Return of forces to Germany III (REFORGER III) in Panzing, Germany. U.S. Lieutenant General Fillmore K. Mearns, Commanding General 7th Corps, briefs spectators. U.S. F-4s helicopter strike on a hill. Napalm bomb explosion on hill. Simulated artillery fire at landing zones. U.S. Army AH-1G Cobra gunship fire at bridge. Spectators and cameramen watch in foreground. U.S. UH-1Ds helicopter bring in troops. Friendly forces attack aggressor forces as helicopter takes off in background. Helicopters lay smoke screen followed by large group of UH-1Ds coming in for landing. U.S. Air Force CH-54 Skycrane brings in replacement bridge.
Return of forces to Germany III (REFORGER III) exercise in Germany. U.S. Lieutenant General Fillmore K. Mearns, Commanding General 7th Corps, briefs spectators. U.S. Air Force F-4 Phantom Jets bomb target areas. Explosion on land. Soldiers sit behind sand sacks. Napalm bombs explode in the background. Jets fly over and hit target areas. Huts in a field. 11th October 1971: Explosion on target ares. Explosion on bridge. Smoke rises. Water splashes up. U.S. UH-1D Huey helicopter lands. Soldiers run and lie in prone position. Smoke screen being laid over a hill as large group of Hueys fly by.
German commercial rigid airship, Zeppelin Hindenburg (LZ-129) parked in a hangar at the U.S. Naval Air Station, Lakehurst, New Jersey, United States.. 'Hindenburg' written on side. Swastika on tail. People in hangar walk around it. People look t its various parts.
U.S. Naval Air Station, Lakehurst, New Jersey, United States. German Zeppelin Hindenburg (LZ-129) being turned around and towed by a tug, operating on rails. The Zeppelin is positioned tail first toward the hangar and moved into airship hangar in that position.
Arriving passenger at U.S. Naval Air Station, Lakehurst, New Jersey, United States, speaks favorably about her experience traveling on Zeppelin airships. She had flown on the Graf Zeppelin (LZ-127) five times, and liked it, but states that the Graf Zeppelin is more like a yacht, compared to the Hindenburg which is more like a steamship. But she considers her trip on the Hindenburg (LZ-129) to be "overwhelming altogether.."
German Zeppelin Hindenburg (LZ-129) in flight over New York. Manhattan Island and New York City skyline seen below. Skyscrapers like Empire State Building visible. Hindenburg airship flies over New Jersey. Identification "D-LZ129" painted on its side. Swastika on tail of airship. Zeppelin arrives at U.S. Naval Air Station, Lakehurst ,New Jersey. Zepelin discharges liquid ballast. Docking crew (primarily U.S. sailors) awaits on the ground. Landing lines are dropped. Large number of ground crew grab the lines. Hindenburg crashes engulfed in flames. Crew members rush to the burning zeppelin and help survivors emerging from the airship cabin. Smoke rises due to fire. Burning skeleton of zeppelin is seen.
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