Crowd assembled to see German zeppelin airship, LZ-129 Hindenburg, descending to land, upon arrival on its first flight to the United States, at Lakehurst Naval Air Station in New Jersey. Mooring tower and U.S. Navy dirigible LZ-126 the USS Los Angeles (ZR-3) are seen on the field. A DC-2 aircraft takes off in front of the Hindenburg as it approaches. Ground crew secures the Hindenburg to the Mooring tower. Officers of the Hindenburg look out from the control room.Officials gather underneath the airship. Passengers look out windows of the cabin. A tractor,built into the mooring tower, travels along a track to move the hindenburg, while ground crews hold lines to stabilize the air ship.
View of approaching zeppelin Hindenburg (LZ-129), as seen through framework of mooring mast at Lakehurst Naval Air Station in New Jersey. The Hindenburg approaching landing field drops securing lines to the ground, where ground crews seize them to stabilize the zeppelin. Wheel under control gondola of Hindenburg. Ground crewmen surround the control gondola to stabilize movement as the zeppelin settles. Passengers looking out of the observation windows of the airship. U.S. Navy team secures the Hindenburg to mooring mast. Officer speaks on megaphone from mooring tower. Propeller on side of Hindenburg. Ground crewmen secure tail of the Hindenburg to a tractor for maneuvering. Several passengers disembark, with difficulty,while the Hindenburg is still moving from side to side in gusts of wind.
Airship LZ 129 Hindenburg at Lakehurst Naval Air Station. New Jersey. Ground crewmen standing by with ladders and other equipment as the zeppelin settles on the ground. Man waves from bow of Hindenburg. Crew on mooring mast reel in cable attached to Hindenburg's nose. Suddenly, it pulls away. Officer on ground issues orders using a megaphone. U.S. Navy Commander Charles Rosendahl, commander of the Naval Air Station at Lakehurst, stands behind the officer issuing orders. The mooring crew try again, and succeed in securing the Hindenburg's nose cable. Men on ground stabilize control gondola of the zeppelin. A sailor holds a flag beneath the airship.
LZ 129 Hindenburg airship in flight over water and shore areas of New York and New Jersey. Shoreline in the background. Control gondola under Hindenburg can be seen. Biplane in flight. View towards empennage of plane. Hindenburg in flight.
U.S. 105th Field Artillery and 2nd Battalion Pioneers aboard USS America and USS Madawaska in Newport News, Virginia leave for Europe in 1918 during World War I. U.S. troops aboard USS America. The ship leaves from the Newport News. The troops of 2nd Battalion Pioneers and 105th Field Artillery aboard USS Madawaska. The troops on the deck wave.
U.S. Superdreadnought, Battleship USS Tennessee (BB-43) in the Brooklyn Naval Yard in New York City. U.S. sailors look at the battleship in the harbor. A navy officer with a mascot dog. Sailors ready to board the battleship. They carry sea bags and embark on the battleship. The USS Tennessee, underway. Different time: December 25, 1918, Cluster of ships and boats in the East River, in New York City, during Naval Review. The Presidential yacht, Mayflower, in the river.
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