This home movie begins with the Cooper family vacation in California and includes footage of a trip to Knott's Berry Farm and picking oranges. The film continues with a Christmas celebration (7 min., 42 sec.) and a trip to Seven Wells, Texas (10 min., 36 sec.). The film concludes with two Tumbleweed Festival parades in Colorado City, featuring marching bands and parade floats sponsored by local businesses (13 min., 49 sec. and 18 min., 33 sec.).

This home movie compilation documents the activities and daily lives of the Hennen family including a trip to Knott's Berry Farm amusement park with footage of a nativity scene, an Old West town, children riding a stagecoach and train, and an Old West actor pointing a gun at the camera (00:00-02:33). Also included is footage of the Livermore Rodeo in California (02:33-04:00).

This home movie documents the daily lives and activities of the Roy E. Hill family including a trip to Disneyland (00:00-04:11) in California, family gatherings, a model rocket launch, a snow-covered neighborhood (06:20-07:43), a Christmas celebration (07:43-11:42), driving into Dallas for an unknown event (11:42-12:18), a child dressed in a sombrero and fake nose and mustache (12:18-13:48), a Native American performance (13:48-13:53), children at home riding bicycles and flying model planes (14:25-15:51) and another Christmas celebration 15:51-20:04).

This home movie documents the Hennen family attending the Livermore Rodeo in Livermore, California.

This home movie documents the activities and daily lives of the Hennen famliy including a trip to Strawberry, California. Footage includes family members playing in the snow and riding on a snowmobile (00:00-02:00). Footage also includes an outdoor family gathering at an unidentified location with covered wagons or stage coaches observed from a parking lot.

This home movie documents the Hennen family on vacation in San Francisco, California and in an unidentified forested area. Footage includes the Golden Gate Bridge, the Powell and Mason Line trolley car, the Wharf, a scenic overlook, forested landscape, and a statue.

This home movie documents the Hennen family's vacation to Lake Tahoe, California and includes footage of family members sunbathing, swimming, and fishing.

This film from Universal Newsreels shows the stars of the motion picture "Gold Diggers of 1933" arriving in San Francisco for the film premiere at the Paramount Theater to the music of "We're in the Money" and "Pettin' in the Park." Mayor Angelo J. Rossi presents the keys to the city to the actors. Actress Glenda Farrell is appointed Mayor for the day and Actors Joe E. Brown and Warren William are named as Chief of Police and Fire Chief. Other stars of the film listed on the Paramount marquee include Ruby Keeler, Joan Blondell, Aline Macmahon, Ginger Rogers, and Guy Kibbee & 300 Gorgeous Girls.

This film contains footage of black and white news clips from the 1950s. Subjects covered in these news clips includes Allis-Chalmers'cement-making process, pilot plant in Milwaukee and the installation of computing equipment ("Northrop Electronic Brain") in Hawthorne, California.