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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Email: mopix@nara.gov

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