Yesterday's Newsreel Graf Zeppelin World Flight Imperial Theater (1920)

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Yesterday's Newsreel 0:12, Television highlights of the news of yesteryear, Graf Zeppelin Circles the Globe with the voice of Tom Hale 0:31, Zeppelin Shipyard 0:41, Dr. Hugo Eckner invited Commander Charles Rosendahl 55:21, Lady Hay and Stow away 1:12, Graf Zeppelin airborne over the Atlantic 1:22, round the world travel, Dr. Eckner is the engineer on the round the world trip, cheers from German crowds 1:53, Reichstag 1:57, Flies nonstop over Russia and Siberia, Graf reaches Japanese airspace after 5 days 2:17, Dr Eckner lands in Japanese to throngs of fans 2:36, Lady Hay takes the controls over the Pacific 2:56, Graf reaches the west coast and California 3:10, deep ocean waters are exchanged for high rocky mountains 3:29, crewman check altitude by lowering ropes, Mississippi river 3:39, Graf crosses Chicago and heads for NY 3:50, skyline of Manhattan and Woolworth tower 4:10, flight finished and heroes greeting 4:20, 12 flying days for the Graf 4:30, Herbert Hoover congratulates the crew 04:42. 1923 Imperial Theatre opens 4:44, Dec 22, 1923 the Imperial theatre is christened with champagne by Mary Hay. It takes her three swings with the champagne to finally break the bottle 5:03. 1930 Personalities with the voice of Tom Hale 5:19, Gilbert Chesterton visits the U.S. from Britain 5:34, Holy Cross gives welcome 5:44, Kate Shay in 1926 delivers paycheck to the president 6:06, Manager of St. Louis Cardinals Branch Rickey 6:23, Train Destroys Eatery 1926 Rockport Massachusetts…

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12 minutes

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Ephemeral Films

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