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Lighter Than Air

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Channel: US National Archives · 2014 · Education

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Creator(s): Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Chief Signal Officer. (09/18/1947 - 02/28/1964) (Most Recent)

Series : Historical Films, compiled ca. 1914 - ca. 1936
Record Group 111: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, 1860 - 1985

Production Date: 1937

Use Restriction(s): Undetermined
Sound Type: Silent

Scope & Content: On airships, 1917-32. Reel 1, the British R-34 is prepared for flight at Roosevelt Field, N. Y. (1919). The Roma lands at Bolling Field (Wash., D.C.) in 1921, is christened, and presented to Sec. of War Weeks by the Italian Ambassador. The Army blimp C-2 lands at Crissy Field, San Francisco (1923). Reel 2, the Shenandoah circles D. C. (1923). Shows the Los Angeles being berthed at Bolling Field (Pres. and Mrs. Coolidge watching) In 1924 and flying ,over the Panama Canal (1928). The Los Angeles and the Akron are berthed at the Army War College (D. C.) in 1932. Lost German zeppelins land near Bourbonne Les Bains, France (1917).

Contact(s): National Archives at College Park - Motion Pictures (RD-DC-M), National Archives at College Park, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD 20740-6001
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National Archives Identifier: 24622
Local Identifier: 111-H-1117

http://research.archives.gov/description/24622

Lighter Than Air

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