Passengers are interviewed as they prepare to depart on the Zeppelin LZ 129 "Hindenburg" from Lakehurst Naval Air Station in New Jersey. One passenger smokes pipe. Close view of a lady passenger. A young U.S. Naval officer, wearing Naval aviator wings, poses for photograph. Huge tail fin of the German airship Hindenburg with the Nazi swastika emblem.
Airship LZ-129 Hindenburg in flight over Lakehurst Naval Air Station, Lakehurst, New Jersey. The Hindenburg Airship at mooring tower. The U.S. Navy dirigible, ZR-3 (USS Los Angeles LZ-126) is seen in background. Ground crews maneuver the Hindenburg's tail around a circular track to reposition it. A man stands on one of the Hindenburg's engine nacelles, by the propeller, as the ship is rotated. Ground crewmen pull on cluster of lines to maneuver the Hindenburg.
People gathered outside a dirigible hangar building at Lakehurst Naval Air Station, to look at the German zeppelin Hindenburg, parked inside. A railroad train is parked outside the hangar, with smoke rising from its locomotive. The crowd enters the hangar by a side entrance. Crowds entering are monitored by a U.S. Marine.
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.
Several women passengers are assisted disembarking from airship LZ 129 Hindenburg as it moves about above a mobile set of steps. The Hindenburg being rotated on a circular track by ground crew and tractor on rails. U.S. Navy ground crewmen walking beside as it moves. Stern view showing ground crewmen and engines at sides of the Hindenburg. A ground crewman climbs a ladder affixed near the tailwheel and looks inside tail compartment.
Airship LZ 129 Hindenburg, in flight, preparing to land at U.S. Naval Air Station, Lakehurst, New Jersey. Passengers looking out from ship's Cabin. View of control gondola, under LZ 129. Passengers are helped to disembark. Bow of airship is secured to mooring mast. Ground crewmen surround the control gondola under the Hindenburg, in efforts to control movement during landing, as other ground crews grasp lines fastened to the airship. Stern views of Hindenburg, as ground crew maneuvers her on the ground.
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