Hindenburg Disaster - real footage of the terrible crash 1937

Movietone's coverage of the Hindenburg disaster - filmed by Al Gold, Larry Kennedy and Deon De Titta. Sound engineer Addison Trice.

"Hindenburg's" fate adds another victim to toll of airships. The doom of the great Zeppelin which has been graphically told in newspapers, was shot in full by a newsreel camera. We issue it as news, and with sympathy for those involved or bereaved by the calamity. Described by Ivan Scott.

Scenes of the airship in flight. Shots of the ship in the air on fire and falling to earth. Scenes after the fire. Skeleton of the airship on ground. Hindenburg Disaster.

From "Movietone Presents the 20th Century" by Lawrence Cohn. "A superb example of Movietone's on-the-spot coverage was the filming of the tragic Hindenburg disaster on a cloudy, overcast day at Lakehurst, New Jersey, on May 6, 1937. Undoubtedly one of the most dramatic newsreel events of all time, the explosion reduced the dirigible to a smoldering mass of ruins within seconds, and several members of the New York staff were directly under the huge airship when it exploded. The Hindenburg had made numerous Atlantic crossings, and the one of May 6th was expected to be no different from the many previous routine landings. Despite a history of nothing unusual happening, this symbol of Hitler's Nazi Germany was covered at every landing by Movietone cameramen because of Editor-in-Chief Truman Talley's intuitive feeling that someday the Hindenburg would explode. Therefore, despite the protests of the various camera crews, one was always present and Talley's intuition resulted in the timely coverage of one of the most famous events of all time."

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