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National Rollerskating Championships get under way in Oakland Auditorium. Newsreel story.

Stagg meets postman at his front door, receiving flood of letters from well-wishers on his…

Scenes at Ladera Park Baby Show, Los Angeles and Antioch (California) Diaper Derby. Newsreel story.

437 Korean War prisoners return to the United States on a naval transport ship. Newsreel story.

Orphaned quadruplets of black sheep cared for

Palo Alto, California: Models in swimsuits gyrate on Bongo Boards. Newsreel story. ca. 1950s

Boats have right of way in Netherlands town.

Douglas X-3 supersonic plane in testflights; flying stiletto; VS takeoff, air-to-air, landing

Scenes at the brand-new, $2 million Kaiser Hospital somewhere in California. Newsreel story.

Vallecitos Atomic Electric Power Plant, the first licensed nuclear power plant, opens at Pleasanton, Calif. on…

Sidney Steinberg and others were hiding in the Sierra Nevada mountains.

Visit to Guide Dogs for the Blind, San Rafael, California: a school for training seeing-eye…

Senator William Knowland (publisher, Oakland Tribune) announces candidacy in the Republican primary for Governor of California…

Dedication ceremony for dam built to supply water for Hawthorne Ammunition Depot, an isolated naval base…

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Famous frog-jumping contest memorialized in Mark Twain's short story "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of…

Captive for 64 Hours, Wealthy Realtor Saved. Realtor Leonard Moskowitz kidnapped, journalists are in on the…

SPORTS: KITESTINKING (sp?), Artesia, California; Games where people get drenched; Water stunt; camera gets drenched, so…

Texas: Knife-thrower Louella Gallagher throws knives at her daughters Connie Ann, 5, and Colleena Sue…

U.S. Navy opens 1 megawatt transmitter in Cascade Mountains of Washington, known as 'Radio Jim…

36,000 sacks of mail destined for GI's overseas; VS sacks of mail, good stockshots…

Ray Nichols of Oakland commutes to work by helicopter; Modern home has helipad on roof; Sequoia…

MT. TAMALPAIS: Air Force allows a glimpse at its aircraft radar warning center atop mountain.

San Mateo, California hairstylist Grivee demonstrates novelty hairdos, including the "Parakeet," "Number 9," and the "Swept…

Vice-President Richard Nixon and First Lady Patricia Nixon arrive in San Francisco and embark on…

Oakland, Calif.: Women's rowing club on Lake Merritt. Newsreel story.

5-year-old, adopted by former serviceman Bill Pond, arrives on the liner President Cleveland in…

Picture Puzzle Aids in Criminal Identification; Identikit-like system to reconstruct appearance of perps; Richmond, Calif…

audiences clapping and looking at wheelbarrow races; VS wheelbarrow races; Good stunt

Pocket-sized biplane, John Pontius, inventor of Los Altos, Calif.

Oakland, California: Rehabilitation shipments to Korea

Relief ship Hawaiian Bear sails from Port of Stockton (California), carrying cargo contributed by the American…

Action footage of Reno, Nevada rodeo. Jimmy Lederer, Universal Newsreel cameraman, receives Wrangler framed award. Newsreel…

Civic holiday, first annual Cable Car Festival in San Francisco

San Francisco: Dead Whale Opens Seafood Season; Dead whale appeared on Market Street; Dead whale (42…

Two Juniors (Steve Henry and Mike Bresso) at the College of the Pacific try beat world…

Soldier at Presidio of San Francisco wears size 16 AAA shoes, the army has none in…

Driving tests for teenagers in Vallejo, California; Contest for state's best driver; probably a Teenage…

TEXAS BLAST!; SPECIAL RELEASE! FIRST PICTURES; Footage of the Texas City explosion of 1947; great disaster…