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LAUNCH OF HM AIRSHIPS R36 AND R38 [Main]
The R36 is nose-forward in its shed. Workers turn a large capstan to wind back the doors of the shed and the airship is towed out. It is clearly marked as R36 and as G-FAAF. It takes off from its launching field, and overflies both the camera and its own shed, quite quickly. It comes in to land, stops all engines and sinks down. After being secured it is taken back to its shed by its groundcrew, w…
Subject
- EFG1914
- Campbell, C
- Maitland, Edward C
- Brooke-Popham, Robert Moore 'Henry'
- Wann, A H
- Maxfield, Lewis H
- Royal Air Force
- aircraft, British naval - airship: R36
- aircraft, British naval - airship: R38
- aircraft, United States naval - airship: ZR2
- …
- World War I
- Air warfare
- World War I
Type of item
- motion pictures (visual works)
- Film
Subject
- EFG1914
- Campbell, C
- Maitland, Edward C
- Brooke-Popham, Robert Moore 'Henry'
- Wann, A H
- Maxfield, Lewis H
- Royal Air Force
- aircraft, British naval - airship: R36
- aircraft, British naval - airship: R38
- aircraft, United States naval - airship: ZR2
- …
- World War I
- Air warfare
- World War I
Type of item
- motion pictures (visual works)
- Film
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Rights
- Imperial War Museums
Creation date
- 1921
- 1921
Places
- GB, Scotland & Inchinnan, Renf
- Cardington, Bedfordshire, England, UK
- United Kingdom
- United States of America
- Inchinnan
- Cardington
- United Kingdom
- Bedfordshire
- England
- England
- United Kingdom
- United States of America
Provenance
- Imperial War Museums
Identifier
- IWM_645
- IWM_645
Is part of
- Europeana XX: Century of Change
Year
- 1921
Providing country
- United Kingdom
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2014-03-31T08:55:22.669Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2021-10-20T12:49:15.528Z