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USS Los Angeles (ZR-3) airship landing at Naval Air Station, Lakehurst, New Jersey

Smoke flare lit by ground crewman at Naval Air Station,Lakehurst,New Jersey. USS Los Angeles (ZR-3) airship, LZ-126, approaches for landing. Cables are dropped from ZR-3 and are seized by ground crewman who run with the lines. Cabin and control bridge touches ground while ground crewmen assist.

Date: 1928
Duration: 1 min 11 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675052190
Dirigible airships in hangar at Lakehurst in New Jersey.

Hangar doors open at Lakehurst field in New Jersey. Two small blimp airships and the large German dirigible, LZ-127, Graf Zeppelin, are parked in the hangar.The USS Los Angeles (ZR-3), LZ-126, is parked outside the hangar. The small airships are removed to make room for the ZR-3. Then the ZR-3 is rotated by ground crews and moved nose-first into the hangar, next to the LZ-127, Graf Zeppelin. Crowds of visitors fill the hangar,as Hugo Eckener, of the LZ-127,is interviewed. Men at work in the hangar, replacing fabric on the damaged LZ-127. Crowd moves towards LZ-127. Graf Zeppelin airship.Lieutenant Commander Charles E. Rosendahl jumps from the cabin door of the Graf Zeppelin, disappearing into the crowd. Crewmen aboard the LZ-127 help a U.S. sailor to climb aboard.

Date: 1928
Duration: 2 min 3 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675052191
LZ-127 Graf Zeppelin airship in flight and being maneuvered on ground, at Lakehurst NAS in New Jersey.

LZ-127 Graf Zeppelin airship in flight. Crew members peer through open windows and open door. Name "Graf Zeppelin" painted on side of the airship. Ground crew sailors look up at LZ-127 in the air above Lakehurst. Ground crewmen surround the control bridge and cabin of the LZ-127, to stabilize and maneuver it on the ground. Views of Graf Zeppelin in flight over Lakehurst. It passes by a hangar.

Date: 1928
Duration: 1 min 33 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675052192
LZ-127 Graf Zeppelin in flight and LZ-126 ZR-3 airship being positioned on the ground in Lakehurst in New Jersey.

LZ-127 Graf Zeppelin airship in flight. Next scene shows ground level views of the dirigible USS Los Angeles ZR-3 (built as LZ-126) being rotated on the ground, with its tail wheel fastened to a rail wheeled dolly, moving on a circular railroad track, at Lakehurst Naval Air Station, in New Jersey.

Date: 1928
Duration: 2 min 19 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675052193
Skywriting airplane welcomes Graf Zeppelin by encircling it with heavy vapor trail as it flies past.

Various events captured by newsreel cameramen.View from airplane, as a skywriter flies by the German Graf Zeppelin, welcoming it with a heavy vapor trail that envelopes the airship. Other aircraft are seen in flight. Aerial view of city, below.

Date: 1928
Duration: 57 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675053005
U.S. Secretary of War Dwight F. Davis visits the Hawaiian Islands.

U.S. Secretary of War Dwight F. Davis meets various officials. He represents President Coolidge at the Captain James Cook Sesquicentennial. He is accompanied by his daughters, Alice and Cynthia. Davis greets General Hines at Fort Mason, California. He boards the battleship the USS Pennsylvania and poses with his daughters. Captain Greenslade and Lester Maitland. The shipboard scenes show inspections, deck tennis, church services and physical training. A flag flutters from the foremast of the ship. Soldiers line up at the ship deck. Executive Officer Richard S. Galloway and Captain Greenslade inspect the troops. Men on the ship deck read a weekly paper 'Key Stone'. Soldiers dressed in white stand in formation on the ship deck. Inspections by the Secretary of War and Captain Greenslade. They decorate the soldiers and discuss amongst themselves on the ship deck. Army and Navy planes hover over the battleship to greet the dignitary. Men gather at pier number 2 of the Fort Armstrong at the Honolulu harbor to greet them. Officials discuss. The Governor of Hawaii Wallace Farrington arrives to greet Dwight. They inspect the guard of honor 64th CAC-AA. Dwight leaves for the royal Hawaiian hotel.

Date: 1928, August
Duration: 9 min 52 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675046033