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Barry Goldwater wins the Republican Presidential Primary and George Salinger wins the Democratic Senator Primary in California.

Republican Presidential and Democratic Senator Primaries in California in 1964. U.S. Senator Barry Morris Goldwater emerges from a car and receives congratulations for being nominated for President in United States Republican Presidential Primary. Governor of New York, Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller, exits from a bus and meets delegates. Nelson Rockefeller addressees a large crowd as he loses the U.S. Republican Presidential Primary. Barry Goldwater speaks to a large crowd during the presidential campaign. People applaud and cheer for the nominees. Elevated aerial views of part of harbor and city of San Francisco California. Exterior views of the Cow Palace arena near San Francisco, California, which will be site of the Republican National Convention of 1964. Next scene shows Alan Cranston, California Senate Controller, casting vote in a ballot box for Democratic Senatorial Primary. Pierre Emil George Salinger, former Press Secretary, wins the Senatorial nomination in the Democratic party. He is greeted by his wife. He is congratulated by his supporters and party.

Date: 1964, June 4
Duration: 1 min 40 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675071842
Carole Ng wins the crown at the annual Miss Chinatown Beauty Contest in San Francisco.

The annual Miss Chinatown USA Beauty Contest in San Francisco, California. A large crowd of Chinese American spectators gathered at the contest. Chinese American contestants modeling in silk cheongsam dresses. Contestant 5 walks on a ramp in a white butterfly cheongsam dress. Another contestant poses in an elegant cheongsam with floral motifs. Chinese photographers taking pictures. Leona Lee, the previous year winner, awards the crown to 19-year-old Carole Ng of San Francisco. Carole Ng sits on an elaborate Chinese-style throne.

Date: 1960, February 1
Duration: 57 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675056198
Representatives of nations sign United Nations Charter at end of San Francisco Conference.

San Francisco streets, people standing. Representatives of nations signing the United Nations Charter during the San Francisco conference, including representatives from France, two other nations, and the United States (with Edward Stettinius signing and U.S. President Harry S. Truman standing by. View of a U.S. Navy bus pulling up in front of the building. Disabled war veterans from World War 2 exit the bus with assistance. Many are missing limbs and are using crutches or wheel chairs. A small group of citizens is gathered to welcome them. A young boy looks on with concern as the disabled soldiers and sailors exit the bus. His father comforts the boy. President Truman addressing the General Assembly. Views of United Nations flags of many countries fluttering in San Francisco, California.

Date: 1945, June 26
Duration: 2 min 32 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675032539
San Francisco Bay and city, Golden Gate Bridge, and Alcatraz Island, from the Marin Headlands

Views of San Francisco, California from the Marin Headlands. A ship underway on the San Francisco Bay and passes beneath the Golden Gate Bridge. City view in the background from the bridge, and the San Francisco Peninsula overall. The Transamerica Tower clearly visible. Alcatraz Island in the middle of the Bay.

Date: 1976, November
Duration: 1 min 42 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675031130
A procession of floats celebrating San Francisco’s Golden Jubilee

Procession of floats at the Golden Jubilee celebration of San Francisco, California in 1898. Crowds of people watch the parade in the foreground. Four white horses draw the first float with school girls and some adults wearing historical costumes. Six mules draw the next float carrying a corps of fire fighters. A boy’s head partially obscures the view. San Francisco girls in white dresses and Alpine hats ride horses, passing through the immense throngs of on-lookers. They are followed by a float drawn by white horses. Chinese residents of San Francisco carry banners and flags in the procession. They are followed by an immense Chinese float. A beautiful arch is seen in the background.

Date: 1898, March 10
Duration: 2 min 3 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675080646
Labor Union movement grows significantly, but labor strife also continues during 1930s in the U.S.A.

Men work assembling transmissions on an automobile production line. John L. Lewis, President of the United Mine Workers Union, giving a speech supporting formation of the Congress of Industrial organizations (CIO). Group of workers gather to listen to a union speaker. Many wear miners hats. Cheering Union workers march in street carrying posters reading: "Long-Live the C.I.O." and "Forward with C.I.O." Leaders of the early C.I.O., Sidney Hillman, President of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America (ACWA); Philip Murray, Vice President of the C.I.O.; and John L. Lewis, C.I.O. President, circa 1938. David Dubinsky, President of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union (ILGWU); along with Sidney Hillman, and John L. Lewis, are seen mingling with clothing workers. View of a steel mill from workers' residential street on a snowy day. Steel worker in a mill. Deckhand and an engine man aboard a merchant ship. Roustabouts and riggers at an oil well. Nonferris metal miner in rail car. Worker in tire factory. Electrical worker. Union leader speaking to group of workers carrying banner reading: "Shirt workers, Local 128 Allentown, Pennsylvania Joint Board." Labor organizers passing out leaflets to workers leaving a factory. Labor discussions with workers at lunch tables. Draftsman preparing labor organization protest signs calling for "Sanitary Conditions" and "Fair Play." Working women singing a union song. Union workers marching and carrying signs for various causes. Man riding a bicycle displaying sign:"Don't Scab." Car overloaded with people with sign: "Come To Lafollette Labor Rally Monday, July 5, 1937." ACWA workers of Local 95, Atlas Plant. UMWA members of Lafollette, Tennessee. Miners playing cards and playing musical instruments. Miners on strike below in mine for 5 days, cheer leader. Poster encouraging Americans to travel and visit in the USA. Police and military units repel, combat, and arrest striking and protesting workers. Scenes of military uniformed men throwing tear gas grenades into crowds of workers as workers disperse. People assisting injured protesters. Police firing various weapons at protesting workers during labor protests and strikes in San Francisco. U.S. Army soldiers arresting a civilian and throwing tear gas grenades.

Date: 1938
Duration: 4 min 13 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675036813