A view of Howard Hughes and Grover Whalen inside of a car in New York. Description printed on photograph's accompanying sheet of paper: "Howard Hughes (left) and Grover Whalen on way to a hotel after Hughes completed a round the world flight. 7-14-38. (Press Association)"
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.
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UNLV TV Audiovisual Collection
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Typed onto a piece of paper attached to the image: "Scene at Floyd Bennett Field as Howard Hughes and his crew landed after completing a round the world hop. 7-14-38. (Press Association)."
A picture of the crowd at a parade celebrating the completion of Howard Hughes' round the world flight. Typed onto a piece of paper attached to the image: "Parade - 7/15/38."
Description printed on photograph's accompanying sheet of paper: "Gen. view parade: As globe fliers braved Broadway blizzard, New York. Although they didn't encounter a single snowflake on their roaring dash across Siberia, Howard Hughes and his four-man crew met a regular blizzard (of Broadway ticker tape) today as New York paid them homage as only New York know how. This is a view of the scene as the triumphal procession proceeded from the Battery to City Call. In the car are (left to right) Grover Whalen, President of the New York World's Fair, Howard Hughes and Al Lodwick, his press representative. (w) 7-15-38.30."
The black and white view of Howard Hughes and his crew at a parade after he completed his Round-The-World flight in New York. Handwritten on the back of the image: "B' way parade temporarily blocked by fire engines answering false alarm. 7/15/38."