Reel opens - B&W footage of several flying early day Dirigibles Airships - some lines through footage. Film sound throughout.

Static shot Dirigible Airship hanger

Fade out

Large crowd of finely dressed folk walking down the street, some with bicycles, escorting the early day dirigible which is hovering over their heads and tied down with rope.

Tilt up shot of the underbelly of the anchored Dirigible before launch, folks can be seen standing underneath. The people follow along as it is pushed slowly.

A fashionable couple followed by other folk enter the frame to watch the amazing floating balloon parked in a large open field

Several men moving the dirigible on the ground by holding and pulling the the metal frame apparatus that a propeller is attached to beneath the balloon. A man is seen standing in the frame as it's turned around, presumably prepping for flight.

Enormous Dirigible moving slowly away from the hanger with several workers (barely seen - small dots) assisting.

Aerial over a steam ship in the ocean. Shadows of the back of two men looking down at the ship out a window of a tower

Various shots of bit more "modern" Dirigible with an enclosed passenger compartment hovering over a dock or ship full of onlookers, the word Mayflower is seen (partially obscured) on the Dirigible as it floats above the steam ship

Var action shots of a water skiier and the Dirigible hovering above following him. CU of the skiier skiing while drinking a beverage, upside down, close to a docked ship, dangerously close to a docked ship, and finally crashing down into the water.

Tilt down from the Dirigible to good shot of the bow of the ship, small dots of people can be seen. WS of the ship.

WS the early Goodyear Airship or aka "blimp" - various shots

The capabilities of the Good Year Airship. A "downed" prop plane is seen in a large field POV the Airship. CU from behind two Airship pilots looking out from their "cockpit" and spotting the plane on the ground.

A group of parachuters on the ground, climbing into the US Navy Dirigible. Var shots from within the Dirigible.

Various shots of more parachutists jumping from a Dirigible.

Various shots of a gigantic U.S. Navy K-3 dirigible being pulled slowly out of a hanger, taking off and hovering over the landscape

Slate: End "Airships" segment

Title Card (next segment): Girdling the Globe. Graf Zeppelin Flight Around World Important Chapter in Aviation History (the year was 1929)

Historic footage two gigantic Zeppelins docked in a huge hanger, hundreds of onlookers

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POV from the Airship, various aerial shots of the terrain.

Title Card: Friedrichshafen at dawn

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The Airship flying over the city of Berlin, people looking up into the sky and waving.

A crew member looking through binoculars from the Airship out over the landscape of Siberia.

POV from inside the Airship - the landscape of Yakuisk in Siberia

Lady Hay and crew member wearing chef hats preparing a meal.

Map with animation of the Airship headed from Siberia to Tokyo

Title Card: Tokio gives rousing reception at Kasumigaura Airport

Huge crowd of Japanese folk , waving hundreds of flags, welcome the airship

Dr. Hugo Eckener, Airship Commander, at podium giving speech. Crowds of folk waving their flags simultaneously.

map with animation of the airship flying over the Pacific Ocean

The Airship flying over the Pacific along California coast

Great WS of the airship on the land in Los Angeles. Crowd of folk follow along as it's pulled. The words "Graf Zeppelin" in large letters on its side.

Crew members climbing out and down ladder from the cabin

Dr Eckener speaking into mic, crowd of folk surrounding him.

POV airship in the air flying above the clouds and over various landscapes

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POV a plane or helicopter - CU the Graf Zeppelin moves slowly past the camera

CU Dr. Hugo Eckener.

Dr. Eckener seated with President Litchfield of Goodyear in Ohio. A model zeppelin hangs over them from the ceiling and a huge world globe sits at their side.