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Cover placed on mesh of girders and wires during making of large airship USS Akron, Akron Ohio.

Making of the dirigible USS Akron at Akron in Ohio. A large hanger inside which the huge dirigible assembled. Workers place the cover of airship starting from its nose. Interior of the dirigible with a maze of duralumin girders and wires.

Location: Akron Ohio USA
Date: 1931
Duration: 3 min 2 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675036623
United States Navy airship Akron takes off and in flight during a trial in Akron, Ohio.

United States Navy airship Akron being successfully tried in Akron, Ohio. Crew members gathered around the 785 feet long airship as it prepares for its maiden flight. The airship in flight. Aerial view of the airship in flight.

Location: Akron Ohio USA
Date: 1931, September 24
Duration: 55 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675059118
Goodyear's management team from Sweden returns to Akron after shutdown of Goodyear's Swedish plant in World War 2.

Goodyear managers observe a model of the globe. George Hinshaw shows Mr. Paul Litchfield, Chairman and CEO of Goodyear, the route taken by a team of Goodyear managers returning from Sweden to the United States. Management from Sweden come to Akron Ohio as the Goodyear rubber plant in Sweden was shutdown due to a wartime shortage of rubber. Various managers from the closed Goodyear operation in Sweden walk down the gangplank from their ship at dock, including Twisty Monk, Bob Wilson, Lee Young, and others. Press interviews Bob Wilson. Mrs. Walter Condon, wife of the Goodyear Australia Superintendent arrives at Akron Airport to visit her ill mother. View of United Airlines DC-3 taxiing to a halt, and Mrs. Condon emerging from the plane.

Location: Akron Ohio USA
Date: 1941
Duration: 1 min 28 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675030563
U.S. Admiral William A Moffett drives the first rivet into the framework of airship ZRS-4 during construction, in Akron, Ohio.

U.S. Admiral Moffett drives the first rivet into an airship framework, in Akron, Ohio. U.S. Admiral William Moffett with other senior officers inside a plant. Admiral William A Moffett drives the first rivet into the framework of airship ZRS-4. A large crowd gather outside. The framework in view. Construction material on the ground. The airship in flight into the world's largest hangar. Crowd watch the airship.

Location: Akron Ohio USA
Date: 1929, November 13
Duration: 56 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675054941
Robert Berger of Omaha, Nebraska wins the Soap Box Derby race held in Akron, Ohio.

Annual Soap Box Derby held in Akron, Ohio. The young boys work on their Soapbox cars. A youngster works on the wheel of his car. Spectators stand on either side of the racing track.. The Soapbox cars at the starting point. The race starts. Men on bike behind the cars. 14 year old Robert Berger from Omaha, Nebraska wins the race. Robert being presented the winning trophy and he smiles.

Location: Akron Ohio USA
Date: 1938, August 15
Duration: 53 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675033926
Loading of aircraft tires at Goodrich Rubber Company Plant in Akron Ohio.

At the Goodrich Rubber Company plant in Akron Ohio, workers load large aircraft tires onto a truck that has been backed up to a loading dock. Each tire is nearly as tall as a man and is rolled onto the truck and then hoisted into place by a group of workers.

Location: Akron Ohio USA
Date: 1941
Duration: 1 min 15 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675030483
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