
Around the World by Zeppelin
Film which uses the letters and diaries of passenger Lady Grace Drummond-Hay and archival footage to document the Graf Zeppelin airship's circumnavigation of the globe in 1929.
In 1929, for the first time in history a Graf Zeppelin circumnavigated the globe. Beneath the enormous airship hung a gondola to accommodate the lucky passengers and crew for the duration of the 21-day voyage, among them the young journalist Lady Grace Drummond-Hay, reporting for the Hearst media empire. Based upon her letters and diaries and told exclusively through archival and newsreel film from the time, this film relives the incredible voyage.
As a crew of forty kept the zeppelin in the air, Lady Grace feasted her eyes on the world's major cities, white alpine peaks, oceans and swamps, and fell in love with a married man. Rare archival footage gives glimpses of day-to-day life in a zeppelin gondola, Grace listening to one of her fellow passengers playing the accordion, the repair of a tear in the cloth shell during the flight, the sleeping cabins and lounge, and the splendid views from the windows. The film offers a fascinating look into the world of the roaring twenties which would soon be gone forever.
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Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Director | Ditteke Mensink |
Director | Ditteke Mensink |
Producer | Pieter Van Huystee |
Producer | Pieter Van Huystee |
Broadcasts
- Sun 7 Feb 2010 21:00
- Tue 9 Feb 2010 20:30
- Wed 10 Feb 2010 01:30
- Tue 13 Apr 2010 19:35
- Wed 14 Apr 2010 02:30
- Mon 28 May 2012 21:00
- Tue 29 May 2012 02:55
- Thu 31 May 2012 22:30