USS Akron dirigible airship in flight over the west coast of the United States. The control tower of USS Akron. U.S. Army soldiers at the controls of the dirigible. An officer stands nearby. Mail bags stacked aboard the dirigible. A cook roasts chicken in the galley. Stove and cooking utensils. Men peel onions and potatoes. Men seated at a table eat food.
The U.S. Navy Zeppelin, USS Akron (ZRS-4)in flight over Camp Kearny, San Diego, California. she drops mooring cable to crew of about 100 sailors on the ground. Part of the cable breaks, and three sailors are left dangling on the remaining cable. They are pulled up as the Akron rises and two of the sailors fall to their deaths. One sailor (Navy Apprentice Seaman, C.M. Cowart) remains secure on the cable and is reeled into the airship. Captain of the airship, Lieutenant Commander, Charles Emery Rosendahl, gives a public statement following the accident.
After a radio play in New York terrifies the nation. Thousands of radio listeners throughout the U.S. are frightened into mass hysteria by a dramatization of H. G. Wells' old thriller 'The War of the Worlds' as staged by Orson Welles, a young actor-manager. Orson Welles speaks at a press conference about the event. Media persons take notes during the press conference.
Orville Wright and U.S. Army aviator Frank Purdy Lahm, the first army passenger, test the "Wright Flyer" at Fort Myer, Virginia. Preparations for the take off of the aircraft. Frank Purdy Lahm sits at the controls with Wright standing in the front and releasing the ropes. Lahm and Orville Wright take seats in the aircraft. Men standing beside a catapult in front of buildings. Good views of Fort Myer buildings of the era. They adjust the position of the catapult. The catapult as seen from the front of the aircraft. View of catapult from behind the aircraft. The Wright Flyer takes off. The aircraft in flight. It circles over a field and buildings. Headquarters building in the background. The aircraft in flight over the field. (This footage is a mix of July 1909 footage where the aircraft shows two half-rounds of canvas in the front elevator, and September 1908 footage, from the rear taking off, where the aircraft has a single half-round of canvas in the front elevator.)
Orville Wright and U.S. Army aviator Frank Purdy Lahm, the first army passenger, test the "Wright Flyer" trials at Fort Myer, Virginia. The aircraft in flight. Headquarters building in the background. Men stand in front of the buildings. They watch the Wright Flyer flying. The aircraft circles over a field and buildings. The aircraft in flight. It lands on the field. The aircraft is moved on the field. Army personnel group around the Wright aircraft. Oliver Wright gets off the aircraft.
Belgian Prime minister Paul van Zeeland meets U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt to discuss international affairs in Washington DC. President Roosevelt and other dignitaries greet Paul Zeeland at the entrance of the White House. People standing on either side of the road in front of the White House wave at them. President Roosevelt, Prime Minister Paul van Zeeland and other officers pose for a camera at the entrance of the White House.
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