Hangar doors open at Lakehurst field in New Jersey. Two small blimp airships and the large German dirigible, LZ-127, Graf Zeppelin, are parked in the hangar.The USS Los Angeles (ZR-3), LZ-126, is parked outside the hangar. The small airships are removed to make room for the ZR-3. Then the ZR-3 is rotated by ground crews and moved nose-first into the hangar, next to the LZ-127, Graf Zeppelin. Crowds of visitors fill the hangar,as Hugo Eckener, of the LZ-127,is interviewed. Men at work in the hangar, replacing fabric on the damaged LZ-127. Crowd moves towards LZ-127. Graf Zeppelin airship.Lieutenant Commander Charles E. Rosendahl jumps from the cabin door of the Graf Zeppelin, disappearing into the crowd. Crewmen aboard the LZ-127 help a U.S. sailor to climb aboard.
LZ-127 Graf Zeppelin airship in flight. Next scene shows ground level views of the dirigible USS Los Angeles ZR-3 (built as LZ-126) being rotated on the ground, with its tail wheel fastened to a rail wheeled dolly, moving on a circular railroad track, at Lakehurst Naval Air Station, in New Jersey.
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.
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