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President Hindenburg died at the age of 87 on 2 August 1934. Shortly after Hindenburg’s death, Hitler announced that offices of the chancellor and the president were to be combined to create one position, the Führer and chancellor. Hitler announced that he would occupy this new role.
- Hindenburg: The New Evidence Provides A New Angle on The Disaster
- PBS Speaks to A Caltech Expert About The Hindenburg Tragedy
- The Hindenburg Disaster Changed The Face of Air Travel
Experts Lt Col Jason O. Harris and historian Dan Grossman will lead viewers on an investigation spanning the Atlantic between Germany and America. Those two nations have done their own digging over the years, without a conclusive answer as to why the Hindenburg burst into flames on May 6th, 1937. After reaching the mooring mast at Lakehurst, New Je...
Harris and Grossman consult Caltech professor Konstantinos Giapis, an expert in chemical engineering. The documentary pays special attention to the Hindenburg’s landing ropes. Current thinking is they managed to generate a spark in turbulent conditions. Smithsonianmagazine, writing in 2017 on the 80th anniversary of the tragedy, referred to the “fl...
However it happened, the Hindenburg disaster had a major impact on the world’s collective psyche. Not only did it spell the end for travel by airship, but the fire was also covered by the media as it happened. NBC radio reporter Herb Morrison famously commentated on the tragedy. His haunting cry of “Oh the humanity!” was remembered forever after. T...
Sep 23, 2021 · Survivors And Witnesses Describe What The Hindenburg Crash Was Really Like. The German dirigible, LZ-129 Hindenburg , was set to land in Lakehurst, NJ, on May 6, 1937. As a luxury passenger airship, the Hindenburg was the largest of its kind, measuring more than 800 feet long and capable of reaching speeds near 84 mph.
Apr 28, 2017 · On May 3, 1937, the Hindenburg was a little more than a year old when – about a quarter after 7 p.m. – the 242-ton floating ocean liner, with its Nazi swastika flags emblazoned to its tail ...
Apr 15, 2011 · When the Hindenburg flew toward the the Naval Air Station in Lakehurst, New Jersey on May 6, 1937, it was the airship's eleventh voyage to the United States. The nearly 804-foot-long ship, the ...
May 6, 2012 · Both men, now in their eighties, are the last living survivors of the Hindenburg, the airship that crashed at New Jersey's Lakehurst Naval Air Station 75 years ago on May 6, 1937. At the time ...
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Aug 30, 2014 · BERLIN (AP) — Werner Franz, believed to be the last surviving crew member of the German airship Hindenburg that crashed 77 years ago, has died. He was 92. Franz was a 14-year-old cabin boy when the hydrogen-filled Zeppelin caught fire and crashed in Lakehurst, New Jersey, on May 6, 1937. The disaster was captured by waiting photographers ...
