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.
Crowd assembled to see German zeppelin airship, LZ-129 Hindenburg, descending to land, upon arrival on its first flight to the United States, at Lakehurst Naval Air Station in New Jersey. Mooring tower and U.S. Navy dirigible LZ-126 the USS Los Angeles (ZR-3) are seen on the field. A DC-2 aircraft takes off in front of the Hindenburg as it approaches. Ground crew secures the Hindenburg to the Mooring tower. Officers of the Hindenburg look out from the control room.Officials gather underneath the airship. Passengers look out windows of the cabin. A tractor,built into the mooring tower, travels along a track to move the hindenburg, while ground crews hold lines to stabilize the air ship.
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.
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.
German zeppelin Hindenburg lands at Lakehurst Naval Air Station, New Jersey after its second flight across the North Atlantic Ocean. Ground crew at the Lakehurst Naval Air station pull landing ropes as the airship lands. Men on a mooring mast as they undertake landing operations. Zeppelin battling gusts during landing. Passengers debark the zeppelin.
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