Screen actor Charles Boyer and his wife arrive in Port Washington, New York from France. A Pan American World Airways Clipper aircraft taxis on a waterway. Charles Boyer and his wife Pat Paterson leave the Clipper.
American aviator Howard Hughes takes off for Paris, France from Floyd Bennett Field in New York, United States. Howard Hughes surrounded by a crowd in front of a Lockheed L-14 Super Electra (NX18973) passenger aircraft. Hughes being interviewed by press. Crew with Hughes includes navigator Tom Thurlow, navigator and copilot Harry Connor, radio technician Richard Stoddart, and flight engineer Ed Lund. This is the start of a world circumnavigation flight that ultimately covered some 14,672 miles. The Lockheed L-14 Super Electra aircraft taxis and takes off from Floyd Bennett Field.
The sport of glissading at Mount Rainier National Park in Washington, United States. Mountaineers climb up a mountain in Mount Rainier National Park. The mountaineers glissade on the slopes of the mountain.
American aviator Howard Hughes completes his trip around the world and is greeted by a crowd in New York, United States. A Lockheed L-14 Super Electra passenger aircraft in flight. The aircraft lands and taxis on an airfield. Aviator Howard Hughes is surrounded by a crowd and is interviewed by newsmen.
American aviator Howard Hughes completes his trip around the world and is greeted by a crowd at Floyd Bennett Field in New York, United States. A crowd await the arrival of Howard Hughes. Hangar with sign for "Erickson & Remmert" pilot school and airplane repair facility on building. A Lockheed L-14 Super Electra passenger aircraft banking overhead for landing. The aircraft taxis on an airfield. The crowd and newsmen surround the L-14 aircraft as Howard Hughes emerges from it. Hughes at a microphone. He moves past the crowd in a car.
View of the Hudson River from an aircraft flying North, over the New Jersey shoreline. United States Navy warships are seen in the Hudson River, on the occasion of President Truman's first official visit to New York City, on Navy Day, October 27, 1945. Approximately 50 ships were anchored in the Hudson. The first clearly identified is the Battleship, USS Missouri(BB-63) with the Destroyer USS Renshaw (DD-499) tied alongside (bringing President Truman aboard during his review of the fleet). Others seen include the USS Midway (CVB-41); the USS Enterprise (CV-6); The USS Augusta (CA-31); and the USS Boise (CL-47). Several more surface ships are seen followed by six submarines on the surface, as the aircraft approaches the George Washington Bridge. More warships seen North of the bridge. Scene shifts to the USS Missouri and USS Renshaw, again. Next, the aircraft flies past a Navy blimp hovering below, over the river. The Aircraft Carriers, Enterprise and Midway are seen again. Glimpses of the New York City shore and buildings are seen at times in the film, as well as the palisades on the New Jersey shore, near the George Washington Bridge.
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