Hindenburg Disaster - Before and After the Tragedy and Live Footage

Hindenburg Disaster - Before and After the Tragedy and Live Footage

In this episode on Traveling Through History, we start our "disaster series" by taking a look back to 1937, when the largest air ship in history, the Hindenburg, unexpectedly caught fire and crashed to the ground killing many people on board.  The event was video-taped and broadcast all over the world, shocking TV viewers and ending the industry of transatlantic air ships for good.

The Hindenburg was a 245-metre- (804-foot-) long airship of conventional zeppelin design that was launched at Friedrichshafen, Germany, in March 1936.  It had a maximum speed of 135 km (84 miles) per hour and a cruising speed of 126 km (78 miles) per hour.  Though it was designed to be filled with helium gas, the airship was filled with highly flammable hydrogen because of export restrictions by the United States against Nazi Germany.  In 1936 the Hindenburg inaugurated commercial air service across the North Atlantic by carrying 1,002 passengers on 10 scheduled round trips between Germany and the United States.

On May 6, 1937, while landing at Lakehurst, New Jersey, on the second of its scheduled 1937 transatlantic crossings, the Hindenburg burst into flames and was completely destroyed. Of the 97 persons aboard, 35 were killed.  One member of the ground crew also perished.  The fire was officially attributed to a discharge of atmospheric electricity in the vicinity of a hydrogen gas leak from the airship, though it was speculated that the dirigible had been the victim of an anti-Nazi act of sabotage.  The Hindenburg disaster, which was recorded on film and on phonograph disc, marked the end of the use of rigid airships in commercial air transportation.

We review a short video about the Hindenburg Disaster and why it occurred and then we look at the actual footage from the cash that day in 1937!

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