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.
A flight of Hughes XF-11 aircraft over California. The aircraft being pulled by a tug, on which a number of airport workers are riding. The aircraft in level flight, clean, with gear and flaps up. U.S. Air Force insignia painted on fuselage. Pilot visible in forward tandem seat of bubble cockpit. Several views of XF-11 aircraft in flight with landing gear extended. several views of the XF-11 in level flight with landing gear retracted and then of the aircraft in process of lowering landing gear, main gear first, followed by nose gear.
Routine proceedings of the House Unamerican Activities Committee (HUAC) under Chairman J. Parnell Thomas. Some others seen include member John Ralph McDowell, at far end of table and investigator Robert Stripling., next to the Chariman. Congress Thomas briefs members of the Press at end of activities.
Howard hughes rehearses a statement and response to question, regarding charges against him levied by Senator Owen Brewster, Chairmain of the Senate Special Committee to investigate National Defense Programs. He states that the committee is investigating two of his airplane projects: the XF-11 photographic plane and his large flying boat. He states that he expects to testify before the committee.
Outtakes of Senator Owen Brewster, Chariman of the Special Committee of the Senate to investigate the National Defense Program, preparing a short statement for broadcast, questioning what happened to the 40 million dollars in contracts awarded to Howard Hughes for aircraft production.
Event in "Boys Nation" agenda at Washington, DC, when 2 young men Boys State representatives from each of 43 States gather in Washington DC. They assemble in the auditorium of the State Department. Secretary of State George Marshall arrives and shakes hands with a one of the young men who officially welcomes him. He delivers a speech and leaves the hall. View of State Department building with several cars parked outside.
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