USS California (BB-44) at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, United States. A marine sentry moves past in the foreground. Men look at the ship in the foreground from a dock. Crew and dock workers on the deck of the ship. View of aircraft carrier USS Saratoga (CV-3) passing by in the background (having arrived at Pearl Harbor September 21 for repairs). USS California was departing for Puget Sound Navy Yard for major reconstruction following her damage during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor the prior December 7. The USS California underwent dry dock repairs at Pearl Harbor Drydock Number Two until June 7, 1942, and then was moved under her own power to a wharf at the Pearl Harbor Navy Yard for reinstallation of guns in July before departing on October 10 for the Puget Sound Navy Yard. (World War II period).
Dick Anderson with his new contraption called the Manta Ray at the Los Angeles Harbor in California. Anderson stands in his scuba diving suit ready to board the Manta Ray. The invention looks like a saucer shaped surf board. He puts on his goggles and gets onto the board. The contraption moves in the water. Anderson dives into the water on the board and resurfaces. It is driven by a compressed air motor and can dives like a submarine. It is designed to go up to the depth of 300 feet.
Earrings designed by the Metal Art Guild of California. Members of the Guild seen in their workshop as they design and make the earrings. Models display the various glittering, intricate designs that are like hanging mobile artwork pieces to be worn on the ears. The earrings twirl with every motion of the models, which the narrator says leads some to call them "whirligig earrings." A design called the Tear Drop.
Logs piled up in California A crane near the pile. Logs on a truck.
Wine making in California. Numerous bunches of newly harvested green grapes and red grapes are dumped into bins and moved on conveyor belts as the process of making wine begins.
Fresh pumpkins in California. Pumpkins piled up for transportation. Trucks in the background.
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