Loren Mendell and Pete Reinhart 'Tough Hombres' set a new flight endurance record. Loren Mendell and Pete Reinhart before their flight in Culver City, California. Ground check for the Wright powered Buhl monoplane before the flight. Refueling gear and living quarters of the plane 'Angeleno' in view. Monoplane takes off. The monoplane refueled by another aircraft in flight.
Aviator Howard Hughes tests his new helicopter in Culver City, California. A group of men, including Hughes, stand near the helicopter. Hughes shakes hands with one of the men. Newsmen and cameramen record the event featuring the so-called "Flying Crane". The XH-17 helicopter takes off for a test flight.
A radar perfected by Mr. Howard Hughes aids safe flying. A plane taxis on a field in Culver City, California. Aviator Howard Hughes looks at the plane in the foreground. Hughes speaks to the press. Passengers board the plane. The plane in flight and Mr. Hughes at the controls in the cockpit.
Girls train as calvary in Culver City, California. Young equestriennes organize a Ladies' Auxiliary to the State Militia, offering themselves as trained riders for an emergency. A group of women ride horses in an open field. They cross hurdles and come down a slope as a part of their training.
Movie stars on board a Lockheed Constellation plane landing at airport on cold winter day with wind blowing and ice on the ramps. Planes parked on a ramp. A crowd warmly dressed against the cold await arrival of the airplane. Lockheed TWA Constellation plane arrives & pulls up. Edward G. Robinson & others get off the plane. Words on side of plane read 'Star of California,Sky Chief'. Howard Hughes in the cockpit. Hughes leaves the airplane. Seen, seated, inside the aircraft, are Movie stars Veronica Lake, Cary Grant, Edward G. Robinson, Janet Blair, Walter Pigeon, William Powell, and Frank Morgan aboard the TWA Constellation flight piloted by Howard Hughes.
Views of The Great Atlantic Hurricane lashing at northeast United States areas (after having already hit the North Carolina Outer Banks), and views of the aftermath and early cleanup following the storm. Regions shown include Atlantic City, Long Island (where it came ashore as a category 3 hurricane on September 15, 1944), New York City suburbs, and parts of New England. High surf flooding boardwalks and coastal cities. Trees bent over and snapped in high winds. People walking with difficulty in the high winds. Streets of towns submerged in water. Coastal docks destroyed and large boats scattered high onto shore areas. Trees, poles, and wires downed over roads and homes. Entire homes moved off of their foundations and placed down the street. The "Great Atlantic Hurricane" was the first example of a named hurricane by the Miami Hurricane Warning Office, which later became the National Hurricane Center. The name was meant to reflect the hurricane's size and intensity.
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