This scene always terrified me as a child. I watched this film with my dad a half dozen times but didn't watch then end all the way through until I was a teenager.
If only the United States gave Germany helium then this disaster could have been avoided. But the U.S. didn't give them helium because they were afraid Germany would use the Hindenburg for war purposes, I don't blame them. This was a tragedy, of the 97 people aboard, only 62 survived while 37 perished. What once was a considered future transportation, was considered a thing of the past in a blink of an eye.
One notable inaccuracy is that of the five family members (the parents, daughter and two sons). In reality, this was the Doehner family, German transplants living in Mexico City. In the movie, only the father dies, but in actuality, the daughter died as well. (In the movie, she survives). Three women perished aboard the Hindenburg: 16 year old Irene Doehner, 60 year old Emma Pannes of Long Island, New York (with her husband) and the only female crew member, Emilie Imhoff.
LOL notice at 0:10, the cameraman beside Herbert Morrison is getting his camera to work... Exactly the same problem the cameramen had during the disaster. None of the newsreel cameramen filmed the fire actually igniting.
when this movie was released in selected theaters the studio shot footage was in color when it came out on video 10 years after the release the whole scene was put in black and white due to continuity reasons.
@GuyverFan95 where did you see that? whatever colour footage of the Hindenburg is "fake" There's one that was hand-colourized in the 1960s for a documentary, as well as some (very bad) colourization for the Vidicom documentary of the disaster. There's only a few colour photos of the Hindenburg, and much more of the LZ 130 Graf Zeppelin II (and colour footage for that airship as well, mistaken for Hindenburg).
I don't think we have to begin with how inaccurate this is. The real Hindenburg was completely incinerated in approx. 34 seconds. The occupants would barely have known they were about to be killed much less have time to start running.
Yes. Also, the entire stern of the ship was in flames BEFORE it exploded. It burned for about ten seconds before the fireball. There was no spontaneous explosion as shown here.
1:36 I had a chick once make that face when she saw my penis :O
MongooseFreeRider 4 weeks ago
great SFX for a 1975 film.
ActionMovieBuff 1 year ago
This scene always terrified me as a child. I watched this film with my dad a half dozen times but didn't watch then end all the way through until I was a teenager.
lothartheterrible 1 year ago
If only the United States gave Germany helium then this disaster could have been avoided. But the U.S. didn't give them helium because they were afraid Germany would use the Hindenburg for war purposes, I don't blame them. This was a tragedy, of the 97 people aboard, only 62 survived while 37 perished. What once was a considered future transportation, was considered a thing of the past in a blink of an eye.
olimar9 1 year ago
37 people died in this disaster, it was a terrible tragedy.
darthroden 1 year ago
One notable inaccuracy is that of the five family members (the parents, daughter and two sons). In reality, this was the Doehner family, German transplants living in Mexico City. In the movie, only the father dies, but in actuality, the daughter died as well. (In the movie, she survives). Three women perished aboard the Hindenburg: 16 year old Irene Doehner, 60 year old Emma Pannes of Long Island, New York (with her husband) and the only female crew member, Emilie Imhoff.
ligreekguy 1 year ago
LOL notice at 0:10, the cameraman beside Herbert Morrison is getting his camera to work... Exactly the same problem the cameramen had during the disaster. None of the newsreel cameramen filmed the fire actually igniting.
PahangDragonbird 1 year ago
keduardop
1.There was no helium inside the hindenburg
2.Helium do not chatch fire
3.Yes, the cabins where located inside the ship and not on the outside as the cockpit.
Thanks for a good vid! x p
YallaYoughurt 2 years ago
when this movie was released in selected theaters the studio shot footage was in color when it came out on video 10 years after the release the whole scene was put in black and white due to continuity reasons.
iscreamer1 2 years ago
Now why did they do that? I know that the footage of the Hindenburg was in black and white but there was footage of the Hindenburg in color too.
GuyverFan95 2 years ago
@GuyverFan95 where did you see that? whatever colour footage of the Hindenburg is "fake" There's one that was hand-colourized in the 1960s for a documentary, as well as some (very bad) colourization for the Vidicom documentary of the disaster. There's only a few colour photos of the Hindenburg, and much more of the LZ 130 Graf Zeppelin II (and colour footage for that airship as well, mistaken for Hindenburg).
PahangDragonbird 1 year ago
where were the cabins located? inside the helium?
keduardop 2 years ago
Not exactly, it's located underneath the gas bags. They didn't use helium but hydrogen.
GuyverFan95 2 years ago
why is the hindenburg freezing when it falls?
croatiangamer 2 years ago
Because we're seeing what is happening inside the airship as it happens.
GuyverFan95 2 years ago
no, i mean sections like 0:18
croatiangamer 2 years ago
The parts that freeze, are clips of the actual crash
mrroboto5785 2 years ago
I don't think we have to begin with how inaccurate this is. The real Hindenburg was completely incinerated in approx. 34 seconds. The occupants would barely have known they were about to be killed much less have time to start running.
Zoidus 3 years ago
True however films like to show all the details that are happening even if it takes almost ten minutes to do so.
GuyverFan95 2 years ago
Yes. Also, the entire stern of the ship was in flames BEFORE it exploded. It burned for about ten seconds before the fireball. There was no spontaneous explosion as shown here.
dallaskeffer 2 years ago