Aircraft and helicopters in flight over Saigon. Formation of clouds. American vehicles line up in streets. American soldiers on vehicles. Soldiers pass in jeeps on road. ARVN (Army of the Republic of Vietnam) soldiers guard street. (Vietnam War period).
French colonials, carrying French tricolor flags, and Vietnamese civilians, carrying North Vietnamese flags, mingle with French and Vietnamese military and officials, outside airport. men carry a huge banner. The banner reads 'Viet Nam Lao Dong Lien Doan', meaning: Vietnam Labor Union. A group of young Vietnamese women, carry flags and chant. Small Vietnamese children wave flags. A DC-3 aircraft, with North Vietnam flags in the windows, taxis to a stop. North Vietnamese leader, Ho Chi Minh, emerges, followed by Jean Sainteny, delegate from the High Commissioner of France. Ho Chi Minh is immediately surrounded by high ranking French officers and officials and press and photographers. A little Vietnamese girl presents him flowers. Ho Chi Minh makes a public statement into two microphones covered by hankerchiefs (to muffle wind?).
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.
Father Paul Schulte, a Roman Catholic priest from Germany, arriving at Lakehurst Naval Air Station aboard the German Zeppelin Hindenburg on the airship's maiden North Atlantic voyage, states that this is only his second trip to the United States. He would like to be able to have an airplane to explore "every nook and corner" of this country. He says "I don't like this country. I love it."
German zeppelin Hindenburg lands at Lakehurst Naval Air Station, New Jersey on the morning of 9 May 1936, after the airship's maiden voyage across the North Atlantic Ocean. People gather to watch the zeppelin after a successful transatlantic flight in 60 hours. The zeppelin enters a waiting hangar as a huge crowd gathers to watch. A Nazi swastika on the airship. Dr. Hugo Eckener thanks American government for their cooperation and talks about the successful flight across the North Atlantic. (This is the only portion of the clip that includes audio). People look at the zeppelin in the hangar.
Hindenburg LZ 129 airship in flight near Lakehurst Naval Air Station, New Jersey, arriving on its first flight to the United States. The Hindenburg being moored at Lakehurst. Ground crew under the airship's huge tail fin. Nazi swastika emblem on tail fins. Distant view of the airship from different angles.
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