The Flight That Failed

Series

Series Name

Pathe Gazette

Issue

Issue No.

1609

Super Issue No.

29/41

Date Released

23 May 1929

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Ladies Open Golf Championship
2. 2Never Shall Their Glory Fade
3. 3The World’s Largest Monoplane
4. 4The Flight That Failed
5. 5Roumania’s "Boy" King
6. 620,000 Sunday Schoolchildren
7. 7NE Cyclists Parade
8. 8The Davis Cup - Italy V Ireland Display by Maguire

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 8

Summary

Thanks to timely aid of French troops, the "Graf Zeppelin" - returning from projected Atlantic flight with only one engine working - safely landed and housed.

Keywords

Aviation; Accidents and disasters; Military

Locations

Toulon

Credits:

Camera

Letrange

Story extras:

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