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Dr. Hugo Eckener at exit door of LZ-127 Graf Zeppelin airship, after landing in Friedrichshafen, Germany

LZ-127 Graf Zeppelin airship in flight. Parachutist seen descending beneath the airship. Dr. Hugo Eckener exits from LZ-127 after landing. A technician sets a large microphone in place on a tripod. Hugo Eckener is welcomed by military officials and other dignitaries. Hugo Eckener at exit door of LZ-127. Spectators stand beside the cabin of the airship. Soldiers and a photographer stand near the rear gondola of LZ-127. A single large propeller is seen on the gondola.

Location: Friedrichshafen Germany

Date: 1928

Duration: 1 min 14 sec

Sound: No

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Unedited

Language: None

Clip: 65675052185

Hugo Eckener converses with other officials at outdoor table on field in Friedrichshafen, where LZ-127 Graf Zeppelin is parked.

Hugo Eckener and other officials seated around table and having drinks. Officials converse with each other. LZ-127 officer, Ernst Lehman, in uniform, bends over to speak with Dr. Eckner. Close views of Hugo Eckener talking with officials. Crowd in the background includes German policemen. Brief view of the Graf Zeppelin airship on the ground.

Location: Friedrichshafen Germany

Date: 1928

Duration: 1 min 28 sec

Sound: No

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Unedited

Language: None

Clip: 65675052181

Eisfeld-Valier rocket propulsion system tests using simple chassis with steel wheels running on narrow gauge railroad.

July 17, 1928, Friedrichshohe, Harz, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany. Trial run of an Eisfeld-Valier propulsion system on a simple rail car (chassis mounted on steel wheels) running on the Harz Narrow Gauge Railway ,in central Germany. A man fits rocket boosters in the chassis. A flag marks the start point. The car leaves the start point and attains speed of over 100 Km per hour. Spectators stand near the track. July 25, 1928. Another trial run of the rocket-propelled rail car. Men near Eisfeld-Valier-Rak-1propelled rail car on tracks. Men fit rocket boosters in the car. The boosters are ignited. The car attains a speed of 180 Km per hour. July 26, 1928. Official speed run of the Eisfeld-Valier-Rak 1rail car at Stiege, Germany. On this third run, the car reached 180 km / hr but continues its strong acceleration, causing it to derail and fly off the track at a speed estimated to be 300 Km per hour.

Location: Germany

Date: 1928, July 17

Duration: 2 min 44 sec

Sound: No

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Edited

Language: German

Clip: 65675024381

German dirigible Graf Zeppelin takes off from Friedrichshaven, Germany and during its flight to the United States.

German dirigible Graf Zeppelin starts from Friedrichshaven, Germany during its flight to the United States of America. Graf Zeppelin airship brought out of its hanger by the ground crew. Large craft moved over the ground by its ground handling crew. The cabin on the dirigible. It takes off from Friedrichshaven and during its flight, sails over river Rhine. Doctor Hugo Eckener, builder of craft and director of the flight in his cabin. German countryside as seen from the dirigible. Passengers at breakfast table inside the cabin. The Madeira Islands amidst the sea. A ship sailing in sea seen from the dirigible. Passengers eating at the dining room. A stabilizing fin damaged during flight.

Location: Friedrichshafen Germany

Date: 1928

Duration: 5 min 54 sec

Sound: No

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Edited

Language: English

Clip: 65675036610

The Zeppelin dirigible LZ-129 (Hindenburg) under construction inside hangar, at Friedrichshafen, Germany.

LZ-129 Airship (Hindenburg) under construction in Friedrichshafen,Germany. Men work inside hangar. Structural framework for the Hindenburg is taken inside hangar. Visitors stand at entrance to the hangar to look at the airship under construction and read about it on signs and displays. Prefabricated sections of framework are moved into position by cable hoists. A man rides on a cable suspended from the hangar ceiling and another descends on a cable-supported scaffold. several men walk precariously along framework stringers of the airship and perform tasks at certain points along the way. One man climbs down a circular member. View, from ascending scaffold, of the structure taking shape. A workman moves on hands and knees, backwards, cautiously, across a top framework member. Shape is becoming recognizable, as seen from ascending scaffold. Having climbed down a circular section of framework, a workman hangs by his hands and drops to hangar floor. That circular section is then raised by hoists.

Location: Friedrichshafen Germany

Date: 1931

Duration: 3 min 28 sec

Sound: No

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Unedited

Language: None

Clip: 65675052195