Reel 2 - Airships

From the public domain files of the US National Archives, here is the first reel of a US Army Signal Corps film on airships...that is, lighter than air aircraft, such as dirigibles, blimps and balloons....in their various flight and landing regimes. Some really unique footage here of how they were operated and flown, as well as scenes from old US Army installations and bases and Army flyers and crews. This reel includes footage of the USS Shenandoah dropping a wreath over the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Washington, and the results of a German dirigible bombing raid over France (and a damaged German airship on the ground).