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Generators and tubes at the Sodium Reactor Experiment nuclear power plant

The Sodium Reactor Experiment nuclear power plant at the Santa Susana Field Laboratory in Southern California. Air blast heat exchangers where hot sodium is cooled at the power plant. Tubes located in the air stream of electrically driven fans in the facility. Tubes where sodium flows directly to the steam plant through the secondary non-radioactive sodium loop. Loops and tubes of the Sodium Reactor Experiment plant. The Southern California Edison Company run electrical generating plant used in conjunction with the Sodium Reactor Experiment. A steam generator inside the electrical generating plant. A steam condenser. Water pipes supplying the steam condenser with water. Induced draught cooling water tower. Conventional turbine generator feeding a step-up transformer. A generator in power plant. Powerlines in Southern California. The Sodium Reactor Experiment nuclear power plant with the Santa Susana Mountains in the background. Scientists working at a control center. Aerial view of the the Sodium Reactor Experiment nuclear power plant.

Date: 1977, October
Duration: 3 min 17 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675080619
Nearly five hundred dogs of various breeds participate in the tenth annual Dog Show in Santa Cruz, California

500 Swanky Pets' strut at West Coast Dog Show. A 'Dog town special' arrives carrying a variety of dogs for tenth annual Santa Cruz dog show in Santa Cruz, California. Owners display their dogs.

Date: 1936, July 27
Duration: 42 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675037654
United States aircraft carrier USS Independence (CVL-22) damaged in Operation Crossroad "Test Able," risk in daily lives and discussion of radioactivity.

'Radioactive contamination' about the hazards posed by the sinking of a United States aircraft carrier and the methods to control radioactivity. United States Navy F6F-3 Hellcat aircraft taking off from United States aircraft carrier USS Independence (CVL-22) in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. F6F-3 Hellcat firing rockets in air. Landing signal operator LSO using flags while guiding plane for landing on USS Independence. Kamikaze attacks at Tarawa. Anti aircraft guns on carrier cut down kamikaze planes as they attack. USS Independence flying USA flag at Tokyo Bay. Scene of surrender of Japanese at Tokyo Bay aboard the USS Missouri. Aerial view of atomic bomb blast at Bikini in 1946. The wrecked carrier Independence being towed away after it was used as a target for an atomic bomb test in 1946 as part of Operation Crossroads. Men at a construction site talk about contamination caused in sea water due to sinking of Independence containing radioactive waste. They comment, "she's all full of that radioactive poison" and with respect to eating fish in water near the ship, "would you eat fish again?" Two women dressed in furs, in a car, also discuss radioactivity. One woman says, "from what I've heard it's very dangerous. " View of 1940s car backing into oncoming traffic and almost causing an accident. An aerial view of atomic explosion at Bikini. Damaged USS Independence ship after TEST ABLE. Signs on board warn of radioactivity with words, "Keep Clear, Danger! Very Radio-Active" and "Radioactivity. Do not remain more than 2 hours." Men in small boat near USS Independence examine damage to the ship. Parts of the USS Independence being tested for radioactive contamination at the Naval Radiological Defense Laboratory NRDL, Hunter's Point Naval Shipyard in San Francisco, California. The USS Independence being sunk in 1951. View of Bikini atomic bomb blast within a bay surrounded by ships. Simulation shows the effect a similar blast would have on a coastal city as a radioactive cloud covers the city. Officers holding handkerchiefs to their mouths as they enter an office building from outside. Firemen climb ladders while putting out a large fire. A house wife working in a kitchen and responding to a pot boiling over on the stove burns her hand. A man slips on a bar of soap in the shower while singing. An officer honking at an oncoming car as he is run off the road. Woman driver dressed in furs exclaims to her friend about the bad driving of men. Officer just run off the road by woman driver exclaims, "Women !" with frustration. Aerial view of test nuclear explosion at Bikini Atoll.

Date: 1951
Duration: 8 min 20 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675051356
Participants taking off in hot air balloon race from Catalina Island to California mainland

Five Hot air balloons preparing for a race from Catalina Island, to the mainland, California. Views of gas tanks and flames that create the hot air for the balloons. Participant, Barbara R. Keith,a 42 year old grandmother, from Hartford, Connecticut, seen wearing an inflatable life jacket and donning her helmet. She boards her balloon and tucks her goodluck mascot (a stuffed toy dog) into the gondola. she is seen rising in her balloon. Brief view of the ground and sightseers from a balloon about 50 feet in the air. Famed balloonist, Donald Louis Piccard, is seen igniting his heater and leaving the ground aboard his balloon. (Note: This was an ill fated venture. Only one balloonist successfully reached the mainland, California. The rest had to be rescued from the water. Mrs. Keith lost her life and her body was recovered days later.)

Date: 1964, January 19
Duration: 1 min 17 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675036642
Prime Minister of Israel,Levi Eshkol visits a film set, meets actors, visits Disneyland in California

Prime Minister of Israel Levi Eshkol and his wife on the set of a Hollywood film in California. View of bright film studio lights turning on. Prime Minister Eshkol meets with a group of film actors including Rock Hudson, Barbara Stanwyck, and Robert Taylor. They meet the film stars. They also pay a visit to Disneyland in Anaheim,California. Prime minister Eshkol wearing an academic gown participates in graduation ceremony at Roosevelt University in downtown Chicago,Illinois.

Date: 1964
Duration: 2 min 6 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675038582
Bay View, a horse, wins the Santa Anita Handicap in Arcadia in California

A film titled 'Santa Anita Handicap' shows people buying tickets to witness annually held horse race, Santa Anita Handicap in Arcadia in California. A large number of spectators gather to witness the race. Bay View, a horse, wins the race.

Date: 1941, March 4
Duration: 2 min 35 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675037925