Scenes of Amelia Earhart taxiing her Lockheed Vega 5B airplane to the ramp, at Oakland Airport, on January 12, 1935, having left Wheeler Field, Honolulu the day before. This completed her solo flight from Honolulu, Hawaii (the first person to successfully accomplish such a transpacific flight). Crowds her airplane as she taxis in, and parks near a hangar of the U.S. Naval Air Station. Amelia stands in the cockpit of her airplane, holding a bouquet of flowers, as crowds mill about on the ramp beneath. Change of scene shows Amelia standing on a steel platform, of the airport tower, with her husband, George Putnam. Closeups of Amelia.
Decorated floats at a parade in Ocean Park, California. Children dressed in colorful costumes during the parade. Children in prams pushed around by their mothers. Floats decorated with flowers. Children dressed in colorful costumes on the floats as they pass in review. A large number of people gathered on either side of a street to watch the parade.
A film about state parks during the Great Depression in California, United States. A car drives down a road in Humboldt Redwoods State Park. Trees on either side of the road. Civilian Conservation Corps men cut lumber. A car drives down a road. CCC men make road signs in the park. A mountain with trees in the foreground. CCC men dig culverts and construct roads in the park. Telephone wires being put up. A girl looks out of a hole in the trunk of a tree at Calaveras State Park. Men tie telegraph wire to a pole. CCC men cut lumber.
A film depicts an impressionistic study of Washington DC on a typical Great Depression day. Clark Mills's Lieutenant General George Washginton equestrian statue at Washington Circle. A cemetery and men work at the cemetery. They use a machine to help lift old grave markers up out of the ground. The grave markers appear to be circa civil war era. A marker with number 7566 on top is lifted out of the cemetery grounds. Elevated view of Pennsylvania Avenue, Old Post Office Building seen on right, and traffic on the street. Close up elevated view of 1930's automobiles stopped a stop light. Several views of 1935 year license plates or number plates of cars from various states including California, Georgia, New York, Wisconsin, and Ohio . A horse eats food from a bucket. A woman seated on a footpath drinks and enjoys lunch. A family seated around a table during a lunch break. People at the National Zoo. They look at animals and stand behind a cage. A young girl plays with leopard cubs. Picnickers seated in a garden, with cars on roadway behind, possibly Rock Creek Park area. A close up of a young girl eating. Children swinging on a swing set.
A film titled 'Land of the Giants' about state parks in California, United States. View of tall mountains. Trees along the bank of a lake. Views of Yosemite National Park. A stream flows at Redwood State Park. Water gushes at a great speed. A waterfall in the park.
A film about state parks during the Great Depression in California, United States. A view of mountains at Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park. A car drives along a mountain road. A stream of the Big Sur River flows through the park. Water hits against huge rocks. A man walks down a path. A man near a car on an open field. Road signs in the park. A man stands outside a barrack at a Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camp site. Volunteers of the CCC work with shovels and picks as they construct a road. Mechanized equipment and rollers being used to construct the road. CCC volunteers play baseball to relax.
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