N2Y-1 training plane, with trapeze-hook gear, successfully hooks up to the USS Akron (ZRS-4) airship. Akron crew member, Lieutenant Wayer, descends a ladder from USS Akron. He makes sure airplane is securely fastened to the Akron. He climbs into the airplane, which is then hoisted into the USS Akron.
Pilots in Consolidated N2Y-1 trainer airplanes practice hooking onto and releasing from the USS Akron (ZRS-4) USS Akron in flight. Consolidated N2Y-1 trainers are seen maneuvering below the airship to accomplish their hookups and releases. The aircraft are fitted with special trapeze hook equipment.
Dairy and produce transport by trucks in Washington DC and surrounding areas. A worker at a refrigerated railroad box loads produce of fruit and vegetables onto a W. Chas Heitmuller wholesale company truck in Washington DC. Truck carrying produce moves away from the loading area. Men deliver goods from truck into a Sanitary Grocery Company store in Washington DC (The Sanitary chain was later acquired by Safeway). Men driving trucks carrying livestock. Two African American farm workers load barrels of produce onto a truck on a farm field. A line of trucks from the W.A. Simpson Dairy in Washington DC drives on a rural road transporting Simpson's Milk to the city. A Simpson Milk truck backs into a bay at a home or business in a Washington DC neighborhood for a delivery. View of pneumatic tires on a truck, that ease wear on the roads.
Alaska survey expedition. Planes lined up before departure at the air base. Group of officers detailed to the expedition. The officers stand near it. 'US Navy Alaskan Survey Expedition' written on the plane. Group of officers pose for the photographs in front of the plane.
Inside the Chicago Stadium, Chicago, illinois, the Republican National Convention renominates President Herbert Hoover and Vice President Charles Curtis as their candidates in the next election. The stadium is filled with flag-waving delegates. Hoover is about to address the convention. Banners bearing the images of Hoover and Curtis, respectively, are displayed beside the speaker's stand.
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.
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