Howard Hughes in the cockpit of Northrop Gamma 2G, NR13761, preparing to depart Chicago and attempting a speed record from Chicago Illinois to Los Angeles, California. Men standing near the parked airplane. The aircraft starts and taxis. Hughes pilot in the cockpit. Airport buildings in the background including an American Airlines terminal.
After the riots in Chicago, Illinois. Chicago Temple building, cars, and buses on a street with tall buildings in the background. The Unity Building (127 N Dearborn St, Chicago, IL 60602, United States) and the Chicago City Hall (121 N La Salle St # 107, Chicago, IL 60602, United States) in Chicago. American and Chicago flag at half-mast after the riots in Chicago. An official building with an American flag on it at half-mast. Events were after the death of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.
Northrop Gamma 2G (NR13761) aircraft in final approach and landing at airstrip of Union Air Terminal in Burbank California. It is arriving from its record setting speed flight from Chicago to Los Angeles, piloted by Howard Hughes. Aviator Howard Hughes emerges from cockpit and greets crew who approach plane as it taxis to a stop near terminal buildings. Howard Hughes walks away with several associates. He had flown from Chicago, Illinois to Los Angeles, California at a top speed of 215 mph, arriving in 8 hours and 10 minutes.
Chicago battlers trim N.Y. boxers in ring tourney.' A series of amateur boxing bouts between Chicago battlers and New York boxers in Chicago, organized by Catholic Youth Organization in the United States. Chicago boxers win the majority of fights, eleven to five.
Robert Pershing Wadlow during the National Shoe Fair in Chicago, Illinois. Exceptionally tall man Robert Wadlow stretches his legs on the table. A woman measures his size 39 brogan shoe with a measuring scale. Women fashion models stand near Robert Wadlow. Models look very short in comparison. Models try to touch Wadlow's outstretched hands. Wadlow ducks under doorways and along with models walks out from the room.
Office wife turns cook in Chicago, Illinois. Stenographers seated in office type on typewriters. Woman gets up and dons an apron. She lays a table for lunch and cooks a meal in the office. Man and the woman eat lunch. They get back to work after a quick meal.
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