Welcome to Southern California (1945, sound)

[Music] Southern California land of Eternal Springtime of flowers and fruit in Endless abundance providing Health and Beauty in every design there's Desert Sun and Mountain snow in fact almost anything you can ask from Nature's jackpot let's look over this fabulous country this beautiful Bountiful Southern California here's Hollywood capital of the world's entertainment this is Radio roll Where Stars and the best technical skills of the radio industry combine to send endless hours of entertainment into your home from Studios crowded with pilgrims to this Mecca of every [Music] Talent Southern California and sports are practically synonymous name it and it's yours beaches abounding in Beauty and health where long hours of exercise or perhaps just lazing around beneath the warm friendly Sun become occasions of memorable Delight Polo long a favorite in Southern California is played the year round by many of the games highest rated players and as for golf well there are more courses than you can shake a putter [Music] at there's a fine cultural side too if you're artm minded the hunk library and Art Gallery at Pasadena invite you to spend quiet hours enjoying such masterpieces as Lawrence's Pinky and Gainesboro is incomparable blue [Music] boy on New Year's Day Pasadena says happy new year with a wonders of its Fame Tournament of Roses pasted by bands and perfectly groomed animals floats only less beautiful than the girls who Adorn them form one of the world's most spectacular parades with communities States and even foreign countries buying for the coveted blue ribbons which attest to the skill of novelty and artistic design Old King orange himself glorified even beyond the Chamber of commerce's dreams and here's a fish that surpasses all fish [Music] to top the day crammed with unimaginable Beauty and Novelty comes the P resistance the Rose Bowl game that is for those who are fortunate enough to grab on to a couple of The elusive [Music] duckets Southern California is justifiably proud of one of the world's most unique shrines Forest Lawns art masterpieces Grace its magnificent grounds and the little Church of the flowers and the we Kirk of the Heather are favorite spots for weddings what's this the ancient Orient yes sir and writes smack in the Heart of Los Angeles a true touch of old China of her haunting atmosphere typically Chinese celebrations are performed with some of the queerest costumes and music you've ever seen or heard fun gity and romance a trip to Old Cafe and all in a few short Unforgettable [Music] blocks for those with Latin longings Al Vera Street a look into a past as warm and colorful As Old Mexico at its best Craftsmen using methods long since discarded in a modern world costumes of incredible loveliness for seor as well as for Senoritas gay sidewalk cafes troubadors beautiful dancers all the nostalgic Charming appeal of California in the days of the da [Music] California's racetracks are recognized as being high among the finest and fastest and are certainly as glamorous as any in existence it is as though nature had Blended a perfect backdrop with the best designs that man could provide yes in a setup like this it would almost be a pleasure to lose money in these paddocks are assembled millions of dollars in horse flesh the nobility of the equin world Sea Biscuit Gallant Fox KCK on these and many others who have added to their winnings and to the glory of their colors on Southern California [Music] tur the call to the track is followed by the parade to the post and they're off round ing the turn and into the stretch the Thunder of hes is exciting music to thousands who have found the perfect place for the sport of [Music] Kings just off the southern California coast lies Catalina Island where an inexhaustible variety of Pleasures awaits the Seeker one look will tell you why they write songs about Avalon Bay beautiful beaches with girls to man [Music] if you're a fancy or a fancy foul the bird farm is your dish with the most astounding aggregation of plume characters your imagination Can Dream up for dignity these penguins outdo the head waiters they resemble he obviously has to be known as old Baldi if you're more interested in fins than feathers take the GL bottom boat it will give you a look at the fish and vice versa wonder what the fish [Music] think a lion Farm does seem like a peculiar institution but then of course Southern California abounds in the unusual the babies are the bosses of the lot cute HH their training starts early and a nice looking bunch of school kids too 5-year-old Aladdin is a tight RPP artist believe it or not there's a rumor going the rounds that he's learning to play the clarinet on the side well this troop knows its place and thank goodness keeps it of the countless thousands of Southern California's charms not to be overlooked are its ghost towns empty Dead haunted living only in the past feverish days when they seed with men seeking the glitter of gold things were primitive in those days the Comforts crude and few but it was a land that brewed great men and great fortunes and Futures in the pots at the end of the miners rainbows even then it paid to advertise for the sun worshipper it's this hunk of paradise the desert with some of the most magnificent Resort Hotels to be found anywhere in the world abounding in gity of every description it's the ultimate in Winter playgrounds warm beaming Sun by day cool fragrant inviting breezes by moonlit night and overall the charm of complete freedom from care you couldn't worry in this setting if you [Music] tried almost everyone rides [Music] horseback these are Unforgettable hours spent in the awesome Splendor of the silent desert strewn with the very colored Brilliance of Nature's inexhaustible paintbrush after a night of camping out under the stars outdoor breakfast when the world is fresh and new again then once a year the desert takes out its glad clothes and really gets into the true Carnival Spirit yes sir it's fun in capital letters for everybody a celebration as gay and free as the West itself [Music] the grand stands fill to overflowing With Thrill seeking thousands for the rodeo proper is a dazzling display of skill and daring by champions of the sport did I say sport well if you don't mind I'll just stay in the grand sand yes indeed the desert is truly warm and wonderful but only a Stones throw away is Snow Country high in the Southern California mountains Alps on order so to speak skiing why you'd think the sport had been invented right [Music] here where is there a more perfect setting for winter sports the tobogan boys say it's about the next best thing to Paradise long perfect tracks that put your blood to tingling and your heart beating your [Music] throat but all of the beauty and wonders that are so much a part of this Wonderland are relegated into comparative obscurity by California's proud and ancient missions for herein lies the very heart the very soul of California founded by The Franciscan fathers in whose Hearts lay the Deep kindness and understanding which are the incont able Heritage of the Golden State these are enduring shrines to an Era of unforgotten Splendor this is the Mission San Juan Capistrano famed as the home of the swallows which come and go each year on a schedule as regular as Clockwork and completely beyond the realm of human [Music] explanation Mission San Diego was the first of old California missions today it remains an Ever enduring Monument to man's faith and charity a beacon of worldly goodness that will never [Music] perish old town and the marriage place of Ramona breathing the poetry and romance that were old California a typical early Ranch House the Henda of the Bandini family San Diego's baloa Park is a combination of tourist interests with her botanical gardens only a small part of her many charms there is a rare and wonderful zoo that is the Delight of youngsters young and old here's a handsome resident of Southern California who's not a motion picture Idol [Music] it's needless really to say that Southern California is where yachtsmen hope to go instead of Heaven for this is it blue water superb weather and boats and Crews to match the speed and skill of Championship competition [Music] so there you have it a capsule coverage of a world where there isn't room for anything but Beauty and contentment an oasis of friendship and health anything and everything that is a part of good living a country where your range of diversion is limited only by the number of hours in the [Music] day it's a warm and welcoming land and it's waiting for you with open arms you a standing invitation to this Kingdom beautiful Bountiful Southern California [Music]