- Title: P-212-55
- Summary: LIGHTER THAN AIR: HISTORY OF BALLOONS AND BLIMPS.
- Description:00:57:47 - FIRST BALLOONS. 00:57:50 - HEATED AIR BALLOON PULLS STUNTMAN UP IN THE AIR. 00:57:58 - STUNTMAN HANGING AND SWINGING FROM CORD ATTACHED TO BALLOON 00:58:01 - STUNTMAN RELEASES HIS PARACHUTE AND DESCENDS. 00:58:07 - MULTIPLE PARACHUTES RELEASE AS HE FALLS, SHEDDING THE LATTER. 00:58:24 - PICCARD BALLOON BURSTS INTO FLAME. 00:58:37 - WALKING AMID THE RUIN. 00:58:42 - FILLING UP HUGE STRATOSPHERE BALLOON. COOL FLOW OF AIR. 00:58:44 - SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BALLOON. HUGE. 00:58:53 - THE EXPLORER II IN SOUTH DAKOTA. INFLATED AT NIGHT. 00:59:01 - BALLOON RISES TO 72,000 FEET 00:59:21 - BLIMP. 00:59:23 - AERONAUTS POSE IN FRONT OF BLIMP. CAMERAMAN TAKING PICTURES 00:59:32 - RE-FUELED IN MID-AIR. 00:59:43 - 1918 BLIMP PASSES BY THE STATUE OF LIBERTY 00:59:47 - BLIMP LOWERS LADDER AND PICKS UP A NEW PASSENGER OFF A BOAT 00:59:50 - HIGH ANGLE SHOT OF MAN CLIMBING UP THE ROPE 01:00:09 - MONTAGE OF STUDENTS JUMPING 01:00:28 - POV OF PARACHUTIST. CLOSE UP OF HIM FALLING 01:00:42 - HEART-SHAPED BLIMP. 01:00:48 - MAN HOISTED UPON GOODYEAR BLIMP. 01:00:56 - MAN DANGLING FROM ROPE LOOKS DIRECTLY UP. 01:01:06 - MAN DANGLING WAVES 01:01:08 - BLIMP FLIES OVER THE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING. 01:01:12 - VIEW OF THE EMPIRE STATE FROM ABOVE 01:01:17 - PICKS UP SACK OF MAIL. 01:01:26 - DELIVERS IT TO SHIP. 01:01:31 - DROPS ONTO THE BOAT 01:01:39 - ZEPPELIN. RIGID AIR SHIP. 01:01:59 - 1919 BRITISH R-29 DIRIGIBLE. 01:02:11 - R-33 WITH BROKEN NOSE. SUFFERED IN A RUNAWAY FLIGHT OVER THE NORTH SEA. 01:02:19 - R-38 BROKE IN FLIGHT. PIECES IN THE RIVER HUMBER 01:02:28 - THE U.S. NAVY PURCHASES THE ROMA FROM ITALY IN 1922. 01:02:37 - TAKES OFF AND EXPLODES. 01:02:43 - BURNING RUINS PLUMMET TO THE GROUND, 01:02:49 - FIRST AMERICAN ZEPPELIN, THE SHENANDOAH. 01:02:55 - RIPPED APART. FALLS TO THE GROUND IN OHIO. DUE TO A SUDDEN SQUALL. 01:03:05 - 1924. THE LOS ANGELES. CARRIER LANDING. 01:03:12 - DROPS BALLAST ON THE MEN. 01:03:26 - SEA GOING ALONG THE USS PATOPA. 01:03:42 - ZEPPELIN LOOKS ATTACHED TO THE SHIP 01:03:45 - GRAF ZEPPELIN. 1929 IN LAKEHURST, NJ. 01:03:53 - PEOPLE IN CARS GOING TO SEE THE GRAF 01:03:59 - VIEW FORM UNDER THE ZEPPELIN 01:04:09 - PEOPLE CHEER AND WAVE HANDKERCHIEFS. 01:04:10 - TRAVELLED AROUND THE WORLD IN 10 DAYS 01:04:23 - CONSTRUCTING ZEPPELIN IN HANGAR. SKELETON OF AKRON. 01:04:49 - TWO SIDE BY SIDE. AKRON TOWERS OVER THE LOS ANGELES. 01:05:00 - PLANE HOOKS ONTO BLIMP. 01:05:16 - 1932 MEN PULLED INTO AIR. 01:05:32 - TWO MEN DROP TO THEIR DEATHS. 01:05:44 - AERIAL OVER NEW YORK CITY. ZEPPELIN 01:05:58 - THE AKRON MOVES OVER SEA AND BLOWS UP 01:06:01 - THE MACON. 01:06:07 - MOORING AIR SHIPS. 01:06:33 - MACON BLOWS UP. 01:06:34 - OIL SLICK IS ALL THAT REMAINS. 01:06:41 - 1937 HINDENBURG. 01:06:45 - INTERIOR OF PLUSH BLIMP. 01:06:51 - FILLED WITH EXPLOSIVE HYDROGEN 01:06:56 - LANDING IN LAKEHURST, N,J. IT CRASHES. 01:07:39 - VIEW OF ZEPPELINS THROUGH TREES AND IN THE SKY
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1900
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1900s
- File Name: P-212-55