Howard Hughes - The Life-Changing Air Crashes | Biographical Documentary

Howard Hughes, businessman, film producer and record-breaking aviator was one of the richest men in the world, but he is perhaps most remembered for his obsessional fears of contamination and strange decline into total reclusiveness. This biographical documentary explores how a man, who in his youth had it all – intelligence, good looks, control of a multi-million-dollar company and Hollywood stars queueing up to make his acquaintance, could end his days hiding himself away, terrified of germs. This video focusses on his four plane crashes and three serious car accidents to see what impact these had on the mind of a man once famous for his incisive thinking and shrewd business brain. Could they have turned the handsome and adventurous billionaire into a bedraggled hermit? Finding Out More The best biographies I found were: Howard Hughes – His Life and Madness by Donald Barlett and James Steele and Howard Hughes - The Untold Story by Pat Broeske. I also found the memoirs of his assistant Noah Dietrich - Howard – the Amazing Mr Hughes, interesting if a little unbelievable in parts. I have listed these on my Amazon Store Page. https://www.amazon.com/shop/professor... Academic References Tennant, F. (2007) Howard Hughes and Pseudoaddiction. Practical Pain Management 12-29. Copyright Disclaimer The primary purpose of this video is educational. I have tried to use material in the public domain or with Creative Commons Non-attribution licences wherever possible. Where attribution is required, I have listed this below. I believe that any copyright material used falls under the remit of Fair Use, but if any content owners would like to dispute this, I will not hesitate to immediately remove that content. It is not my intention to infringe on content ownership in any way. If you happen to find your art or images in the video, please let me know and I will be glad to credit you. Images Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons Wellcome Collection Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Music Tumbleweed Texas Chris Haugman CC0 Intelligentsia Godmode CC0 George Gershwin's 3 Preludes, performed by La Pianista CC3.0 Blacksmith Godmode CC0 Lullabye Density and Time CC0 To pass time Godmode CC0 Sun awakens Futurmono CC0 With Shot and Shell US Marines Band CC0 Rialto Ripples Jeffrey Biegel YT When You Want 'Em, You Can't Get 'Em, When You've Got 'Em, You Don't Want 'Em Gershwin Piano Roll (public domain) Traversing Godmode CC0 Gershwin: 3 Preludes for Clarinet and Piano II. Clarinet: Byeon Gyu-ri, Piano: Kim Hwa-jeong CCAttribution Savior Telecasted CC0 JHS Pedals Sleepy West CC0 Isaac Albeniz - Tango Op.165 Nº2 - David Hernando Vitores - Kayoko Morimoto (Wasei Duo) CC4.0 Vladan L. Kuzmanović, Prelude For Broken Piano No. 2 CC4.0 Video edited by Manavi Sakunika and produced by Graeme Yorston and Tom Yorston