Construction of Liberty Ships during World War 2. Sign over entrance to the Kaiser Shipyards in Richmond, California, one of the U.S. shipyards where Liberty ships were being constructed. Change of shift in Kaiser Company shows huge numbers of workers leaving at end of their shift . Words on large building read 'Machine Shop'. Traffic passes on road in yard. Views from high vantage point of buildings and ships under construction. Crane and moving parts at dusk. Welders at work on several ships. Cranes against evening sky.
Various events captured by newsreel cameramen. City of Berkeley, California, burning, in 1923. Furniture on side of road. Some people scramble to save possessions in path of advancing fire. Others watch helplessly. Crowd mills around. View of burning buildings from roof top. Wrecked building. Burning multistory buildings in a city. One collapses. Arctic explorers' ship navigates between icebergs.
United States flying boat China Clipper (a Martin M-130 Flying Boat of Pan American Airways) at the beach in Alameda, California. Ceremonies precede the China Clipper passenger airplane take off from Alameda to Honolulu. The huge craft leaves for the first mail and passenger flight. Captain Musick and his crew. Mail to be loaded in packets. The U.S. flag on the flying boat. Huge crowd at the beach. Plane taxis in water. Aerial view of the land. Pilot seated at the controls in the cockpit. Interior and exterior view of the China Clipper while in flight.
Easter Sunrise Services at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California. Cross on top of a Church is lighted. A huge crowd gathers to attend the ceremony. The crowd sits during the ceremony.
Voting process of United States Presidential elections. Aerial view of city of Riverton, California. A cyclist and a car pass on the street. Houses in the street. A woman gets out of a car and enters a school building. The school is one of the polling places. Signs read 'Election Today', and 'Closed Election Day'. Volunteers work at the polling place. Voters list kept on the table. Traces of campaign activities are removed before the election starts. U.S. flag in the classroom. First citizen arrives in a milk-van to vote. He enters the voting booth and closes the curtain. He first votes for the President and Vice-President, then for Senator of State and Representative from district. A document reads 'Constitution of United States of America'.
An aviatrix (female flyer, woman pilot) gets a transport pilot's license in Burbank, California. An aircraft in flight. The aircraft taxis and lands at an airfield. A pilot in the aircraft. The Department of Commerce transport pilot license is issued to Laura Ingalls, an aviatrix. Laura Ingalls, the aviatrix who completed a several-mile solo flight around South America, with another person beside the aircraft. Laura Ingalls looks at the license in her hand.
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