Story of the Airship (sound)

This film, whose script was likely written before loss of the USS Macon but acknowledging the coming LZ-129, marks about the most elaborate, big-budget film Goodyear ever made promoting the rigid airship. Graf Zeppelin (LZ-127) was at the time making regular runs between Europe and South America, demonstrating the promise of the transcontinental rigid airship. The large flying boat, then struggling to establish regular passenger service over great distances, is compared to the airship using animated graphs. Also interesting is the film animation of the rigid airship framework construction: while seemingly possible, no rigid was ever constructed in this way. With no less a narrator than Harry Von Zell, this was as good as it ever got!