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Hindenburg disaster: What caused the largest commercial zeppelin to explode

The Hindenburg Disaster marked the end of the commercial zeppelin ocean crossing but also sparked a new interest in airplanes ...
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Cemetery tour tells of 1909 blimp explosion in Redding and the daredevil who died

Corrections & Clarifications: This story was updated to correct the location of the Hindenburg airship disaster. Remember that day a blimp blew up in Redding? Probably not, unless you’re around 125 ...
NBC Washington

Newly Released Film Shows Different Angle of Hindenburg Disaster

A rarely seen video showing a different angle of the Hindenburg airship disaster in New Jersey has been released to the public for the first time in 77 years. The video, which was found decades ago by ...
Radio World

The Hindenburg: 75 Years Later

Only 75 years ago Herbert Morrison gave the country it’s first taste of “live reporting” when his emotional account of the German passenger airship LZ 129 Hindenburg disaster was aired on WLS Chicago ...
The Atlantic

Recovered Letters Reveal the Lost History of the Hindenburg

As we near the 75th anniversary of the Hindenburg disaster, the Smithsonian shares its discovery of the sole surviving map of the airship's final voyage. "Found: Letters from the Hindenburg," a ...
insider.si.edu

LZ 129 Hindenburg Disaster Letter

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. This collection consists of one letter, dated May 7, 1937, from Roger Laws to his wife Mildred Laws describing his experience guarding the ...