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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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