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Military personnel practice a water rescue during the Army-Navy maneuvers that took place off the coast of Southern California in late 1946

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Military personnel practice a water rescue during the Army-Navy Maneuvers that took place off the coast of Southern California at the end of 1946. The goal of the war games was to practice two maneuvers: Operation Mountain Goat, an amphibious landing designed to dislodge "enemy" troops, and Operation Oilskin, a landing to cut off "enemy" communications. The Army, Navy, and Marine Corps aircrafts participated in the exercise.
Date:
November and December 1946
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Military personnel practice a water rescue during the Army-Navy maneuvers that took place off the coast of Southern California in late 1946

Race horse Seabiscuit after winning the Santa Anita Handicap mile and a quarter race in record time, Arcadia, March 2, 1940

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Race horse Seabiscuit after winning the $100,000 Santa Anita Handicap and setting a new track record for the mile and a quarter race. The Los Angeles Times called it “the most popular victory in the history of western racing.” Seabiscuit’s victory received a rousing ovation from the 74,000 spectators
Date:
March 2, 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Race horse Seabiscuit after winning the Santa Anita Handicap mile and a quarter race in record time, Arcadia, March 2, 1940

Journalists crowd around Mikhail Gromov, Sergei Danilin, and Andrei Yumashev who set a world record for by flying directly from from Moscow to Southern California by way of the North Pole, at March Field Air Base. Riverside, 1937

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Photographers and journalists crowd around pilot Mikhail Gromov, co-pilot Sergei Danilin, and navigator Andrei Yumoshev, who landed the then longest flight in aviation history from Moscow to San Jacinto, CA by way of the North Pole. The three men flew for 62 hours and 17 minutes before landing in Earl Smith's Hemet Valley cow pasture. They were quickly taken to March Field Air Base in Riverside, California, for a meal and a shower before meeting the press.
Date:
July 14, 1937
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Journalists crowd around Mikhail Gromov, Sergei Danilin, and Andrei Yumashev who set a world record for by flying directly from from Moscow to Southern California by way of the North Pole, at March Field Air Base. Riverside, 1937