LZ-127 Graf Zeppelin after landing in Friedrichshafen, Germany. Police and Army personnel surround the airship's rear gondola. One propeller of LZ-127 can be seen on gondola. Hugo Eckener exits LZ-127 cabin and waves to cheering crowd. Hugo Eckener with other officials drinks at table.
Large number of ground crewmen surround forward cabin of LZ-127 Graf Zeppelin airship and maneuver it towards mooring tower. Men on the tower secure the airship to the mooring mast. German police and soldiers grasp lines from the airship to stabilize it. The Graf Zeppelin airship in flight over power lines in Germany.
LZ-127 Graf Zeppelin airship descending to land in Friedrichshafen, Germany. men surround the foward cabin and hold it down. Soldiers surround the rear gondola as it lowers toward ground. They hang from the gondola and ride a short distance that way. View of the LZ-127 airship moored to a tower.
The LZ-129 airship (Hindenburg) under construction in Friedrichsshafen, Germany. Men work on aluminum girders of airship. Man comes down in elevator. Aluminum girder structure dragged into hangar. Man climbs along girder framework of the airship high above the ground with safety line attached to himself. Circular section of framework is lifted into position by hoisting cables. Framework in nose section of the Hindenburg has taken shape, as viewed from moving scaffold, descending.
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.
Exterior of hangar constructed for LZ-127 Graf Zeppelin in Friedrichshafen, Germany. Interior of hangar.
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