Sudden Gale Injures Akron As Cs Committee Awaits Trial flight
Sudden Gale Injures Akron As Cs Committee Awaits Trial flight
Clip: 341454_1_1
Year Shot: 1932
(Actual Year)
Audio: Yes
Video: B/W
Tape Master: 1506
Original Film: 004-017-03
HD: N/A
Location: LAKEHURST, N.J.
Timecode: 00:51:41 - 00:52:46
Contrast is light. A bit shaky While a delegation of congressmen are ready to inspect the $6,000,000 navy dirigible, a rising wind snatches it from the hands of 150 sailors, tears it loose from its mooring mast, whirls it through the air and drops it to the ground. The fabric around one fin is so badly damaged that officers in command believe a severe strain may have affected the intricate steel network of the air ship. The wind strikes with unexpected suddenness and injures three men as 1,000 persons watch the giant of the air rolled from its hangar. Blimp, zeppelin, dirigible and airship