Hindenburg Disaster Newsreel Footage

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.

Cast

Herbert Morrison

Himself - News Reporter

Graham McNamee

Narrator (Universal Newsreel)

Crew

Alfred E. Gold

Camera Operator

William Deeke

Camera Operator

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Hindenburg Disaster: Real Zeppelin Explosion Footage (1937) | British Pathé