New Observation Car Tested For Fighting Blimps

Clip: 342970_1_1

Year Shot: 1933 (Actual Year)

Audio: No

Video: B/W

Tape Master: 1508

Original Film: 005-197-07

HD: N/A

Location: LANGLEY FIELD, VA

Timecode: 00:25:17 - 00:26:12

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Rolling, jumpy dull contrast in imagery A remarkable demonstration of a new 'sub-cloud car' being lowered fifteen hundred feet from a non-rigid blimp in a successful experiment to determine its value as an aerial reconnaissance vehicle in wartime.