First All Metal Airship (1929)

Detroit, United Stated of America. Full titles read: “FIRST ALL METAL AIRSHIP - The ZMC-2 [] - built of “alclad - an aluminium alloy, makes successful first flight.“ L/S’s of the new metal airship in hangar (looks a bit like a giant egg !). L/S’s of people towing the airship outside hangar, the side of the airship reads “US Navy“. L/S’s of the airship taking off. Several shots of the airship in flight. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the Br