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Chicago Photographed from Roy Knabenshues Dirigible Air Ship
(This film is silent)
On the first successful passenger dirigible flight in the United States. Shows the dirigible leaving its hangar, ascending, in flight, and being berthed. Aerial views of Chicago include suburban residential districts, parkways around the city, public beaches, harbor scenes, golf courses, railroad yards, downtown office buildings, and tenement districts.
National Archives Identifier: 95608
Local Identifier: KNAB-KNAB-201
https://catalog.archives.gov/id/95608
From: Series: Motion Picture Film, 1914 - 1914
Collection: Roy Knabenshue Collection, 1914 - 1914
This item was produced or created: 1914
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National Archives at College Park - Motion Pictures (RDSM)
National Archives at College Park
8601 Adelphi Road
College Park, MD 20740-6001
Phone: 301-837-3540
Email: mopix@nara.gov
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