Video Parts (6 across 2 reels)
Lighter Than Air Part 2
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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).
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Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer
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