Zr3 Reaches America. First Pictures of Great Transatlantic Flight

Series

Series Name

Gaumont Graphic

Issue

Issue No.

1419

Date Released

27 Oct 1924

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Miss Elsie Kipling’s Wedding - Only Daughter of Mr Rudyard Kipling Married to Captain George Bambridge MC at St Margaret’s Westminster
2. 2Election Cartoon
3. 3America’s National Game. The Duke and Duchess of York Were Interested Spectators of the First Exhibition Match Between the New York Giants and the Chicago White Sox at Stamford Bridge.
4. 4Zr3 Reaches America. First Pictures of Great Transatlantic Flight

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 4

Summary

LV and GV airship passes behind building and over another. [SUBTITLE]: OUR CAMERAMAN ABOARD THE WELCOMING PLANE SECURES A MARVELLOUS RECORD GV through planes wing. LV airship. TGV airship, buildings below. MLV pan airship passing camera. [2ND SUBTITLE]: HER NEW HOME. THE END OF HER NON-STOP FLIGHT OF 5,006 MILES AT LONGHURST. LV airship slowly sinking to ground. LV cabin on bottom of airship as it descends last few feet, people rushing about. LV of front of airship on ground, crowds around. [3RD SUBTITLE]: TERRA FIRMA ONCE MORE - 81 HRS, 25 MINS AFTER LEAVING GERMANY. LV cabin of airship? Crowd, man goes up rope to ship.

Keywords

Aviation; Aircraft

Locations

United States of America; Longhurst

Library number GR

8001

Length of story (in feet)

120

Story extras:

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