U.S. Navy fleet Admiral Chester William Nimitz, Admiral McMorris, General Holmes, and other flag officers, are greeted by Coast Guard Captain Merlin O'Neill, Captain of the USS Leonard Wood (APA-12), as they board during inspection tour of ships anchored off Hawaii. (Captain O'Neill is wearing steel helmet.) They pose for pictures on deck. Admiral Nimitz, leaning on railing, converses with Captain O'Neill. Admiral Nimitz, Admiral Spruance, and Major General Holland M. Smith, USMC (wearing helmet) look over the edge of a 20mm gun tub. Army Brigadier General H.B. Holmes is immediately behind them, wearing a garrison cap.
A U.S. Navy Catalina flying boat in flight overhead. Two U.S aircraft carriers low on horizon. Several carrier-based aircraft flying around one carrier. Carrier-based planes fly overhead. Two Curtiss SOC Seagull Scout planes in formation overhead. Ship's crew firing practice rounds at sea. A Curtiss SOC Seagull airplane being launched by catapult. Sailors relaxing on fantail of ship. Views of ship's wake. An airplane lands on deck of aircraft carrier seen low on horizon. Sunset views of sea and wake and ships.
Fan dancers gather at convention in San Diego, California. Fan dancers gather at convention to form the Western Federation of dancers. Fan dancers perform. Audience watch the dance and cheer the participants of their states.
Miguel Mariano Gomez visits U.S. President-elect of Cuba, Miguel Mariano Gomez y Arias receives welcome from United States Secretary of States, Cordell Hull as he arrives in nation's capital on a good will tour. Large crowd of civilians standing to welcome Miguel Mariano Gomez.
Pet frogs are trained in San Jose, California. Pet frogs in water pond. Frog jumps on ladder to eat insect, hanging on stick as frog trainer moves the stick on ladder. Views of frog, in hand of the trainer.
Howard Hughes sets a new record and arrives at Floyd Bennett Field, New York. Aircraft taxis and stops. Views of engine and parts of the aircraft. Howard Robard Hughes, Jr. , American aviator in cockpit . He sets a new record by flying from Miami to New York in 4 hours and 21 minutes. He gets off from the cockpit and poses.
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