Valley of Heart’s Delight

Presents a look back at the Santa Clara Valley when the height of agricultural production in the region was achieved using historic newsreel footage.

Cars going down Main St.
1940’s automobiles
Suburban homes
Numerous shots of farmers in fields with farming equipment
Wheat fields waving in the wind
Farmer on tractor with a DOG in foreground
Cattle on hillside
Baby cows
Multiple overhead shots of farm and crops
Overhead shot of orchard
Farmers spraying the orchard with spray
Worker picking fruit off of cherry trees
Cherries in buckets
Unloading freight
Sign for baby foods
Street scene with 1940’s cars
Water tower for American Can Company
Rural road and train
San Jose Steel Co. Building
Moffett Field
Exteriors of Industrial Buildings
Bell Tower
Shots of air traffic control tower
Stationary Airplanes and Plane taking off
Blimp and Biplane
University of Santa Clara Welcomes You Sign
Santa Clara University Campus
San Jose State College
Shots of Campus
People playing baseball
People on horseback
Mini golf course
People in swimming pool
Crowd at the beach
Mount Madonna Forest
Deer on hillside
James Lick Observatory
Winchester Mystery House
The Rose Garden