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Explore the interior of the Hindenburg and the events leading up to the tragic accident of 1937. This video showcases the A Deck and B Deck, crew areas, control car, cargo areas, and engine cars of ...
The front page of the Daily News from the next day read “Hindenburg Explodes! 100 Dead” on May 7, 1937. Clearly those numbers weren’t fact-checked since only 36 people ended up perishing in ...
But the explosion of the Hindenburg still echoes loudly as a death of the era of the silver airship and pre-war innocence. Correction May 20, 2017 An earlier version of the story's teaser referred ...
BERLIN, Aug. 2, 1934 (UP) -- Adolf Hitler, former Austrian house-painter, became sole dictator of the German people today on the death of President Paul Von Hindenburg.
Peter Berkos, Oscar-Winning Sound Effects Editor on ‘The Hindenburg,’ Dies at 101. The Universal veteran worked on 'Touch of Evil,' 'The Sting' and 'Slap Shot,' mentored Steven Spielberg and ...
Those two photos, and others, also appeared in the paper on Sunday, May 9, 1937, as part of a special picture section. The photos are now stored in the morgue, the newspaper’s archival library.
The Hindenburg zeppelin burns after it exploded during the docking procedure at Lakehurst Naval Air Station, N.J., on May 6, 1937. The hydrogen inflated dirigible burst into flames, killing 36 of ...
When it was over, 36 people were dead, including Allen Hagaman, a 51-year-old ground crew member, who was underneath Hindenburg at the time of the crash. He was from Lakehurst.
Slightly less than one year later, on May 6, 1937, the world watched in horror as the Hindenburg caught fire, leading to the death of 35 people on the airship and one person on the ground in New ...
What’s worse, according to Jablonski, the Navy blimp sent to the scene to help with rescue efforts also crashed, killing two. Among the dead were Rear Admiral William A. Moffet, known as the father of ...
Before it became a byword for disaster, the hydrogen-lifted airship heralded an era of fine dining in the skies — with an all-electric kitchen, a cocktail lounge, wine cellar and multi-course meals.