Home Movie Dana Point & San Pedro, California Los Angeles Olympics Games Bonus Army 55274 (1932)

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This silent, black & white home movie shows life in Southern California in 1932-33, when many things were happening in the region -- including the Olympic Games and the Rose Parade. The film shows these events as an ordinary citizen would have experienced them, and it also includes a visit to Dana Point and San Pedro and possibly Long Beach, California to see the U.S. Navy fleet at anchor. It also includes rare footage of the so-called Bonus Army encamped in Orange County. Opening: Title card: We drive at Dana Villa, Memorial Day 1932 (:08). Cars drive; Dana Point Motor Inn, Dana Point is midway between Los Angeles and San Diego, CA (:13). Cars drive down a road next to the motor inn (:33). Title card: Enjoying the holiday with the Feldmans (:42). A family with children approaches a door, they go in and act silly (:45). Walking the grounds of the Mission in San Juan Capistrano, CA (1:07). The Bonus Army at Orange Show Grounds (1:52). (The Bonus Army was a group of demonstrators – made up of 17,000 U.S. World War I veterans, together with their families and affiliated groups – who gathered in mid-1932 to demand early cash redemption of their service certificates.) Men play instruments (2:18). Spain family comes for a visit; children play in metal locomotive and sedan pedal cars (2:24). Spain family gets ready to leave (3:08). 10th Olympiad at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (3:24). The 1932 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the X Olympiad, was an…

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Running time

16 minutes

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Ephemeral Films

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• Stock Footage