To Be Twice As Big As R-101 (1929)

Akron, Ohio, United States of America. Full titles read: “TO BE TWICE AS BIG AS R-101- US navy starts work of building the ZRS-4 to eclipse ours and Germany’s largest airships.“ L/S of the building area where the new airship is to be built. Hundreds of people are crowded into the site. L/S of Senior looking US Naval official talking with dignitaries. M/S of large piece of the metal framework. L/S of people in large hangar looking at small model hanging up of the airship. M/S of naval official examining the model. Good M/S of the model. L/S of crowds of people milling around the site. Intertitle reads: “The mighty hangar that will house this ’Monster of the Skies’.“ Aerial shot of the enormous hangar. M/S of the domed structure. L/S from inside the hangar. Several more shots of the large building. 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 LI