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RKO General Pictures correspondence regarding Howard Hughes' personal film collection return, 1977 July 05 to 1977 August 25

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Howard Hughes Film Production Records
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Collection Number: MS-01036
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Film Production Records
Box/Folder: Box 535 (Restrictions apply)

Archival Component

Photograph of Howard Hughes, standing by the XF-11, April 3, 1947

Date

1947-04-03

Description

Transcribed from attached press release: "HUGHES READY FOR TAKE-OFF IN SECOND XF-11 FLIGHT. CULVER CITY, Calif., April 5. Howard Hughes, famed flier-industrialist, recovered from injuries following crash last July 7, is shown here just before he test-piloted today a duplicate of the plane in which he nearly lost his life. He designed and built the plane, designated XF-11, and one of the world's fastest photo-reconnaissance ships, for the Army Air Forces in conjunction with the Air Materiel Command engineers."

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Cliff Broughton, Hughes Productions, and United Artists Corporation regarding contract and script changes, 1944 December 06 to 1948 July 21

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Howard Hughes Film Production Records
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-01036
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Film Production Records
Box/Folder: Box 321 (Restrictions apply)

Archival Component

Photograph of Howard Hughes and Noah Dietrich, Washington, D.C., November 08, 1947

Date

1947-11-08

Description

Description given with photo: "Howard Hughes arriving at Senate War Invest. Hearing with Noah Dietrich, right, Vice Pre. of Hughes Tool Co."

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Bob McCaffery Collection on the Save the Hughes Flying Boat Campaign

Identifier

MS-00693

Abstract

The Bob McCaffery Collection on the Save the Hughes Flying Boat Campaign (1980-1983) documents efforts by activists to preserve the plane from destruction and its subsequent acquisition by the Aero Club of Southern California in 1980. The collection contains photographs and newspaper clippings about the Hughes H-4 Hercules flying boat nicknamed the "Spruce Goose" from the 1980s.

Archival Collection

New York New York gaming floor: video

Date

1996

Archival Collection

Description

Interior b-roll footage of New York New York casino floor, camera pans to different areas on the floor, pans in and out on people interacting with various slot machines, table games, and generally walking around. Original media Betacam SP, color, aspect ratio 4 x 3, frame size 720 x 486. From the UNLV TV Audiovisual Collection (UA-00098) – Digitized audiovisual material file.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes in the Lockheed 14, circa late 1930s

Date

1935 to 1939

Description

Howard Hughes sitting inside the Lockheed 14 aircraft.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes and a woman, circa late 1930s

Date

1935 to 1939

Description

Howard Hughes talking with an unidentified woman.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes and a woman, circa late 1930s

Date

1935 to 1939

Description

Howard Hughes talking with an unidentified woman.

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