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HOWARD
HUGHES
220268 20:05:34
- 20:07:30 1935
? Si B/W
Howard Hughes
Cross Country record.
Plane on airfield. Hughes taxiing. MCU. CU of propeller. Small
crowds gathered round plane. Hughes and man in suit in front of plane.
Aviation
220972 09:20:29
- 09:29:08 1936 SIL B/W
[Howard
Hughes Flies Chicago - LA]
CU Howard Hughes w/ flying goggles on cap; no moustache. MS single-engined Northrop Gamma? on
tarmac; newsreel cameraman filming from truck in BG; Chicago? CU propeller starts to turn. Plane taxis along runway past American
Airlines hangar; VS plane on runway; taxis back towards hangar. Hughes in double-breasted suit w/
flying cap and goggles poses by plane; tail fin no. NR13761? MCU and CU Hughes. Hughes climbs into cockpit. LS crowd around aircraft.
09:24:33: MCU plane taxis; VS
plane in air. CU mechanic? on
wing. MS Hughes and others in
Chicago cafe; "Soda Fountain" sign in BG; sits down to eat.
09:26:15: VS aircraft taxis;
arrival in Glendale? Hughes in
cockpit; people around plane; Hughes climbs down. MS pan Northrop taxis to a halt in front of airport building
w/ "Stinson" sign; crowd gathers; CU Hughes in cockpit, takes off
goggles. Aircraft in sky. Hughes climbs out of aircraft. Good.
Aviation.
220268 20:21:03
- 20:22:55 1937
c B/W
[Aviation
- Twin Engine Plane Tested]
Pulling out twin-engined plane. View of it in air from another plane. Plane was piloted by Howard Hughes.
220509 01:47:53
- 01:49:46 1938 Sd b/w
Howard
Hughes Spans Atlantic in Record Flight
Crowds - men working on aircraft engine. Howard Hughes and others standing in
front of plane. Howard Hughes speaking to press. Plane - Lockheed - takes off. Air to air shots aircraft in
flight - Manhattan skyline in background.
200552 03:16:17
- 03:18:17 1938 Sd/Sil B/W
[World
Wide News - Howard Hughes Takes Off On World Tour]
Plane out of hangar and Hughes climbs in. Takeoff. Landing in
NY. New York crowd welcomes
Howard Hughes. Hughes interviewed
on radio (sd).
Aviation
220268 20:07:37
- 20:08:32 1944
? B/W
[Howard
Hughes & Press in TWA Constellation]
TWA Constellation passenger plane & Howard Hughes standing w/ group of
men. Boarding. Take off. POV from another plane.
220268 20:08:32
- 20:12:58 1946 Si B/W
[Howard
Hughes & Press in TWA Constellation]
Howard Hughes w/ press (?) beneath TWA Constellation. In cockpit. Warning lights; Hughes at controls. drinks water. View of motors, mountains beyond. Warning lights. Press
taking notes in cabin. Boarding
plane, looking out of plane window.
220268 20:12:58
- 20:18:43 1946 Si B/W
[Howard
Hughes & Press in TWA Constellation]
View of Constellation flying in front of mountains. Coming in for landing w/ wheels down seen from another
plane. Journalists boarding. Plane landing.
220268 20:18:49
- 20:20:57 1946 Si B/W
[Howard
Hughes & Film Stars Arrive in TWA Constellation]
Planes on runway. Crowds watching
in cold. TWA Constellation arrives
& pulls up. Edward G. Robinson & others off. Windy. William
Powell. Howard Hughes. CU Star of California on plane. Hughes in cockpit.
220295 17:01:00
- 17:02:03 1946 Sd B/W
Spruce
Goose Moved. Worlds Biggest Aircraft Moved by Road .
Culver City hanger and Spruce Goose out, then moved through streets in
parts. Huge wing pulled under wires. Dock shown. To hold 700 people.
Howard Hughes
221034 09:23:33
- 09:24:38 1946 SIL B/W
[Movie
Stars On Board Hughes' Constellation]
VS Hollywood movie stars on board cross-country TWA Constellation flight -
piloted by Howard Hughes ? - includes Veronica Lake ?, Cary Grant, Edward G.
Robinson, Frank Morgan [Wizard of Oz], Judy Holliday ?, William Powell.
Aviation.
220974 11:55:22
- 11:57:02 1947 SIL B/W
[Howard
Hughes With Spruce Goose In Dock]
Two shots INT Hughes Flying Boat H4 HK1"Spruce Goose", completion
of construction. AVs aircraft
on dockside; man walks across huge wing towards camera. INT engineers in cockpit w/ equipment; Howard Hughes in airplane
talks to crew and sits in pilot's chair; MCU uses telephone. Hughes on dock.
Aviation.
220974 11:57:03
- 11:59:40 1947 SIL B/W
[Spruce
Goose In Harbour And Taxiing]
LS Howard Hughes' Flying Boat H4 HK1 "Spruce Goose" in Long Beach
harbour; two of propellers moving. VS
Spruce Goose aircraft from press / support boat w/ navy battleship in BG one
side and helicopter in sky. Airplane
starts to taxi along water. CU
news cameraman w/ 16mm camera. Press
boat w/ reporters and newsreel cameraman on stern. Boat circles Spruce Goose, propellers in motion.
Aviation.
220972 09:00:00
- 09:09:22 1947 SD B/W
[Howard
Hughes Testifies At Congressional Hearing]
MS Howard Hughes seated behind microphones answers question from Senate War
Investigating Committee, c.Nov47. MCU General ? seated behind microphones under questioning.
09:02:18: MCU and CU Hughes seated
behind several microphones, holding receiver to ear; speaking about Roosevelt,
military procurement bureaux and aviation kickbacks:
"Let me tell you something senator. If TWA does anything wrong I get
blamed for it, if TWA does anything right then I had nothing to do with it.
That's like Hollywood, when it's a good picture Sam Goldwyn made it, when
it's a bad picture Willy Wyler made it..."
"I think the atomic bomb was procured through channels that were not
normal..."
09:05:55: MS and CU General
Bennett Myers under questioning. Ends abruptly. Good.
ńSpruce Gooseî.
220972 09:09:25
- 09:15:22 1947 SIL B/W
[Spruce
Goose Taxiing]
MS Howard Hughes' Flying Boat H4 HK1 "Spruce Goose" on water, docks
in BG. Aircraft circled by camera. MS press on boat. CU and LS crowds on rocks w/ cameras;
pleasure boats in harbour. Spruce
Goose w/ battleship in BG. MS
and CU airplane w/ propellers moving. VS airplane starts to taxi; helicopter above; camera circles from a
distance.
09:13:39: Clear shot of Spruce
Goose taxiing at speed past camera; Long Beach in BG. Camera circles again inc. CU tailfin number NX37602. CU nose and cockpit. CU Spruce Goose from side, crew
standing at open door as it taxis. Good.
Aviation.
220972 09:15:24
- 09:20:22 1947 SIL B/W
[Spruce
Goose In Harbour w/ Howard Hughes]
CUs mechanics w/ winch equipment; harbour in BG. MS and LS Hughes Flying Boat H4 HK1 ńSpruce Gooseî at
dockside, people on quay. MCU
Howard Hughes enters airplane; attempts to remove gangway, needs
assistance. VS aircraft in dock
inc. CU tail fin number NX37602. Crowds on dockside. MS people
in dingy next to open door in aircraft.
09:17:52: Hughes stands alone on
top of airplane; takes pictures.
VS propellers inc. views from inside plane and top of wing. Taxiing filmed from wing, vars small boats
alongside. INT Hughes in cockpit
w/ crew; MCU Hughes in pilot's seat. Good.
Aviation.
220972 09:40:00
- 09:41:46 1947 SIL B/W
[Howard
Hughes With Spruce Goose In Hangar]
VS Howard Hughes and unid. man photographed by press with Hughes Flying Boat H4
HK1 ńSpruce Gooseî [near completion?]; Hughes on platform by cockpit, hangar in
BG. AV Spruce Goose under
purpose-built hangar. Hughes
enters aircraft.
Aviation.
220973 10:42:21
- 10:46:12 1947 SIL B/W
[Howard
Hughes Testifies Before Brewster Senate Committee]
Howard Hughes enters courtroom through crowd of photographers, raises hand for
oath and sits; more photographs. Senator Brewster. CUs male
stenographer at work. Public enter
courtroom, women in hats, man cranes for glimpse of Hughes.
10:44:09: Women queue outside
courtroom in hats, file in. VS
public, reporters and newsreel cameras crowded into courtroom. Brewster testifies, Hughes in BG. More women, some men enter courtroom.
10:45:43: Newsreel cameramen
set up. Journalists at desk w/
"NBC" box. Stenographer.
Aviation kickbacks. "Spruce
Goose". Dress / hat fashions.
220972 09:45:20
- 09:47:56 c1945-47? SIL B/W
[Howard
Hughes In Cockpit]
View through windows of cockpit to hills below. View over snow-covered mountains, propeller in FG. PoV shot over Hughes's? shoulder as he
pilots plane. CU altitude lights. MS Hughes in pilot seat, turns to camera.
09:47:03: Hughes poses in front of
aircraft for newsreel cameramen - twin-engined Lockheed? Hughes enters cabin in shirt
sleeves. Further views from
cockpit; mountains disappear as altitude raised.
Aviation.
220973 10:14:30
- 10:15:57 c1946 SIL B/W
[Howard
Hughes Piloting TWA Constellation]
Undercarriage of plane in flight. Howard
Hughes in cockpit, 15Feb46? Lockheed
Constellation in flight. AVs
over LA? VS reporters take notes
in cabin. Altitude lights. Hughes in pilot's seat. Aircraft
low over mountain. AV city. CU steering wheel.
Aviation.
The
following material is available on reference tapes – please allow 4-5 weeks for masters
12.18:15 04Aug60 1935 Sd. 25 Years Ago: Howard Hughes unveils new fast
plane.|
10.26.20 19Aug35 Si. Film
man (Howard Hughes?) flies big plane.|
09.35.35 10Apr61 1936 Sd. 25
Yrs Ago: Howard Hughes sets
Miami-NYC record.|
04.46.18 18May36 Si. Howard
Hughes leaves Chicago,
arrives LA.|
09.53.28 19May61 1936 Sd. 25 Years Ago: Howard Hughes.|
10.54.00 20Jan37 Si. Howard
Hughes coast to coast record.|
08.08.40 13Jul38 Si. Howard
Hughes refueling.|
08.18.20 13Jul38 Si. Hughes
record around the world flight and special edition.|
08.21.00 18Jul38 Si/Sd Highlights on Hughes journey, landing in Paris, Minneapolis,
and NYC Broadway welcome (Sd)|
08.58.12 01Aug38 Si. Howard Hughes cheered
at Chicago parade; Hughes welcomed in Houston,
02.05.50 22Aug38 Si. NYC subway crash and rescue operation; Howard Hughes sets new record;
08.55.30 10Jul39 Si/Sd Howard Hughes tests stratospheric plane, airliner.|
05.39.45 23Jul45 Sd Hughes
H-4 plane under construction.|
04.24.30 11Jul46 Sd. Hughes survives accident as plane
crashes into a house.|
05.15.00 08May47 Si. Radar device perfected by Howard Hughes aids civil aviation
12.30.30 31Jul47
Sd. Henry Kaiser testifies to Senate; Howard Hughes tells his side. Brewster statement.|
12.42.10 07Aug47 Si? Hughes
testifies before Brewster Senate Committee|
12.53.30 11Aug47 Sd. Hughes
Probe called off (Good)|
04.22.40 03Nov47 Sd. Hughes
flies mammoth amphibious plane|
07.59.00 14Nov47 Sd. Sen.
Ferguson heads Senate group investigating Howard Hughes' warplane contracts
testimony by Hughes & General Meyers|
01.47.25 27Oct52 Sd. Hughes largest helicopter
flies.|
06.36.20 13Mar58 Sd. Computer
controls completely automatic Hughes aircraft assembly line.|
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