Several women passengers are assisted disembarking from airship LZ 129 Hindenburg as it moves about above a mobile set of steps. The Hindenburg being rotated on a circular track by ground crew and tractor on rails. U.S. Navy ground crewmen walking beside as it moves. Stern view showing ground crewmen and engines at sides of the Hindenburg. A ground crewman climbs a ladder affixed near the tailwheel and looks inside tail compartment.
A commuter train falls from 50 feet into the Newark Bay through a half open drawbridge. An estimated forty persons die in the railroad accident. Cars of train fallen in the bay. A car dangling from the bridge over the bay waters. Rescue boats and divers try to rescue the victims of the accident. Police officers in a boat inspect the area after the accident. A large crowd of people on shore watch the relief and rescue activities by authorities.
A country fisherman,wearing wide brimmed straw hat, is sitting on the end of a plank, holding a fishing pole. A practical joker sneaks up behind him and removes a heavy stone holding down the other end of the plank, causing the fisherman to fall into the stream. A man arrives in a horse drawn wagon. He joins the practical joker in laughing at the fisherman's dilemma. Eventually, the practical joker jumps into the stream as well.
SS Kronprinz Wilhelm at sea near the Virginia coast. Captain Thierichsen of the Eitel (left) Collector of the Port Hamilton, and Captain Thierfelder of the SS Kronprinz Wilhelm. Sailors demonstrate the firing of one of the Kronprinz's 3 1-2 inch guns. They pose with another 6 inch gun captured from a French ship. The crew assembled in uniforms, wearing patent leather shoes taken from a captured ship. The SS Crown Prince Wilhelm is interned in the then neutral USA during WWI.
United States Army Air Corps ground crewmen work in front of row of parked Martin B-10 aircraft before WW2. Pilots standing by portable gas heater warming their hands and feet. A ground crewman removing portable gas heater from under canvas covering the nose of a Curtiss A-12 Shrike. Two ground crewmen putting booties on "Prince" the squadron collie dog mascot. Crewmen putting on sheepskin flying suit while another wearing a cold weather flying mask helps. Close up of crewman in cold weather mask. Close up of engine as it starts up. Martin B-10 bombers in flight over snow. A gunner in B-10 rear canopy. A B-10 in flight. View rear through B-10 bomber vertical stabilizer. Camera man without canopy operating a hand cranked 35mm motion picture camera. B-10 bombers in flight at night.
Convair B-36 Peacemaker in flight with snow covered peaks on ground. F-94 Starfire in flight with nose up, gaining height. View of F-94 Starfire in flight over the wing of Convair B-36 Peacemaker.
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