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Photograph of Howard Hughes' Flying Boat, Long Beach, California, November 02, 1947

Date

1947-11-02

Description

A view of the controls of Howard Hughes' Flying Boat in Long Beach, California. Howard Hughes (right) is standing next to an unidentified man (probably a mechanic, left).

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Series II. Hughes Productions, 1920 to 1992, 1927 to 1979

Level of Description

Series

Scope and Contents

Hughes Productions series (1920-1992) primarily details the production, advertising, and censorship for The Outlaw, a film directed by Howard Hughes. Materials include advertising and publicity, editing, legal, production and direction, story development, administrative, distribution, censorship, and financial records, as well as film soundtracks and records from the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) and United Artists Corporation. The series also contains ledgers, telegrams, newspaper clippings, music sheets and scores, reports, memoranda, agreements, correspondence, affidavits, analyses, screenplays, synopses, and story treatments. Black-and-white photographic prints and negatives include publicity, production, direction, set, and location scouting stills.

Corporate records contain administrative, legal, and financial reports, contracts, and correspondence pertaining to business operations. Also included are distribution materials from the MPAA and United Artists Corporation.

Archival Collection

Howard Hughes Film Production Records
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Collection Number: MS-01036
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Film Production Records
Box/Folder: N/A

Archival Component

Photograph of costumed children for the 4th of July, circa 1930s-1950s

Date

1930 to 1959

Archival Collection

Description

An image of children dressed up in costumes, possibly for the 4th of July at City Hall in Boulder City, Nevada. A young boy dressed as a miniature Uncle Sam stands within the center of the crowd of children, as girls donning festive dresses stand at the front.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes, New York, New York, September 12, 1946

Date

1946-09-12

Description

A view of Howard Hughes being interviewed by reporters in New York, New York.

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Photograph of Hughes Flying Boat during its test flight, November 2, 1947

Date

1947-11-02

Description

Date stamped on back of photo: Nov 2, 1947. Transcribed from attached press release: "IN THE AIR Hughes Flying boat, with Howard Hughes at the controls, takes to the air at Los Angeles Harbor November 2, 1947. LONG BEACH, Calif., Nov. 2 - - Howard Hughes' 400,000-pound flying boat, world's largest plane, in the air on its first flight. The mammoth aircraft today flew one mile at a height of 70 feet over Los Angeles Harbor with Hughes at the controls. Hughes had scheduled taxi tests only for the 219-foot long ship but it 'felt so good' on the second taxi test run at 95 miles per hour that he took it off the water, as shown here, on the third and final run. The super plane's air speed was 100 miles per hour. Take-off speed was 95 miles per hour. Hughes termed the tests exceptionally successful. The eight-engine behemoth, launched yesterday off Terminal Island, passed its tests today in view of thousands on the shore and in small craft near the test area."

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Aerial photograph of the fuselage of the Hughes Flying Boat being moved to Terminal Island, California, 1946

Date

1946

Description

A section of Howard Hughes' "Spruce Goose" or "Flying Boat" being moved (with a police escort) from the Hughes Aircraft plant in Culver City, California to Terminal Island in the Los Angeles Harbor where the plane was assembled in June of 1946. The airship photographing the scene is shown by shadow.

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Film transparency of the Hughes Tool Company, Houston, Texas, 1917

Date

1917

Description

Employees in front of the Hughes Tool Company building in Houston, Texas in 1917.

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Photograph of town picnic, Beatty (Nev.), July 4, 1920

Date

1920-07-04

Description

Caption: Picnic July 4, 1920 with all Beatty assembled.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes standing near Douglas DC-3, New York, 1947

Date

1947

Description

Howard Hughes standing under the propeller of a Douglas DC-3.

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Aerial photograph of flying boat at harbor, Los Angeles (Calif.), July 16, 1947

Date

1947-07-16

Description

Another image of Howard Hughes' flying boat docked at the Los Angeles Harbor, taken July 1947. "Hughes Aircraft" stamped on the back of the image.

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