Zeppelin Airship Over New York And New Jersey (1936)

(B&W, Silent) Courtesy: Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Albert and Beverly Tarabour donated the 16mm film to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in February 2008. They did not know the owner or provenance of the film.

Views from INT airship. Aerial shots of rivers, countryside, lakes. 01:03:49 Group of boys looking out observation tower windows. More aerial views. Night scenes, lights. Car driving on highway (NJ 40 N). People gathered to greet airship landing in Lakehurst, NJ at Naval Air Center. Many wearing white caps, together holding a large metal pole. This may be one of the ten commercial transatlantic passenger flights of the LZ-129 Hindenburg Zeppelin taken in 1936. 01:06:37 Man with white cap (sailor?) waving to camera. 01:06:54 Group waving to camera, arms in the air. MS, Naval air center, INTs. Several well-dressed men and women pose for the camera, a Western Union/American Airlines sign can be seen above and behind them. 01:07:39 LS, good view of the airship in a field. Pan of building with automobiles out front.

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[MartinGuitarLover1]

amazing stuff

[Spayne007]

@buzzyno The last bit is of hangar 1, lakehurst naval air station, lakehurst, nj. Still exists today.

[buzzyno]

It would be interesting to know more accurately where they are flying, Maybe a soft ware that would recognize the lakes, bays and islands from satelite images. Would be cool to see how theese places have changed.

[spider23000]

Amazing footage! Thanks for sharing!

[divisioneight]

Rare moving images of these LTA ships - thanks. I am not sure they are all of the LZ129. The engine cars in the beginning looked like those of the Graf Zeppelin-2, which never went to America. The images through the round portlites are from the lower tail fin auxiliary control station and you can clearly see no propellers on the engine cars. The Graf Zeppelin -2 had tractor type propellers, in front of the engine, versus what the Hindenburg (LZ129) had. The NJ footage is real.