This is a 1960s era color movie, presented by American Airlines. The film is a promotional piece on California. Footage is taken from major sites and the bustling cities of San Francisco, Los Angeles, Sausalito and others. San Simeon, the San Diego Zoo and Aquarium are also highlighted. Excellent footage of a bustling California with plenty of nature and sporting shots as well. The film opens with waves crashing over the rocks. Different landscapes and views of nature are shown. Asian dancers enter the frame. American Airlines presents, A Touch of California. Western action on the set of a movie being filmed 1:43. Hollywood Boulevard 2:08. Downtown Los Angeles 2:25. The freeways are jammed at rush hour 2:30. Scenes from downtown 2:50. Beautiful homes and backyard swimming pools 3:23. The Hollywood lot and another Western is being filmed 3:48. The Universal lot where directors encourage spectators 4:07. Different movie sets are shown 5:00. San Diego 5:28. U.S. Navy warships are shown 5:30. Downtown San Diego 6:00. Spanish Cathedral, 6:32. The Del Coronado Hotel 6:40. Man feeds the Penguins at the San Diego Aquarium 6:55. Zebra can be found 300 miles north of San Diego on what used to be a private zoo at San Simeon owned by William Randolph Hearst 7:27. The interior of San Simeon is shown 8:20. The grounds around San Simeon are shown with statues, pools and foliage 8:52. Construction is an ongoing feature of Los Angeles 10:15. Point Lobos state park 10:43. Abundant wildlife 10:50. Downtown San Francisco 11:35. Beautiful homes of sandwiches Gore featured 12:10. The boats of San Francisco Bay 12:27. San Francisco streetcars climb the steep hills 12:47. Yosemite National Park 13:24. A huge waterfall cascades down the rocks 13:35. A secluded beach 14:34. Waterskiing and boating, hydrofoils and surfing 15:00. Men gaffe fish on a fishing boat 15:35. Women baits the water with anchovies 16:00. Dolphins jump in the aquarium 16:08. Seals bask in the sun 16:30. Family floats down the river on rafts 16:50. Chinatown 17:08. Chinese men play a game in a park 17:30. Sites of Chinatown 17:50. A Buddhist temple 18:05. Neon signs light up the night in Chinatown 19:03. A nightclub show 19:35. Men head out for night fishing 19:50. Sausalito fisherman chase striped bass 20:25. Men are catching fish 20:40. Seals lie in the sun on the rocks as waves wash over them 21:05. Crowded streetcar 21:55. An American Airlines plane flies overhead 22:04. Man drives down the Kirby’s road in the world, Lombard Street 22:23. The Golden gate Bridge 22:30. Edited by Jean Oser. From the work of Larry Madison Productions, Inc. Peckham Productions Inc. Allendor Productions Inc. presented by American Airlines.

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