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San Diego California USA 1938 stock footage and images

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U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt boards the USS Houston in San Diego, California.

President Franklin D. Roosevelt arrives, in an open car decorated with patriotic bunting, at a pier in San Diego, where the American cruiser, USS Houston (CA -30) is docked. Camera focuses on the superstructure of the Cruiser, which displays the American flag and a flag with the Presidential Seal. Next, the President is seen looking over the railing of the Houston as well-wishers wave from the dock below. Closeup of Roosevelt smiling broadly as he waves from the ship's railing. Glimpse of USS Houston underway in San Diego harbor. (Note: On this occasion, President Franklin D. Roosevelt boarded the USS Houston for a fishing trip. His party included scientists from the Smithsonian Institute, who were to collect specimens from Central and South America while the President fished.)

Location: San Diego California USA
Date: 1938, July 17
Duration: 22 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675033694
U.S. airplanes bomb 'dummy' towns and troops advance on field as a feature of Navy relief fund drive, San Diego, California.

U.S. airplanes go into action as a feature of the Navy relief fund drive, San Diego. Airplanes bomb 'dummy' houses and buildings. Smoke rises from bombed targets. Troops and tanks advance on field. Troops in prone position fire rifles. Airplanes in flight overhead and troops advance in a scattered formation on field.

Location: San Diego California USA
Date: 1938, August 22
Duration: 59 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675047797
Views of California's San Diego, Los Angeles, San Francisco from a cruise ship promotion

Promotional documentary titled 'By The Way of Panama - California The Golden'. Describes views of California to be seen on a cruise from New York, via Panama. The sea shores of California with rocks and sand. A passenger ship sailing in the harbor of San Diego. Views of the San Diego Harbor. The ship, called the "Pennsylvania" reaches harbor of Los Angeles. The buildings and streets of the city of Los Angeles. A Hollywood film studio with shooting underway. Luxury homes of LA. The ship moves on to San Francisco. The harbor of San Francisco including Alcatraz Island in background. Views of the surroundings from a high ridge in San Francisco.

Location: California United States USA
Date: 1931
Duration: 3 min 1 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675035925
American seaplane fighter aircraft F2Y Sea Dart taxis and takes off during a test in San Diego Bay in San Diego, California.

Testing of American seaplane fighter aircraft F2Y Sea Dart in San Diego Bay in San Diego, California. The F2Y Sea Dart taxis in San Diego Bay during a test flight. Buildings on the shore in the background. Several vessels sailing on the bay waters. The F2Y Sea Dart takes off from the bay.

Location: San Diego Bay California USA
Date: 1953, July
Duration: 1 min 4 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675069985
An elevator observatory being inaugurated at the El Cortez Hotel in San Diego, California.

An elevator observatory at The El Cortez hotel (El Cortez Condominiums 702 Ash St, San Diego, CA 92101, United States) in San Diego, California. A woman dressed in a space cadet or astronaut-like uniform stands in the elevator, known as the "Starlight Express." Passengers seen boarding the all-glass elevator that rises outside the building to carries guests to a rooftop ballroom. The lift supported on a hydraulic ram 175 feet long, rises up to the roof of the hotel, Clip includes a brief elevated view of the city of San Diego as seen from the elevator.

Location: San Diego California USA
Date: 1956, April 12
Duration: 43 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675046956
An F2Y Sea Dart seaplane fighter aircraft takes off and lands during a test flight in San Diego Bay in California.

Testing of American seaplane fighter aircraft F2Y Sea Dart in San Diego Bay in San Diego, California. The F2Y Sea Dart takes off from San Diego Bay during a test flight. View of the seaplane in flight. Aerial view of buildings. The seaplane lands and taxis on the bay waters.

Location: San Diego Bay California USA
Date: 1953, July 15
Duration: 51 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675069984
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