[Dogsledding, boating activities, and airship flight, Pennsylvania and Maine, circa 1930s-1940s]

Title

[Dogsledding, boating activities, and airship flight, Pennsylvania and Maine, circa 1930s-1940s]

Description

Film footage of dogsledding and boating activities and an airship flight, Pennsylvania and Maine, circa 1930s-1940s. The first segment contains shots of unidentified individuals dogsledding and posing for the camera outside a cabin. The footage then transitions to an airship flight, likely over Erie, Pennsylvania. This segment features aerial views and shots of the airship cockpit, engines, and passengers, as well as the shadow of the airship on the ground. The second half of the film footage depicts boating activities at Shin Pond, Maine. No exterior shots of the airship or other aircraft are present in the footage.

The footage is in color and is silent.

Label on film container: "Shin Pond, blimp and Erie."

Date

1930s-1940s circa

Coverage

Extent

1 film reel (7 min., 31 sec.) : silent, color ; 8 mm

Rights

Bibliographic Citation

The Robert L. Simons Collection/The Museum of Flight

Identifier

1998-05-05-B_AV_006_01