1910-1930AVIATION
The advent of the Dirigible Airships, AKA Balloons or Blimps. The amazing capabilities of this flying machine are depicted. Film sound heard throughout
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Reel opens - B&W footage of several flying early day Dirigibles Airships - some lines through footage. Film sound throughout.
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| 01:00:09 9.26 |
Aerial looking down on six dirigible airships in the sky hovering over what looks like a suburban landscape - with film sound
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| 01:00:12 12.55 |
Static shot Dirigible Airship hanger
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| 01:00:24 24.83 |
Tilt up to CU of underbelly of a Dirigible airship hovering in dark cloudy sky
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| 01:00:43 43.16 |
Fade out
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| 01:00:44 44.73 |
Historic footage of group of men, finely dressed, in the dirigible hanger moving a partially seen early day balloon (dirigible) through the hanger, a man is seen standing in the passenger contraption at the bottom of the balloon.
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| 01:00:52 52.89 |
Large crowd of finely dressed folk walking down the street, some with bicycles, escorting the early day dirigible which is hovering over their heads and tied down with rope.
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| 01:01:05 65.56 |
Crowd watches amazed as the Dirigible hovers in the sky above and then flies slowly off
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| 01:01:11 71.88 |
Tilt up shot of the underbelly of the anchored Dirigible before launch, folks can be seen standing underneath. The people follow along as it is pushed slowly.
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| 01:01:22 82.8 |
Early footage of one of the first floating balloons aka dirigible airship flying
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| 01:01:34 94.52 |
A fashionable couple followed by other folk enter the frame to watch the amazing floating balloon parked in a large open field
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| 01:01:42 102.94 |
CU (dark ) the passenger space beneath the dirigible
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| 01:01:43 103.71 |
Several men moving the dirigible on the ground by holding and pulling the the metal frame apparatus that a propeller is attached to beneath the balloon. A man is seen standing in the frame as it's turned around, presumably prepping for flight.
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| 01:01:53 113.18 |
The dirigible floats up and is seen in the sky, the metal apparatus with propeller is barely seen
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| 01:02:13 133.87 |
Enormous Dirigible moving slowly away from the hanger with several workers (barely seen - small dots) assisting.
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| 01:02:17 137.73 |
WS Dirigible taking off straight up - U.S. Navy C-7 is written on its side
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| 01:02:24 144.11 |
Aerial over a steam ship in the ocean. Shadows of the back of two men looking down at the ship out a window of a tower
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| 01:02:30 150.41 |
WS of a docked steam ship with the Dirigible Airship hovering next to it.
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| 01:02:33 153.87 |
Various shots of bit more "modern" Dirigible with an enclosed passenger compartment hovering over a dock or ship full of onlookers, the word Mayflower is seen (partially obscured) on the Dirigible as it floats above the steam ship
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| 01:02:52 172.25 |
CU Dirigible lands and men climb out of the passenger compartment and shake hands with men on the ground.
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| 01:03:07 187.75 |
Var action shots of a water skiier and the Dirigible hovering above following him. CU of the skiier skiing while drinking a beverage, upside down, close to a docked ship, dangerously close to a docked ship, and finally crashing down into the water.
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| 01:04:02 242.64 |
Aerials POV from the passenger compartment of the Dirigible looking out from behind propeller of the balloon and looking down on a steamship in the ocean. A man in the dirigible with a megaphone calls out.
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| 01:04:13 253.88 |
Tilt down from the Dirigible to good shot of the bow of the ship, small dots of people can be seen. WS of the ship.
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| 01:04:17 257.29 |
Sailors on board the ship tying together a huge sack and then throw it overboard. The Dirigible is then seen CU flying very low over the ocean and retrieving the sack.
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| 01:04:41 281.61 |
WS the early Goodyear Airship or aka "blimp" - various shots
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| 01:04:53 293.76 |
Amazing shots of the Dirigible pulling two water skiiers.
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| 01:05:19 319.69 |
The capabilities of the Good Year Airship. A "downed" prop plane is seen in a large field POV the Airship. CU from behind two Airship pilots looking out from their "cockpit" and spotting the plane on the ground.
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| 01:06:35 395.73 |
ELS the Good Year Airship close to the ground near the downed plane in an apparent rescue mission.
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| 01:06:51 411.09 |
A group of parachuters on the ground, climbing into the US Navy Dirigible. Var shots from within the Dirigible.
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| 01:07:09 429.23 |
CU a parachutist jumping out of a Dirigible. WS as the parachute opens and the Dirigible is seen hovering above.
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| 01:07:16 436.76 |
Various shots of more parachutists jumping from a Dirigible.
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| 01:07:42 462.5 |
WS from back of a hanger, the silhouette of a Dirigible.
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| 01:07:46 466.88 |
Various shots of a gigantic U.S. Navy K-3 dirigible being pulled slowly out of a hanger, taking off and hovering over the landscape
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| 01:08:47 527.52 |
ECU the nose of a Dirigible with "L-3" written on it
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| 01:09:21 561.84 |
Slate: End "Airships" segment
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| 01:09:27 567.67 |
Blank
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| 01:10:10 610.91 |
Title Card (next segment): Girdling the Globe. Graf Zeppelin Flight Around World Important Chapter in Aviation History (the year was 1929)
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| 01:10:22 622.87 |
Good Year Title Card
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| 01:10:30 630.27 |
Historic footage two gigantic Zeppelins docked in a huge hanger, hundreds of onlookers
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| 01:10:50 650.95 |
Early map depicting the boundaries of the Atlantic Ocean with animation of an Airship taking flight from Lakehurst in the United States and flying across the Atlantic - a long journey.
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| 01:10:56 656.58 |
Title Card
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| 01:11:01 661.14 |
Var shots of the crew, the inside deck and exterior deck compartment of the Graf Zeppelin
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| 01:11:17 677.64 |
Title Card
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| 01:11:23 683.11 |
Various shots of the crew inside the Airship, Knute Eckener at the helm, a woman, Lady Grace Drummond Hay (she was a reporter placed by William Randolph Hearst), standing close to a crew member hovering over a map
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| 01:11:36 696.04 |
POV from the Airship, various aerial shots of the terrain.
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| 01:12:05 724.98 |
Early map of Atlantic Ocean and its boundaries and "Lakehurst to Friedrichshafen Approximately 4000 miles" written in a small box
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| 01:12:07 727.1 |
Title Card: Friedrichshafen at dawn
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| 01:12:10 730.45 |
The Airship flying slowly over the city of Friedrichshafen, Germany at dawn
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| 01:12:23 743.93 |
Title Card
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| 01:12:26 746.75 |
A Historic cathedral in the city of Berlin, the gigantic Airship is barely seen in the sky above slowly flying by
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| 01:12:33 753.86 |
The Airship flying over the city of Berlin, people looking up into the sky and waving.
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| 01:12:50 770.75 |
Map of the Atlantic Ocean with an animation of the Airship flying from Europe into Siberia
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| 01:13:02 782.35 |
A crew member looking through binoculars from the Airship out over the landscape of Siberia.
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| 01:13:29 809.79 |
Title Card: Yakuisk, Siberia
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| 01:13:33 813.83 |
POV from inside the Airship - the landscape of Yakuisk in Siberia
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| 01:13:46 826.69 |
Title card: Lady Grace Drummond Hay, only woman aboard an interested passenger.
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| 01:13:51 831.62 |
Lady Hay and crew member wearing chef hats preparing a meal.
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| 01:14:05 845.31 |
Lady Hay and two gentleman at dinner in a fine restaurant
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| 01:14:19 859.44 |
Map with animation of the Airship headed from Siberia to Tokyo
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| 01:14:41 881.99 |
WS of the incredibly large, long airship during its journey across the world.
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| 01:14:45 885.03 |
Title Card: Tokio gives rousing reception at Kasumigaura Airport
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| 01:14:51 891.62 |
Airship flying past strings of banners over Tokyo, Japanese onlookers looking through binoculars. The airship flying over Japan touches down at Kasumigaura Airport
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| 01:15:28 928.34 |
Huge crowd of Japanese folk , waving hundreds of flags, welcome the airship
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| 01:15:40 940.27 |
Title card
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| 01:15:45 945.15 |
Dr. Hugo Eckener, Airship Commander, at podium giving speech. Crowds of folk waving their flags simultaneously.
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| 01:15:54 954.35 |
Title Card
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| 01:15:58 958.32 |
map with animation of the airship flying over the Pacific Ocean
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| 01:16:01 961.09 |
Shots inside the airship command post.
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| 01:16:11 971.92 |
The Airship flying over the Pacific along California coast
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| 01:16:32 992.14 |
Map of the Pacific Ocean with animation of the airship docked in Los Angeles after having flown 6,500 miles from Tokyo
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| 01:16:46 1006.03 |
Great WS of the airship on the land in Los Angeles. Crowd of folk follow along as it's pulled. The words "Graf Zeppelin" in large letters on its side.
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| 01:17:06 1026.8 |
CU front of the moored airship
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| 01:17:07 1027.85 |
Crew members climbing out and down ladder from the cabin
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| 01:17:16 1036.03 |
Title Card: Dr Eckener tells the folks about lighter - than - air travel
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| 01:17:21 1041.06 |
Dr Eckener speaking into mic, crowd of folk surrounding him.
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| 01:17:31 1051.26 |
Pacific Ocean map with airship seen docked in Los Angeles along the coast. Animation of the airship traveling across the continent
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| 01:17:39 1059.19 |
POV airship in the air flying above the clouds and over various landscapes
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| 01:18:27 1107.52 |
Airship flying over Chicago skyline and skyscrapers. POV inside the airship man peeking out from the cabin and looking down over the Chicago area. People on the ground looking up and waving
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| 01:19:20 1160.74 |
Title Card
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| 01:19:27 1167.12 |
The airship flying slowly over New York City on a hazy day, passing the Empire State Building, looking down over the Statue of Liberty.
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| 01:19:52 1192.14 |
POV a plane or helicopter - CU the Graf Zeppelin moves slowly past the camera
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| 01:20:11 1211.97 |
The Graf Zeppelin on the ground - most likely in New York
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| 01:20:36 1236.65 |
CU Dr. Hugo Eckener.
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| 01:20:49 1249.35 |
CU Dr. Eckener and President Hoover
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| 01:21:08 1268.36 |
Dr. Eckener seated with President Litchfield of Goodyear in Ohio. A model zeppelin hangs over them from the ceiling and a huge world globe sits at their side.
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| 01:21:15 1275.02 |
The End
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