Howard Hughes’ Flying Boat Takes to Air (Wipe To)

Series

Series Name
British Paramount News

Issue

Issue No.
1742
Date Released
10 Nov 1947
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Greeks Celebrate National Day
  2. 2Will Recorded Weddings Beat Divorce Record?
  3. 3Newfoundland Gives Princess Elizabeth Mink Coat
  4. 4Museum Gets 350 Ancient Musical Instruments
  5. 5Howard Hughes’ Flying Boat Takes to Air (Wipe To)

Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 5
Summary
World’s largest plane - subject of a Congressional enquiry - is flown for first time, with Hughes at the controls.
Keywords
Economics; Aviation; Business and commerce; Newsreels
Locations
United States of America; California; Long Beach
Footage sources
Paramount Library
Paramount [United States]
Pathe [United States]
Universal [United States]
Library number
16601
Credits:
Camera
Hugo johnson
Camera
Sanford Greenwald
Length of story (in feet)
158
Story extras:
Production Documents

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Notes
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