Hindenburg Disaster Newsreel Footage (1937)

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.

Release Date : December 31, 1937

Runtime : 5m

Genre : Documentary  

Companies : British Pathé

Countries : United States of America

Keywords : zeppelin, airship, disaster, newsreel footage