Interiors of airship LZ 129 Hindenburg while moored at Lakehurst Naval Air Station. In the reading and writing room, the airship's Captain Ernst Lehman answers questions from an interviewer about their flight to Frankfurt, Germany and future flights planned for the Hindenburg. View of dining room with chairs and tables and open window. In a staged scene, two men look out the observation windows and talk of seeing America outside. A man walks up staircase from B-deck. A little girl is seated on a dining room chair at the observation windows. She smiles, gets up, and demonstrates that the chair is so light that she can pick it up with one hand.
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.
Officials and crowd assembled at Long Island's Mitchel Field to welcome Colonel Charles Augustus Lindbergh. Colonel Lindbergh's airplane 'Spirit of St Louis' pushed by men at airfield. Charles Lindbergh poses with an officer. Cameramen take pictures while Colonel Lindbergh gets into car.
Ceremony of unveiling a statue of Jeanne d'Arc in Meridian Park. Crowd assembled for the ceremony. President and Mrs Warren G Harding arrive at ceremony. Officials speak at stand. Unveiling of Jeanne d'Arc statue. Flags on poles. Man places bouquet and flowers in front of the statue. Secretary of War, John W Weeks speaks. Side view of statue. Various officials speak at ceremony.
President Franklin D.Roosevelt (FDR) sitting at a desk, reading congratulatory letters and telegrams from supporters. He is surrounded by grandchildren: Curtis Dall,Jr.; Sara Roosevelt; and Anna Eleanor Dall. Next is a closeup of FDR signing a letter thanking Dan V. Stephens for his telegram. (Stephens was Democratic Congressman from Nebraska's 3rd District, 1911-1919. He died in January, 1939.) Scene changes to the lawn at "Springwood," the Roosevelt family estate in Hyde Park, New York, where President and Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt are sitting in wicker lawn chairs. She is knitting, and FDR is paying attention to the grandchildren, Sara and Curtis, who are riding horses,and granddaughter, Sara, on a pony. He talks with Sara. Closeup of Sara. The President is next seen relaxing with his stamp collection. Finally, he is seen sitting by the fireplace, with his mother, Sara Ann Delano Roosevelt.
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