Sta.^'in? a Coney Island Zeppelin Raid 



METAL TUBE 



This Device for Hoisting the Aeroplanes and 

 Revolving Them at the Same Time So as to 

 Make Them Rise in a Realistic Spiral Consists 

 of a Stationary Drum Attached to a Beam Set 

 High Above the Stage and at the Bottom a 

 Derrick Arm Which Is Revolved by a Small 

 Motor. The Saltpetre in the Metal Tube and 

 the Red Light Powder Back of the House-Front 

 Are Ignited as the Bomb 

 Is Dropped and Give the 

 Effect of an Explosion 

 and Conflagration In- 

 side of the Dwelling 



The Mechanism 

 Which Gives the 

 Impression of 

 Distance. The 

 Operator's Cage 

 and Switchboard 

 Are Seen in the 

 Upper Right- 

 Hand part of 

 the' Illustration. 

 The Placing of 

 the Searchlights 

 Is Indicated at 

 the Left of the 

 Picture. In the 

 Tank Which 

 Represents a 

 Harbor, a Small 

 Steamerls Float- 

 ing in the Wings 

 Until the Prop- 

 er Moment for 

 It to Appear 



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E Throw cran 



A String of Nine Lights Operated by a Three-Throw, 

 Motor-turned Crank Which Light Up the Windows 

 One by One and Later When the Raid Is On and the 

 City Is in Darkness Are Used as Revolving Searchlights 



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