A new sonic airplane tested in Muroc, California at (Muroc Air Base, then being renamed to Edwards Air Force Base). Northrop pilot Charles Tucker, wearing an oxygen gear, in United States Air Force's new research craft X-4 Bantam. The X-4 taxis and takes off for its first flight test. The X-4, the swept-wing, semi-tailless plane powered by gas turbine engines, in flight.
Track and field sports at Compton, California. Participants of 100 meters race, run on track. Willie White wins by Bobby Joe Morrow, American Athlete, winner of three Olympic gold medals in 1956 in the race. Bob Gutowski wins pole vault. Participants of Mile run, run on track. Spectators watch the game. Australia's Merv Lincoln wins the Mile.
United States Army Air Forces aircraft Black Widow's features are demonstrated in Hawthorne, California. A stationary Northrop P-61 Black Widow aircraft with views of its tail section, wings and engines starting. The Black Widow takes off.
The Twenty First Annual Pacific Coast Kennel Club show in Oakland, California. Various dog breeds participate in the show. Pekingese, wire-hair fox terriers, chows, English bulls, griffon and pointers present.
Clean Air Car Race in Pasadena,California. Trucks and buses spewing diesel fumes in a crowded city street. Cars gathering for the Clean Air Car Race include Stevens Institute of Technology Electric Vehicle...an electric car, or EV. Other cars have signs on them noting "Powered by Alcohol" , "Powered by Clean Burning Natural Gas" , "San Diego State College" , and "Diesel powered by Wilcap". Mechanics check engines and batteries cars. Drivers at electric vehicle charge station. The clean air car race begins. Cars move one by one. They drive through streets. Driver repairs the engine on a Volkswagen beetle car. Man rides a customized motorbike or motorcycle with a large aerodynamic windscreen. Animated map shows the route of the race. Sign board on the street reads Pasadena. Spectators gathered at the finish line in Pasadena
The Walt Disney Studios (500 S Buena Vista St, Burbank, CA 91521, USA) in Burbank, California. Walt Disney Production building. People walking in the compound of the building. A sign on corner of Mickey Avenue. A Coast Guard policeman at the gate. Navy personnel and women entering and leaving the gate. The brassard around the policeman's arm reads 'Coast Guard Police' (during World War 2.)
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