1925 Airship USS Shenandoah destroyed

Date: 3rd September 1925

Location: ENGLAND, FRANCE

Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: GAUMONT GRAPHIC NEWSREEL (REUTERS)

SLATE INFORMATION: The former ZR1 as She Appeared Anchored

USA: Ohio: Caldwell:

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ENGLAND, FRANCE

Graphic TITLE: INTERNATIONAL NEWS REEL NAVY AIR GIANT SHENANDOAH BREAKS FROM MOORING MAST, SAVED AFTER BATTLING GALE

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Graphic TITLE: INTERNATIONAL NEWS THE FORMER ZR 1 AS SHE APPEARED ANCHORED

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LV and GV airship

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Graphic TITLE: INTERNATIONAL NEWS THE "NOSE" OF THE GIANT LEFT BEHIND - AFTER THE GALE TORE HER LOOSE

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LV tower and MV Pan up tower to "nose"

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Graphic TITLE: SAFE BUT BATTERED AFTER HER FIGHT WITH THE GALE - VIEWS OF THE STORM-RIPPED STERN

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Int. shot GV storm-ripped stern

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Graphic TITLE: HER "NOSE" OUT OF JOINT

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GV and CV "nose" - pan to extra damage

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Graphic TITLE: CAPTAIN ANTON HEINEN, WHO PILOTED THE SHENANDOAH BACK TO SAFETY - SHOWN HERE AS INSTRUCTOR

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GV Capt Anton Heinen pointing to model of airship

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Graphic TITLE: THE SHENANDOAH'S DAUNTLESS CREW - A SCORE OF WHOM BATTLED THE GALE FOR SEVEN HOURS TO SAVE THEIR PRECIOUS CRAFT

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GV Pan crew

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LV Airship in the sky

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GV's scenes at Shenandoah's hangar of the wreckage.

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GV Pan Captain and crew

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More shots of the wreckage

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Graphic TITLE: A MIRACLE OF THE TRAGEDY - THE AFTER PORTION OF THE SHIP WHICH FLOATED AWAY AFTER THE CRASH, BUT LANDED SAFELY WITH MOST OF THE OFFICERS AND MEN.

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More views of the crew and the wreckage

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3 views (2 LV's and 1 CV) ship at sea - taken from an airship

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Pan the crew of the Shenandoah

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Graphic TITLE: COMMANDER ZACHARY LANSDOWNE, U.S.N. COMMANDER OF THE GREAT DIRIGIBLE, KILLED WHEN HIS SHIP BROKE IN HALF.

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MV and CV Commander Zachary Lansdowne standing in front of dirigible.

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Graphic TITLE: A PARACHUTE LEAP FROM THE BIG DIRIGIBLE - HOW SOME OF THE CREW MIGHT HAVE ESCAPED

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SV Parachutist jumping from dirigible and view from dirigible as parachute opens

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Graphic TITLE: ALONG THE PACIFIC COAST - the "watch on the roof"

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Rear view, Side View and CV (taken from plane) men on the top of the airship.

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Graphic TITLE: INTERNATIONAL NEWSREEL OTHER GREAT AIRSHIP DISASTERS STRIKING VIEWS OF THE HUGE FRENCH DIRIGIBLE 'DIXMUDE'. LAST OF THE MONSTER AIRSHIPS TO COLLAPSE - LOST WITH ALL OF HER CREW OVER THE MEDITERRANEAN.

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General Views of the 'Dixmunde' taking off and flying in the sky.

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Graphic TITLE: INTERNATIONAL NEWSREEL THE ZR-2, SISTER SHIP OF THE SHENANDOAH, ANOTHER CASUALTY ON THE GHASTLY LIST - SHE COLLAPSED ON TRIAL FLIGHT IN ENGLAND, KILLING MOST OF HER CREW.

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LV dirigible ZR-2 in sky

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Boat rescuing wreckage from water - GV

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Graphic TITLE: INTERNATIONAL NEWSREEL THE SEMI-RIGID DIRIGIBLE ROMA WHICH BURNED UP AFTER A CRASH NEAR NORFOLK, VA., WITH HEAVY LOSS OF LIFE.

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LV 'Roma' silhouetted against clouds.

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GV Pan wreckage on ground.

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Captain Anton Heinen, Zeppelin, USN, United States Navy, Commander Zachary Lansdowne, fatality, fatalities, crash, rip, destroy, destruction

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