| Blimp Being Built and Wreckage Being Examined | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 7309 |
| Catalog #: | 520966 | |
| Clip Number: | 520966-3 | |
| Orginal Film: | LSC 109 | |
| Timecode: | 01:10:20 - 01:12:12 | |
| Location: | Europe and At Sea | |
| Year Shot: | 1920 (Estimated Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | CONSTRUCTION: Misc. DISASTERS: Air Crashes LOCATIONS/EUROPE: Misc TRANSPORTATION/AVIATION: Airship (Dirigible), Blimp | |
| Description: | CU of wreckage. WS of the remains of the blimp's fabric and framework is lifted out of the water and hangs next to a ship where men examine it. Panning shot from men on the ship examining the blimp's wreckage to smaller ship further out with a structure on it (a crane?). Shot of a large salvage ship with a very big crane on it. Camera begins to zoom towards the salvage ship where the crane is holding up some blimp wreckage. Various shots of the wreckage held by crane from different directions. Shot on crewmen on the salvage ship's deck pulling on ropes/cables. Crewmen seem to be securing some wreckage to the side of the ship. Shot of more wreckage floating in the water. With the a salvage ship at the right side of the screen, men, in rowboats, seem to be examining/securing wreckage. Same type of shot but at a different angle. | |
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