USS Akron (ZRS-4), helium filled American-made rigid type Dirigible, at Lakehurst Naval Station, New Jersey, in the United States. USS Akron on the landing field. Sailors work near the airship. The airship is moved by a mobile mooring mast and it's stern beam, prominent in this film clip, in preparation for flight. The stern bumper seen being carried by sailors will be attached to the lower fin where the stern beam has been removed to the right, starboard.
Aerial views of zeppelins Hindenburg (LZ-129) and USS Los Angeles ZR-3 (LZ-126), moored at Lakehurst Naval Air Station, New Jersey. Large swastikas on tail of Hindenburg airship.
First flight of the dirigible USS Akron from Lakehurst, New Jersey to Washington DC. Airship floats in air, U.S. navy symbol and Akron written on it. The cabin at the bottom of Akron. Buildings and Potomac River shoreline seen from it. Views as it flies over the National Mall, the White House, the Washington National Monument, Lincoln Memorial, Main Navy and Munitions Buildings, and several Potomac River Bridges including the Memorial Bridge. Empty land seen at Gravelly Point where National Airport was later built. Passengers in the dirigible looking out the windows at the sights below. Control room, navigation captain and crew members talk, including good views of the ship's captain, Lieutenant Commander Charles E. Rosendahl, U.S. Navy. A cook checks on roasts cooking in an oven. Airship flies directly over Washington Monument. Views of Union Station from the airship, and then views from directly over the U.S. Capitol. Many views of the airship in flight taken from an adjacent airship or plane. Views of another U.S. city on the east coast, and then views of the airship flying over Manhattan Island. New York City skyscrapers and skyline seen from the airship.
Students of a naval parachute jumping training school in New Jersey, United States. A blimp takes off from an air base at Lakehurst. The blimp in flight with a crew aboard it. Students of a naval parachute jumping school jump from the blimp while in flight.
Crash of Hindenburg Zeppelin (airship) at Naval Air Engineering Station, Lakehurst in New Jersey. Ruins of Hindenburg airship after flames have been extinguished. Wreckage of engines of the large Zeppelin. Officers inspects the crashed Hindenburg. German ambassador is interviewed about the crash. German ambassador. Injured persons are put into an ambulance. Ambulances being driven to a hospital. Survivors of the Hindenburg crash. Fourteen year old cabin boy Werner Franz, who is youngest survivor of the crash. Witnesses take oath before testifying about the crash.
Crash of Hindenburg Zeppelin (airship) at Naval Air Engineering Station Lakehurst in New Jersey. Zeppelin (Hindenburg) in flames. Wreckage of Zeppelin. Nose of the burned airship. Hindenberg circles airfield to make landing. Airship bursts into flames and crashes. Sign:'Hindenburg' on airship. Airship catches fire. Smoke rising from fire. Firefighters fighting the blazing airship. Various scenes of the burning airship.
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