Los Angeles County Relief Administration (LACRA) work with Sheriff's probation officers in enlisting youth for work during the Great Depression in the United States. A juvenile offender undergoes interview with probation officers. Young men work at the Juvenile Delinquency Prevention Camp near San Bernardino, California, digging into rock and gravel and dirt piles as they build new roads. Boy workers seated at a table eat food. They are shown seated receiving school lectures, and playing baseball and boxing. The American flag is lowered outside the camp barracks (operating similar to a CCC or Civilian Conservation Corps camp).
A desert road in the United States. Sign reads “Baker 12, Barstow 74”. A car accident in the desert with overturned car and bystanders.. Sign reads “United States Air Force Norton AFB 63rd Military Airlift Wing” at the entrance Norton Air Force Base, now known as San Bernardino International Airport (1601 E 3rd St #100, San Bernardino, CA 92408, United States). Cars arriving and exiting the gate of the Norton Air Force Base. Four off-duty airmen descend from a staircase. A 1967 Volkswagen Squareback station wagon is parked in front of the building. The four men open their car hood to place their bags there. Another man checks the tires, saying, "just checking the rubber." A White man speaks to his African American friend on the car. The man starts to drive the Volkswagen Squareback. View of man driving as seen in front of the moving car. The 1967 Volkswagen Squareback wagon drives on the highway. Car plate reads “California RHV 189”. View of the road from a moving car, passing by a sign reading “Bastow 33 Las Vegas 189”. Car driving on desert highway.
The importance of roads and highways in the development of United States. The city of Big Bear Lake amidst San Bernardino Mountains in Southern California. The city reached by a new developed forest road. The forest road over a bridge amidst the mountains.
Titled 'Pittsburgh Pirates Getting Into Shape at Training Camp.' Hall of Fame baseball shortstop and Pirates coach Honus Wagner plays around with a movie camera. Reverse film special effect with players. Close up of Pirates manager and Hall of Fame second baseman Frankie Frisch. Players running, doing calisthenics with mountains as backdrop. Shots of batters and pitchers warming up, including brief shots of 1940 National League batting champion Debs Garms (#18) and famous 'eephus ball' pitcher Rip Sewell (#30).
Burlesque dancer Sally Rand (Hattie Helen Gould Beck) and her dance troupe perform the Bubble Dance at the San Diego Expo (the California Pacific International Exposition) in Balboa Park in 1935. Ms. Rand and her dancers perform at a fountain of the Plaza del Pacifico, with the California State Building in the background (which became the San Diego Automotive Museum in 1988)
Man yawning while driving at night. Close up tire driving on night highway. Painted highway lines seen from moving car at night. Driver rubbing face and opening up eyes wide to stay awake at night. Highway lights becoming blurry as driver falls asleep. Close up tired driver eyes closing. Tired driver lights and smokes a cigarette. Narrator notes, "if he thinks a cigarette's going to pep him up at a time like this, he's got another thing coming." Highway road sign reads “San Bernardino 36 Los Angeles 91” at night. The Volkswagen station wagon exits road as camera pans to road sign that reads “Norton AFB 17 Miles”. Driver dozing off at the wheel. The Volkswagen station wagon drifting in lane at night. Driver’s eyes close and falls asleep while driving. A casino dealer sits at Craps table while noting, "I don't feel sorry for gamblers. They're suckers. Professionals don't gamble. In the end, there's only two kinds of people in the world...the pros, and the suckers. " Casino dealer rolls dice. Close up of dice on Craps table showing "snake eyes."
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