Northrop Gamma 2G (NR13761) aircraft in final approach and landing at airstrip of Union Air Terminal in Burbank California. It is arriving from its record setting speed flight from Chicago to Los Angeles, piloted by Howard Hughes. Aviator Howard Hughes emerges from cockpit and greets crew who approach plane as it taxis to a stop near terminal buildings. Howard Hughes walks away with several associates. He had flown from Chicago, Illinois to Los Angeles, California at a top speed of 215 mph, arriving in 8 hours and 10 minutes.
All stores and places of business in the city are closed as labor takes holiday from a distilling plant and general walkout ensues in Pekin, Illinois. A group of workers poses during the strike. The distilling plant in the background. A man in his office. A sign outside all stores reads as 'Closed at 3'O clock'. Dinner Bell restaurant, a barber shop and several other stores are closed. People come out of the stores. Men carry luggage. Men standing beside buses. View of a street.
A rocket airplane fails in the 1st mail test in Greenwood Lake, New York. A rocket designed to carry mail at a tremendous speed, is prepared for a launching. 'Gloria' written on the rocket. Men work with fueling tanks. The rocket on a ramp for launch. German-American rocket scientist, Willy Ley, wearing protecting gear, ignites the rocket. The rocket starts and flops on snow covered ground.
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.
Formula One car Grand Prix motor racing in Monte Carlo, Monaco. Motor race starts. Auto racers drive F1 motor cars on automobile race course. Spectators watch the race. Race course turns into slippery one due to rain. Motor cars collide and skids. Rudolf Caracciola wins the race. Large crowd standing around him.
Shacks of Bonus Army are burned in Washington DC. Shacks of veterans burn. Smoke rising. U.S. Capitol in the background. Damaged and burning shacks. Aerial view of Pennsylvania Avenue, smoke rises. Night Views: Fire in camp area, water in the foreground.
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