Reel Number: 220421-05
Color: Black and White and Colour
Sound: SD
Year / Date: 1929-1981
Country: USA
Location: Cujo Key, Florida
TC Begins: 15:27:28
TC Ends: 15:32:23
Duration: 00:04:55
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Military Balloons & LTAs Air Force Now 18th century illustrations hot air balloons. Stills: First Union Army Balloon Corps - used for observation. Modern LTA. WWI barrage balloon. Observation balloon launched. Several shots looking thru binoculars. 15:29:20 1929 Graf Zeppelin launch; View Manhattan NYC from airship lounges, restaurant & galley or kitchen aboard Graf Zeppelin. 1936 Hindenburg burning. 15:29:58 1930s Albert Stevens & Orville Anderson’s World ascent record, lifting off. WWII US Navy blimps. Colour footage. Japanese firebomb balloons / paper balloon bomb. 15:30:6 1981 Seek Skyhook military balloon program to provide early warning low-level radar coverage of Florida Straits. Control room. Liquid crystal display. Screens & switches. Radar-equipped blimps. Two blimps in air, alternating. Presented by your Air Force. Military Technology; Lighter Than Air; Aerial Surveillance; NORAD;