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Sailor dangles on cable beneath the U.S. Navy Zeppelin, USS Akron, following a mooring accident

View from the U.S. Navy Zeppelin, USS Akron (ZRS-4) as Sailor Charles (Bud) Cowart secures his position, suspended on a cable from the airship, 2000 feet above the ground following a cable ring failure that left three sailors dangling beneath the Akron, at Camp Kearny, San Diego, California.(The other two fell to their deaths.) Large group of sailors stand on ground below, watching. Crew of the Akron reel in the cable carrying Cowart and pull him aboard. View of Cowart, inside the Akron, calmly speaking of his experience.

Date: 1932, May 16
Duration: 1 min 53 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675070494
A sailor hanging on a cable attached to USS Akron in flight over Camp Kearny, San Diego, California.

The U.S. Navy Zeppelin, USS Akron (ZRS-4)in flight over Camp Kearny, San Diego, California. she drops mooring cable to crew of about 100 sailors on the ground. Part of the cable breaks, and three sailors are left dangling on the remaining cable. They are pulled up as the Akron rises and two of the sailors fall to their deaths. One sailor (Navy Apprentice Seaman, C.M. Cowart) remains secure on the cable and is reeled into the airship. Captain of the airship, Lieutenant Commander, Charles Emery Rosendahl, gives a public statement following the accident.

Date: 1932, May 11
Duration: 3 min 32 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675070495
Men watch the launch of USS Macon in Akron, Ohio.

The first flight of USS Macon in Akron, Ohio. The airship is attached to a mooring mast. The control tower of the airship. The airship takes off. 'US Navy' written on a side of the airship. Men watch the launch.

Date: 1933
Duration: 3 min 28 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675070496
USS Macon in flight over Akron, Ohio.

The first flight of USS Macon in Akron, Ohio. The airship in flight overhead. 'US Navy' written on the airship. A high altitude view of the area.

Date: 1933
Duration: 1 min 42 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675070497
USS Macon is attached to a mooring mast and passengers come ashore in Akron, Ohio.

The first flight of USS Macon in Akron, Ohio. The airship in flight overhead. A hangar. A line is dropped to the ground. The airship is attached to a mooring mast. Men watch. The control cabin of the airship. Passengers come ashore from the airship. The airship enters the hangar.

Date: 1933
Duration: 2 min 12 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675070498
USS Macon leaves a hangar at the U.S. Naval Air Station in Sunnyvale, California.

USS Macon at the U.S. Naval Air Station in Sunnyvale, California. The airship leaves a hangar in Sunnyvale. Men watch. 'US Navy' written on a side of the airship. Buildings in the background. Men with a line guiding the airship before a take-off. The airship is attached to a mooring mast. The control room of the airship.

Date: 1933
Duration: 3 min 52 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675070499