Hindenburg Disaster Newsreel Footage

1937

  

7.5 / 10

  • en
  • Documentary,
  • 5 mins
Overview

The airship Hindenburg, arriving from Europe, was being led to its mooring at Lakehurst, New Jersey when suddenly disaster struck. The hydrogen-filled zeppelin ignited, and was almost instantly transformed into an enormous fireball. In less than a minute, the entire ship had been consumed by flames. The Hindenburg explosion marked the end of the budding airship travel industry.


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