[DIRIGIBLES RS-I AND LOS ANGELES] Part 1

Description

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Views of Army Air Service dirigible ‘RS-1’ - close-up of cabin - three men, one in uniform, standing and talking - views of dirigible moored to Ford Airport tower. 9/17/26. Panorama of tower - cabin of dirigible - aerial views of countryside, River Rouge, Detroit - views of dirigible in flight from another plane - views of Navy airship U.S.S. ‘Los Angeles’ , German design, XR-3, moored at Ford mooring tower. 10/15/26. Close-up of cabin - motors - tail - children looking at axle and wheels on ground attached to dirigible by chain for ballast - spectators - workers beside pile of helium cylinders - plane flying under airship - crew eating - Henry Ford, Rear Admiral Moffett, Chief, Bureau of Aeronautics, and Lt. Commander Rosenthal, Commander of ‘Los Angeles’ posing and talking - Henry and Henry Ford II, Admiral Moffett, and others leaving building - close-ups of underside of ‘Los Angeles’ - airship rising - views of airship moored to tower - ‘Los Angeles’ rising from mooring tower. [1926]

Collection

Ford Motor Company Collection

Series

Motion Picture Films Relating to the Ford Motor Company, the Henry Ford Family, Noted Personalities, Industry, and Numerous Americana and Other Subjects