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Akron Ohio USA 1941 stock footage and images

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First trial flight of navy airship K-3 from Goodyear's Wingfoot Lake hangar near Akron Ohio.

Navy airship flying event at Wingfoot Lake hangar near Akron Ohio. Non rigid naval airship coming out of hangar for its first trial flight. U.S.Navy K-3 mark is seen on the dirigible. Commanders of navy in airship along with Mr. Paul Litchfield, Chaiman and CEO of Goodyear. The K-3 and a Goodyear blimp flying over the area. Aerial views of lake and town below. Airship lands.

Date: 1941
Duration: 1 min 34 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675030571
Army officials demonstrate barrage balloons at a field near Akron in Wingfoot lake, Ohio

Army officials demonstrate barrage balloons at a field near Akron in Wingfoot lake, Ohio. Air balloons of various shapes can be seen.

Date: 1941, July 2
Duration: 26 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675032896
United States airship Akron being launched in Akron, Ohio, by first lady, Mrs. Hoover.

Maiden flight of United States airship Akron. USS Akron in flight and aerial view of a large crowd gathered at the launching ceremony of Akron. Wife of President Herbert Hoover, Mrs. Louise Henry Hoover arrives at the ceremony to launch the airship. She speaks on the microphone during the ceremony. She pulls a long line to release a trap door and pigeons from Akron.

Date: 1931
Duration: 1 min 22 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675042201
Agriculture and industry in Ohio, United States.

Wheat farm and field in Ohio United States. Men work in wheat farm. A woman and children view vegetable produce for sale by two boy farm workers at a road-side stand. Heaps of harvested crops in field. A man and children look at carved pumpkin jack o'lanterns and people shop at a farmer's market area. Dairy farm and cattle grazing in the field. Men bring prize horses from stable. Men with horses walk in field. Men working in pottery manufacturing unit. Potter's wheel and clay pot is seen and porcelain tableware manufacturing in East Liverpool, Zanesville, and Cambridge. Woman checks the pile of plates while man paints plates by hand. Two boys stand on stairs outside the Ohio Company Land Office, a wooden building which the narrator says was erected in 1788 and is the oldest building in Marietta, Ohio. Busy streets of Toledo, Ohio, with shops and office buildings along main streets and car traffic on streets. Men work in glass factory. Man blows glass and molds the glass in different shapes by blowing glass. View of Akron. A man and women working in rubber factory in Akron, Ohio. Huge rubber tires and tubes are seen.

Date: 1951
Duration: 4 min 9 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675030585
Wastage of rubber during rash driving on highways in Akron Ohio

Man demonstrates how rubber is wasted during rash driving by quick brakes and rapid turns on highway. A Chevrolet Car stops suddenly leaving tire marks. Man showing rubber particles.

Date: 1941
Duration: 2 min 24 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675030481
Military half-track truck blending conventional front tires with tank like track at rear in Akron Ohio

A military half-track truck with a covered bed, leaves the roadway and climbs sideways up a steep off road embankment. The truck has conventional wheels with tires in front but is propelled by a tank like track with treads in the rear. The rear track is shown up-close rolling over large bumps.

Date: 1941
Duration: 28 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675030484