Manuel Sanchez checks a truck engine at the War Assets Administration's surplus truck and trailer sale at Port Hueneme. The sale was open to veterans only and included 5499 vehicles valued at about $14,000,000 total.
The camera pans up towards a large, latticed tower that rises at center. A single propeller blade caps the orchard heater. About halfway up the tower, a man climbs (J. E. Bowersmith?). Nearer to camera, orange trees just into frame from the lower left and lower right corners, naturally framing the orchard heater's tower.
Pump made by the U.S. Electrical Manufacturing Company. The label on the pump reads "Trade Mark, U.S. Auto Start Ball-Bearing Motor, U.S. Motors, S. S. Electrical Mfg. Co., Los Angeles, Cal."