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Aviators Howard Hughes and Amy Johnson after record-setting flights to Los Angeles, California and Cape town, South Africa, respectively.

American aviator and businessman Howard Hughes having lunch at a restaurant in Chicago on May 14, 1936. Other people sitting and standing behind him. Hughes stands up from his seat. View of propeller on his Northrop Gamma 2G airplane being started. Hughes has his goggles on his head and takes off toward California. View of Union Air Terminal (2627 N Hollywood Way, Burbank, CA 91505, United States) in Burbank, California. Hughes steps out of plane in Los Angeles after 8 hours flight. In next scene, aviator Amy Johnson, CBE, wife of Jim Mollison, emerges from her Percival Gull Sixplane. G-ADZO, in Cape Town, South Africa on May 7, 1936 after a record-setting four day and sixteen hours flight from London. A large crowd waits to see her. People greet her with flowers. Johnson is seen among the large crowd and smiling and waving to the crowd. Scenes in clip are from a 1961 newsreel recounting events roughly 25 years prior.

Location: Chicago Illinois USA
Date: 1936, May
Duration: 40 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675034143
Street scenes near Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Streets in Los Angeles, California circa 1950

Street level view near the southeast corner of Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street in Los Angeles, California. View facing north on Vine Street. A car towing a three-wheel motorcycle turns east onto Hollywood Blvd. Late 1940s and early 1950s automobiles driving on the street. Camera pans westward and other buildings are seen looking north on Vine, including the El Capitan Theatre at 1735 North Vine Street (now the Avalon Hollywood nightclub), the Ontra Cafeteria at 1719 North Vine Street (now the Redbury Hotel at 1717 North Vine), the Melody Lane cafe at the northwest corner of Hollywood and Vine, and the Harris & Frank store on Hollywood Boulevard. Brief view of a streetcar or trolley going west on Hollywood Boulevard. Street level camera view then shifts to the southeast corner of Ivar Avenue and Hollywood Boulevard, looking west on Hollywood Blvd. Theater marquee of the Admiral Theatre (later the Vine Theatre) is seen across the street at 6321 Hollywood Boulevard. Beyond it, looking west, is the Security Pacific Bank building at 6381 Hollywood Boulevard, and beyond that are the Warners Radio Towers for station KFWB atop the Warner Bros Theatre. Pedestrians walking on sidewalks, and cars and trucks on the street. Scene shifts to various elevated views of Los Angeles with a heavy smog layer settled over the city.

Location: Los Angeles California USA
Date: 1950
Duration: 1 min 34 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675041953
Entrance of the Roosevelt Hotel and traffic on streets in Hollywood, California.

View of the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel (7000 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90028, United States) in Los Angeles, California. A view of Hollywood Boulevard in front of the Roosevelt Hotel. Grauman's Chinese Theater, now Mann's Chinese Theater (6925 Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood, CA 90028, United States), is seen. Red Car trolley and automobiles move along the road. Entrance of the Roosevelt Hotel. A sign on the entrance reads 'Hollywood Roosevelt'. People walk in front of the hotel entrance. A view of buildings in Hollywood.

Location: Hollywood Los Angeles California USA
Date: 1939, June
Duration: 1 min 6 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675054138
A 63 year old retired Attorney performs queer acrobatics in Hollywood, California.

Attorney Mering performs queer acrobatics in Hollywood , California. Attorney Mering performs various acrobatic stunts as he balances himself on his head. He performs a hand stand. Mering supports his body horizontally above the ground while he stands on his hands.

Location: Hollywood Los Angeles California USA
Date: 1936, August 19
Duration: 52 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675051394
Newbauer's stratogyro fails to take off during its maiden flight in Hollywood, California.

A stratogyro during its maiden flight in Hollywood, California. Men load bags aboard the stratogyro contraption as they prepare for the maiden flight of the early flight design twin blade helicopter that looks like an early flight combination of an airplane and a helicopter. Pilot Newbauer is helped to put on his cylindrical helmet. He gets into the cockpit and looks out from the window. The pilot tries to take off the aircraft but fails. Men push the plane back in a shed.

Location: Hollywood Los Angeles California USA
Date: 1936, July 6
Duration: 1 min 50 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058819
Daredevils amaze and thrill the crowds with their stunts during a show in Hollywood,California.

Daredevils amaze and thrill the crowds with their stunts during a show in Hollywood,California. Wild stunts include car doing a flip and stunt man performing a wheelie on his motorcycle.

Location: Hollywood Los Angeles California USA
Date: 1936, July 22
Duration: 35 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675029430
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