ZEPPELIN IN FLIGHT [Main Title]

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  • Title: ZEPPELIN IN FLIGHT [Main Title]
  • Film Number: IWM 1205
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  • Summary: Flight of Zeppelin LZ11 "Luise Viktoria" to rendezvous with the German merchantman SS Imperator, about 1913.
  • Description: The airship takes off from a hovering position just above the sea, filmed from below. It overflies other ships and approaches the Imperator. A message or package is winched up from the ship to the LZ11. The view from a gondola is seen as the airship returns to land, crossing the coast and coming to its base, where lines are thrown down and the groundcrew brings it in to rest.
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  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: IWM 1205
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM (IWM 1205)
  • Featured Period: Pre-1914
  • Production Date: 1913
  • Production Country: Germany
  • Production Details:
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Imperator (regiment/service) Hamburg Line (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: aircraft, German - airship: Zeppelin LZ11 (Luise Viktoria) (object name) ships, German civilian - cargo: Imperator (object name) operations, German naval air - sortie (object name) operations, German naval air - return (object name) Germany (geography)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: English Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 371 ft; Running time: 6 mins
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    IWM 1205

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