This DVD includes seven historic films that examine lighter-than-air craft in the first half of the 20th century.
You get The History of the Airship which examines Zeppelins dirigibles and airships from 1900 to 1937; The Hindenburg which features three different views of the giant German airship bursting into flames; USS Akron and Macon which includes footage of planes being launched and retrieved; USS Shenandoah and USS Los Angeles; U.S. Navy Blimps which documents Nazi U-boat hunting during World War II; Airship Newsreels which examines the use of balloons in World War II and for high altitude testing; and Call to the Air which details U.S. Army Air Corps operations in the 1920s and early '30s. B&W 1 hr. 23 min.
You get The History of the Airship which examines Zeppelins dirigibles and airships from 1900 to 1937; The Hindenburg which features three different views of the giant German airship bursting into flames; USS Akron and Macon which includes footage of planes being launched and retrieved; USS Shenandoah and USS Los Angeles; U.S. Navy Blimps which documents Nazi U-boat hunting during World War II; Airship Newsreels which examines the use of balloons in World War II and for high altitude testing; and Call to the Air which details U.S. Army Air Corps operations in the 1920s and early '30s. B&W 1 hr. 23 min.
