Hindenberg Disaster

Duration: 400 ft.

Year Published: 1937

Complete Record: Silent with inter titles, low angle shots of the enormous zeppelin hovering in mid-air, civilians boarding the craft. CU of the crafts’ captain Ernst. A Lehmann. Zeppelin leaking fuel, passengers descending craft. Crew gives the high sign for departure. Hindenberg flies over New York City skyline. Suddenly it ‘s in flames. The blazing skeleton plummets to the ground. Frenzy ensues! More inter titles and a shot of the zeppelin once again in midflight.