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The Flying Carriers
Airship History Series
- VHS Video
What a find! This two-hour long video focuses on the
USS Akron and the USS Macon, two lighter-than-air
ships that were built for the U.S. Navy in the late
1920s and early 1930s. You'll see construction, testing,
operational service... and wreckage, too, as both
ships met unfortunate ends. Perhaps most incredible
is the air launching and recovery of early fighter
planes from these massive airships - truly designed
as aircraft carriers in the sky! 110 min., VHS. |
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$24.95 |
History Undercover:
Airship Disasters - VHS Video
Author William F. Althoff sheds light on the
history of airships in the military, from the 1919
creation of an airship base to the fallout from the
USS Akron disaster in 1933, which led to the end of
America's attempts to deploy rigid airships militarily.
Filled with interviews with survivors of the Akron,
rare footage and extensive photos of ships such as
the Los Angeles, Shenandoah and Macon, this is a fascinating
ride back in time. 50 minutes. |
$29.9 |
Airship History Series:
The American Zeppelins
- VHS Video
The 1920s saw bold innovations in aeronautics as the
Europeans built a fleet of rigid airships. This video
tells the story of how the United States tried to
keep up, first by trying to purchase airships overseas,
then by building the "USS Shenandoah," a
copy of a German Zeppelin. Finally, war reparations
enabled the U.S. to purchase the "USS Los Angeles,"
the most successful U.S. airship, serving as aeronautic
test bed, observatory, naval scout and flying aircraft
carrier. 90 min. |
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$24.95 |
Rigid Airship Construction
- VHS Video
See the amazing U.S. military airships being built!
This film is mostly raw footage of the USS Los Angeles,
USS Akron and USS Macon under construction, with very
little editing done. Approximately one hour. |
$19.95 |
Lighter than Air History:
The Rigid Airships - VHS
Video
From conception to first flight, from tragedy to triumph,
this riveting documentary explores the early airships
and their place as a catalyst for world travel from
the 1920s-1940s. Originally designed to inform the
public and promote peacetime use of these airships,
this film features rare live footage capturing the
behemoths taking flight, while the crash of the Hindenburg
shows the literal and figurative demise of this commercial
transport mode. 42 minutes. |
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