A CALIFORNIA TOUR

[Music] California's Mount Shasta once broed over the covered wagons of the Pioneers now looks down upon the speeding Shasta daylight limited high in the Sierra Nevadas we view Lake Tahoe second largest body of fresh water in the world at an elevation of more than 6,000 ft its greatest known depth is 1645 ft from the water's edge the hills swell slowly away to snow covered mountains more than 10,000 ft above sea level the shoreline offers many lovely beaches with gently lapping waves and many recreational Pleasures for visitors who love to swim and a sunbay [Music] Sports abound here too from Fast motorboating across the calm Waters to thrilling water skiing where skill and Grace in balancing are [Music] required there's also fishing for those who prefer the excitement of hooking into the big one from the wona tunnel entrance yed Valley provides a breathtaking site it is one of California's most widely known attractions on the floor of the valley the mered river is a mecca for fishermen who cast their lures almost under the spray of towering Cascades such as yosity Falls a day fishing generally yields a bountiful catch which later sizzles in the pan over an open campfire to tempt the [Music] appetite the mountainous back country offers this picturesque trail from which may be seen y's awe inspiring half in ages past glaciers ground through these ranges creating the spectacular split Peak and other ages produced the giant redwoods oldest of living things they have watched the centuries pass and generations of men from the Stone Age to the automobile one is so huge it spans a road with ample clearance for a [Music] car but it isn't always summer in y and when winter comes with heavy snowfalls it brings out the ski lifts and offers the joy of zooming down steep slopes for the kids there's the good oldfashioned belly Whopper Nature's children are rarely wild in the yuse they're trusting and friendly and eager for a handout especially the deer there's Variety in California with lovely beaches such as lagona with glamour provided by Bathing Beauties enjoying the sun West Lake Park in Los Angeles offers recreational facilities at the very edge of the downtown area alvero street is a tiny section of Old Mexico planted in the very Heart of the City on the actual site of its birthplace it was one of the first streets in the original pevo or town Mexican products are on display in its many tiny bizar modern Los Angeles has a network of freeways linking together the sprawling City one of the most famous intersections in the world is in Hollywood where the John Smiths of Main Street USA May rub elbows with the greatest stars of the film Capital Gran's Chinese Theater has been the scene of many spectacular Motion Picture premieres and few Hollywood tourists fail to visit here in the cement pavement are the footprints handprints and signatures of all the great stars of the past 30 [Music] years another attraction is the famous Brown Derby restaurant popular with the Hollywood film people on the Bay of Monteray is famous Midway Point reached by the lovely 17m drive here the wind blown trees are typical of the drive and nearby is the interesting Seal Rock with thousands of gulls constantly disputing the rights of the seal one of the golf courses here will test a player's driving skill for some of the shots are across Open Water the Great selinus Valley is known as the salad bowl of the world [Music] here are raised thousands of carloads of lettuce every year the green fields stretching for miles south of this area oranges are harvested throughout the seasons valencias in summer and Naval oranges in Winter the beautiful city of San Francisco has risen From the Ashes of the Great Fire of 1906 among the few structures that survived is the Old Ferry Building only cars pulled by cables underground could climb the steep grades when the city was rebuilt and one line survives as a tourist attraction the gripman grabs the cable through a slot between the tracks and it easily pulls the carload of passengers to the lofty crest of one of the [Music] streets in the distance is alcatra prison this impregnable Penitentiary known as The Rock confines the nation's most desperate criminals it stands in the center of San Francisco [Music] Bay the colorful City with its Corner Flower stands as well as the brightly painted fishing boats offers something for the eye and as much for the nose especially at Fisherman's Warf where young fishermen try their luck and steaming cauldrons filled with luscious Seafood give off smells to tantalize the appetite Oakland Bay Bridge 8 m long is said to be the longest of its kind in the world linking San Francisco with Oakland Alam and Berkeley The Majestic Golden Gate Bridge is the world's longest span suspended by cables 4,200 ft in length its towers are the height of 62 story buildings the mysteries of the Orient are in San Francisco's Chinatown the largest outside of China itself the gold Russia 49 lured so many of these people across the Pacific they established here the atmosphere of old China where their ancient culture persists through generations of American citizenship even railroad stations show the influence of the early Spanish settlers whose missions have survived to this day much of California's greatness may stem from the spiritual influence the Padre's brought into this land