USS Pennsylvania, as it passes underneath the cables of the Golden Gate Bridge. A gong aboard the ship. Mess cooks work on a potato cutter aboard the ship. A close up of the gong. The bugler blows a bugle on topside.
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