Hindenburg disaster, 1937 Universal newsreel (with sound)

[Thoralmir]

Ah, the wonders of German engineering.

[plusplusplusplusp]

Wow, isn't it amazing how innacurate early news coverage of a diasster can be. For example, in this newsreel the Hindenburg's destruction killed 'nearly half of it's ninety-nine passengers and crew' (only thirty-five of the ninety-seven people on board died). Also, it says that the Hindenburg took off from Hamburg (it actually took off from Frankfurt).

[Envergure]

@plusplusplusplusp

I didn't matter to them. News was entertainment back then, just as it is now.

[plusplusplusplusp]

@Envergure

You're probably right. I think these innacuracies were caused by 'Chinese whispers'.

[sher3394]

DAM