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.
A Do-X flying boat in water in Friedrichshafen, Germany. Men on the plane. They board the plane and take their seats. The plane takes off. Flight of the plane. High altitude view of the city. Passengers look outside the plane.
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.
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.
Hugo Eckener and other officials step down stairs from LZ-127. They are surrounded by uniformed Army officers and personnel. A technicial in lab coat carries a large microphone to set up. Later, Hugo Eckener climbs back stairs where he talks to persons gathered about and gestures.
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