Results: Stories
25 results found for '"Akron"' in Location.
To Be Twice as Big as R101
- Date released
- 21 Nov 1929
- Series name
- Pathe Gazette
- Issue no
- 1661; Super Issue No.: 29/93
- NoS ID
- 087998
- Story no
- 1 / 7
- Extras
- 1 film clip
US Navy star work of building the ZRS4 to eclipse ours and Germany’s largest airships. The mighty hangar that will house this "Monster of the skies".
World Mightiest Airship Nearing Completion
- Date released
- 26 Mar 1931
- Series name
- Universal News
- Issue no
- 74
- NoS ID
- 137717
- Story no
- 1 / 9
- Extras
- 1 commentary sheet
Battleship of the Air
- Date released
- 24 Aug 1931
- Series name
- British Paramount News
- Issue no
- 51
- NoS ID
- 031589
- Story no
- 5 / 6
Great naval dirigible, 2 1/2 times bigger than Graf Zeppelin, is christened "Akron" by Mrs Hoover.
Twice as Big as the ‘Graf Zeppelin’
- Date released
- 24 Aug 1931
- Series name
- Pathe Super Sound Gazette
- Issue no
- 31/68
- NoS ID
- 089318
- Story no
- 2 / 7
- Extras
- 1 film clip
Mrs Hoover, by freeing 48 pigeons, one for each state, names US dirigible before crowd of 100,000 in its giant hangar.
Biggest Sky Giant
- Date released
- 5 Oct 1931
- Series name
- British Paramount News
- Issue no
- 63
- NoS ID
- 031657
- Story no
- 3 / 6
Up goes £1,000,000. American-built USS Akron, largest airship in the world, makes first flight.
World’s Highest Car
- Date released
- 12 Nov 1931
- Series name
- British Paramount News
- Issue no
- 74
- NoS ID
- 031723
- Story no
- 2 / 5
Aviation’s latest. Blimp carries baby auto so that pilots can drive for help in case of forced landing.
To Build - Or Not to Build?
- Date released
- 7 Jan 1932
- Series name
- Pathe Gazette
- Issue no
- 1883; Super Issue No.: 32/2
- NoS ID
- 089608
- Story no
- 6 / 6
- Extras
- 1 film clip
While our British airships are now scrapped, and but a memory - America is pushing ahead with the mighty ZRS-5.
Giant Air Liner Nears Completion
- Date released
- 28 Jul 1932
- Series name
- Universal News
- Issue no
- 214
- NoS ID
- 138955
- Story no
- 8 / 9
- Extras
- 1 commentary sheet
Despite Depression, Disarmament - Debates
- Date released
- 13 Mar 1933
- Series name
- Pathe Super Sound Gazette
- Issue no
- 33/21
- NoS ID
- 090504
- Story no
- 5 / 7
- Extras
- 1 film clip
America is pushing ahead with the mighty ‘Macon’ to be her Navy’s ‘Sky Queen’.
Motor Racing Season Opens
- Date released
- 13 Mar 1933
- Series name
- Pathe Super Sound Gazette
- Issue no
- 33/21
- NoS ID
- 090505
- Story no
- 6 / 7
- Extras
- 1 film clip
To joy of the speed merchants and thrills spectators on famous track.