The black and white view of Howard Hughes standing with several unidentified men near the Lockheed 14 aircraft that was then being refueled. Hughes was then on his Around the World Flight where he visited Paris, Moscow, Fairbanks, and Alaska.
Description printed on photograph's accompanying strip of paper: "Howard Hughes speaking into a mike at Paris before leaving for Moscow on the second leg of his round the world flight 7-12-1938"