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Go to HomepageReel Number: 220972-04
Color: Black and White
Sound: SIL
Year / Date: 1936
Country: USA
Location: CA,Chicago,Glendale,IL
TC Begins: 09:20:29
TC Ends: 09:29:08
Duration: 00:08:39
1936 - Aviation, USA: Howard Hughes Flies Chicago - LA CU Howard Hughes w/ flying goggles on cap; no mustache. MS single-engine 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; 1930s;