| 00:15:31 0 |
"SPECIAL!" "DIRIGIBLE HINDENBURG EXPLODES; 50
KILLED!" VARIOUS SCENES OF "HINDENBURG FLYING OVER NEW YORK CITY. VARIOUS SCENES OF CAPTAIN AND CREW AT WORK INSIDE THE AIRSHIP. VARIOUS GRAPHIC SCENES OF HINDENBURG BURSTING INTO FLAMES AS IT IS ABOUT TO LAND AT LAKEHURST, NEW JERSEY. AIRFIELD. 5/6/37 AVIATION; DISASTER; ZEPPELIN; BLIMP |
| 00:15:51 20.67 |
ELS DIRIGIBLE FLYING OVER NEW YORK CITY SKYLINE ON
ITS WAY TO NEW JERSEY MOORING. |
| 00:15:55 24.67 |
SIDE VIEW OF "HINDENBURG, WITH ITS NAZI INSIGNIA ON
RUDDERS, AND NEW YORK CITY BELOW. AS SEEN FROM PLANE FLYING ALONGSIDE. |
| 00:16:01 29.67 |
AERIAL SPECTACULAR VIEW OF "HINDENBURG" AND NEW YORK
CITY SKYSCRAPERS AND HARBOR AS SEEN FROM PLANE FLYING ABOVE IT. |
| 00:16:09 37.67 |
CAPTAIN OF DIRIGIBLE SPEAKS ON PHONE INSIDE
HINDENBURG, AS OTHERS GO ABOUT THEIR WORK. |
| 00:16:15 43.67 |
HINDENBURG AS SEEN FROM GROUND. HINDENBURG APPROACHES
MOORING AS DOZENS OF GROUND CREWS ON GROUND PREPARE TO PULL IT IN. COMING TOWARDS CAMERA. SCARCELY 300 FEET ABOVE GROUND, LANDING LINE IS SEEN DROPPING TO GROUND. |
| 00:17:07 95.67 |
SUDDENLY "HINDENBURG" EXPLODES IN SPECTACULAR BURST
OF FLAME. THE OUTER SKIN OF AIRSHIP BEGINS TO DISINTEGRATE AS IT FALLS TO GROUND, TOWARDS CAMERA. |
| 00:17:50 138.67 |
MONTAGE RESCUE WORKERS STAND ABOUT HELPLESSLY AS
FLAMES AND BLACK SMOKE RISE FROM CRUMBLED STEEL REMNANTS OF THE AIRSHIP. PAN OF THE DISASTER AREA. |
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Year: 1937
Color: Black & White
Genre: 1930s NEWSREELS
Specialty CollectionGenre: 1930s NEWSREELS
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