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Howard Hughes lands in Minneapolis, Minnesota during his around the world flight

Howard Hughes during his around the world flight. Lockheed Super Electra in flight. Aircraft lands at Minneapolis, Minnesota for refueling. Hughes gets off the plane and talk to men. The name of the plane, 'New York World's Fair 1939' is seen on the fuselage. Men refuel the plane and it takes off.

Location: Minneapolis Minnesota USA
Date: 1938, July 14
Duration: 30 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675049438
Police uses tear gas bombs and arrest people to control WPA Sewing project strike demonstrators in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Labor strike during Great Depression. Police try to control Sewing project strike demonstrators of the Work Projects Administration (WPA) (formerly Works Progress Administration) in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Workers protesting on road. Smoke rises from a tear gas bomb. Police on street throwing tear gas canisters from police cars. Crowd quickly disperses. Cars and people on street. Two police officers arrest a man.

Location: Minneapolis Minnesota USA
Date: 1939, July 14
Duration: 51 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675046703
35th anniversary of Wright Brothers' first flight. Advances in travel due to rail and airplane. Howard Hughes' round the world flight.

Film notes 35th anniversary of Wright Brothers' first flight and reviews history of transportation and advances in transportation brought about by railroad and aircraft. An animated map of the United states before the advent of mechanized transport methods. It illustrates the difficult and long overland journey to travel from the East Coast to the West Coast. Travel by horse and wagon over the Santa Fe Trail in 1849 is recreated in a brief film clip. Next, a locomotive is shown pulling a passenger train at high speed along a railroad at the base of a mountain. Animated map charts fairly direct path from Coast to Coast, taking only 4 days by railroad. Next a nearly straight course is traced across the map illustrating the path of an airplane taking only seven and a half hours for the journey. Change of scene shows aerial view of Howard Hughes' Lockheed 14 Super Electra Special, Model 14-N2 ( NX18973), christened "New York World's Fair 1939," in flight over New York harbor with the skyline of Manhattan, New York City in the background. Camera follows the plane as it passes over lower Manhattan. The Empire State building is seen prominently with other skyscrapers below the aircraft. This was filmed, on July 14, 1938, as Hughes and his crew were returning from Minneapolis, Minnesota, to Floyd Bennett Field, on Long Island, at the conclusion of their around-the-world flight (circling the Northern Hemisphere) from July 10 - July 14, 1938.

Location: New York City USA
Date: 1938, July 14
Duration: 1 min 45 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675027429
Minnesota Twins play first baseball game in new city, April 1961

Newsreel clip on Minnesota welcoming major league baseball to the state in April 1961. Exterior views of Metropolitan Stadium, the home of the new Minnesota Twins. Banner reads "The Minnesota Twins Welcome You." Announcer notes team is playing in Bloomington, seven miles from each of the state's two major cities, Minneapolis and St. Paul. View of 25,000 spectators, most bundled up for a chilly day, inside stadium for the home opener against the Washington Senators. Those on hand include baseball commissioner Ford Frick, American League president Joe Cronin, and Minnesota Governor Elmer Andersen. Announcer notes the previous Washington team moved to Minnesota and was replaced with a new Senators team in Washington. Dignitaries walk on field trailed by Minnesota manager Cookie Lavagetto and Washington manager Mickey Vernon. Dignitaries raise the American flag. Governor Andersen kisses a baseball and throws out the ceremonial first pitch. Announcer notes Twins lost this game, but says "Who cares?" because Minnesota is in the big leagues.

Location: Minnesota United States USA
Date: 1961, April 21
Duration: 1 min 9 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675055698
The Minnesota Golden Gophers win the football match against the Northwestern Wildcats in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

A football match between the Minnesota Golden Gophers and the Northwestern Wildcats in Minneapolis, Minnesota. People gather in a stadium to watch the match. The match in progress. Balloons flying in the sky. People cheering. The Minnesota Golden Gophers win the match 21-13.

Location: Minneapolis Minnesota USA
Date: 1935, October 28
Duration: 47 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675076538
The Purdue Boilermakers defeat the Minnesota Golden Gophers 23-14 in a football game in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

A football game in Minneapolis, Minnesota. A large number of spectators seated in a stadium to watch a football game between the Minnesota Golden Gophers and the Purdue Boilermakers. The match in progress. The Purdue Boilermakers win the match 23-14.

Location: Minneapolis Minnesota USA
Date: 1960, November 14
Duration: 1 min 32 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675057775
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