Item title reads - The wrecked Shenandoah. Pathe Gazette presents first pictures of America’s giant airship taken within a few hours of crash. Ohio, USA (.) America.
M/S of men stood amongst the crumpled frame of the Shenandoah, they start to clear away the debris. M/S of the torn cover, the camera pans across it and we see the name.
The title is repeated. L/S of the airship with the covers torn and the body wrecked. M/S as one man chops at the frame. Various shots from underneath as men stand and clear the wreckage.
Intertitle - ’the car of death.’ A man with a rifle over his shoulder walks up and pushes the propellor which is attached to the passenger car. It is on its side and the cover is torn, a soldier sits on top of it.
L/S of the airship with cars parked in front of it, the camera pans across the length. Various shots as men examine the wreckage on the ground. L/S of the airship again. M/S as part of the wreckage is swung about, L/S of it lying there, we see it from another
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