Come Aloft - America (1924)

United States of America, . Title: “COME ALOFT with our Camera-man for an Aerial Trip in America’s wonder airship The Shenandoah“. Aerial shot, taken through the open hatch, of a moving airship as it flies over fields and houses. Low angled shot of the gigantic airship moored to a platform at the top of a high mast, a large case is being winched up the mast on a rope. M/S of the interior of airship, a man in a boiler suit - an engineer? - walks along a part of the airship’s metal skeleton, he pauses periodically to check large canisters (probably containing helium). M/S of two engineers passing each as they walk along the metal frame. M/S of a man climbing out of a hatch and walking along what appears to be the top of the airship. Note: an orange tinted alternative version of this story exists - please see separate record for - U.S. AIRSHIP “SHENANDOAH“ - also in G 1136. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOC