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.
Occasion is the 20th anniversary of the U.S. 6th Fleet. U.S. Navy Admiral John S. McCain, Jr., Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Naval Forces, Europe (CINCUSNAVEUR) is seen with U.S. Navy Vice Admiral William I. Martin, Commander,U.S. Navy Sixth Fleet, and U.S. Navy Rear Admiral Edward C. Outlaw, Commander Fleet Air Mediterranean ( COMFLTAIRMED). They are conversing on the bridge of the USS Independence (CVA-62) in the Mediterranean Sea. Outlaw smokes a pipe. McCain is holding a cigar. Martin's back is to the camera early in the sequence. McCain and Martin are doing most of the talking as Outlaw listens. At TC:01:13, camera turns toward Admiral Martin, who soon puffs on a cigar he had been holding. Sequence ends with closeups of Admiral McCain speaking.
German troops in Italy during World War II. A map of Italy. Despite an Allied air attack German troops bring up supplies by mule and truck to reinforce their positions. Troops put supplies on horse back. A soldier carries supplies in his hands. A German soldier looks through binoculars. Unidentified aircraft in flight. Smoke rises due to bombing. Damaged Monte Casino. German troops escort Abbot Gregorian Di Mare to Vatican city from the ruins of Monte Casino. Wreckage in Castle Gandolfo. The corpses of the dead.
A film titled ' Soviet Siberia and Central Asia Americas new gateway to Asia' depicts U.S. Vice President Henry A. Wallace journey to China through Soviet union. Animated map of the world. A portion of the globe. A U.S. Army Air Forces C-54 Skymaster takes off from Bering Strait and lands in Yakutsk. U.S. Vice President being greeted by Soviet leaders and chairman of council of the people's commissars of the Yakutsk Republic. The Vice President with other leaders look at the original wooden tower left in the city. They stand in front of a library. Civilians in the background. The children meet Vice President Wallace. He visits an agricultural station and talks to the people who carry agriculture in the north.
U.S. Vice President Henry A. Wallace on a journey to China through Soviet Union. An animated portion of a globe shows his next destination. The Vice President visits Tashkent. A building. Turkish people on streets and seated on a bench. Cars on street. People cross the street. The Vice President and U.S. ambassador to Moscow William Averell Harriman arrive for a diplomatic meeting. Mexican ambassador to Moscow. They greet each other. Vice President wears a cap. Vice President and others are seated on a bench as they talk. Wallace talks to a Chinese ambassador. He looks at the cotton field. Two women open the tap and water runs down from the irrigation channel . It flows into the cotton farm. Mexican Ambassador and Wallace look at the wine fruit. The fruits grown by Uzbek farmers. Vice President and others seated as they are entertained by the farmers. The Vice President visits the last city Alma Ata. People, buses and cars on streets. A crew members work on a plane and being introduced. A pilot in a cockpit. The crew turns the propeller. The vice president gets in the plane and U.S. Army Air Forces C-54 Skymaster takes off.
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