A new lighter than air blimp, built at Goodyear plant for the U.S. Navy takes off for its debut in Akron, Ohio. The dirigible takes off from the field. Flight commanders in the cabin of dirigible. 'US Navy K-2' written on the side of dirigible. It glides over hanger in the sky.
Exterior of Goodyear Company synthetic rubber manufacturing buildings in Akron Ohio. Tanks and huge heaps of thousands of old rubber tires are seen at a rubber reclamation center on Goodyear property, for use in recycling for World War 2 war effort.
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.
Shows tracks of a moving tank. Workers manufacturing tank-tracks in factory. Huge rubber inflated tire-tubes rolled out of factory by workers and loaded on trucks.Shows a Car in Akron Ohio performing various strain tests on tires over different road surfaces. July 1941.
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.
Interior of a tread manufacturing company in Akron Ohio. Workers at the assembly line working with various machines. Men assemble various parts of the half track tread with the help of a hand tool. Man checks a tread. Other treads piled up in lines on the floor. A man examines the assembled tread.
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