USS Akron (ZRS-4) in flight over Lakehurst, Naval Air Station, New Jersey. An N2Y bi-plane about to hook onto the aircraft trapeze of the ship during flight operations. Bi-plane approaches, hooks on to trapeze of USS Akron and is pulled up into the airship.
Newsreel of June 28, 1962 showing event 25 years earlier: Hindenburg disaster on 6th May 1937. Traffic passes on road. LZ-129 Hindenburg airship approaches Lakehurst Naval Air Station in New Jersey. Ground crew awaits Hindenburg's landing. Mooring mast in the background. Hindenburg catches fire and fuel tank bursts out of hull. Hindenburg engulfed in flames crashes into ground. Men run toward burning Hindenburg. Huge clouds of smoke arise from burning Hindenburg.
Ground crew move the airship USS Akron on mooring masts out of its large hanger, at Lakehurst in New Jersey. A specially prepared mooring mast for reaching nose of a dirigible. Ground support crew drag the huge airship USS Akron out of its hanger. A number of men drag the airship and move it out of the large hanger.
Airship United States Ship Macon sails over sea, Lakehurst in New Jersey. A submarine moving speedily in seawater seen from the airship. Sea waves generated on surface by the movement of submarine. It moves on to water surface and dives in again.
A Bi-plane flying in sky ejects a parachute jumper in Lakehurst New Jersey. The navy standard parachute diver drops towards ground. A life raft thrown along with the jumper drops slower than the para jumper.
Zeppelins Hindenburg (LZ-129) aloft and USS Los Angeles (LZ-126) moored at Lakehurst Naval Air Station in New Jersey, United States. Airplanes fly by the Hindenburg, which maneuvers and docks at airship mooring tower.
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