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1955 - Aviation: Dirigible Airship History - w/ many crashes

Reel Number: 280103-14

Color: Black and White

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1955,1950s

Country: England,France,Germany,Italy,United Kingdom,USA

Location:

TC Begins: 05:49:50

TC Ends: 05:55:59

Duration: 00:06:09

NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk 1955 - Aviation: Dirigible Airship History - w/ many crashes Intertitle: Living History - The Days Of The Dirigible. Very large US Navy dirigible low overhead. 05:50:26 Dirigible over New York City / Manhattan, low view over Empire State Building, POV circling. View from inside cabin w/ pilot. 05:50:38 4 engine German dirigible; crashed on ground. Post-WWI French airship Dixmude. 1919 British airship R-29 in flight; R-33 w/ badly crushed nose in flight. 05:51:17 R-38 rising; wreckage in River Humber. 05:51:26 Italy’s airship Roma w/ keel attached purchased by USA. 1922 fire & burning on ground seen from air. 05:51:48 First USA built dirigible ZR-1, USS Shenandoah, at mooring; wreckage seen from above on Ohio countryside w/ spectators 03Sep25. MS & MCU from ground. GOOD 05:52:02 1924 Los Angeles landing on aircraft carrier dropping ballast on crew on deck. View from deck of successful landing on ship. First tethering to mast on shipboard. 05:52:40 Graf Zeppelin (LZ-127). People waving to ocean liner below. 1929 line of automobiles on road & crowd from railroad train to meet arrival at Lakehurst, New Jersey. Waving & cheering. CU Hugo Eckener leaning out window while on ground. 05:53:13 Skeleton of USS Akron (ZRS-4) under construction seen from ascending elevator; nose section; entire & covering beginning to be applied. Alongside smaller USS Los Angeles in hanger. Ext. rising; plane hooking on & released. Over city. Interior of crew & bridge. Wreckage on ocean. 05:54:18 Sister ship USS Macon (ZRS-5) CU attaching to mast; on ground & view on board; passing overhead. Sea & oil slick after Feb35 crash. 05:54:55 1937 Hindenburg w/ lounge, piano. Landing & exploding above crew handling lines. Fire & explosion. 05:55:48 Scenics of Dirigibles. Aviation; Transportation; NOTE: One continuous minute sold at per reel rate. NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk

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