Americas New Airship Aka Americas New Bishop (1921)

Item title reads - America’s new airship. The R-38 - built in England - which is to fly the Atlantic. Bedford. We see men opening doors to reveal the large airship. A man climbs a rope ladder up to it. Various shots of the airship from the ground, the camera pans around and we see it from several angles. There is a shot of people working on the small cabin underneath. We see men in uniform outside posing for the camera. Note: the coverage of the crash of this airship and the funerals of the airmen can be seen in issues G 803 and G 804 on *PM0242*. 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 LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British