the Germans wanted to make the biggest Zeppelin in the world to show off to the world so they asked the US for helium but the US denied because it was right before WW2 and helium was a key ingredient for atomic bombs. The Germans used hydrogen instead which was incredibly flammable. It was raining and there was a storm the wanted to show it off to the US but failed(Led Zeppelin Album Mothership flying over New York City)
wow...almost glorious as it burns to ash, remarkable how the fireman actually risked death and not only that but rescued the majoriy of the passengers, now that takes balls. shame they weren't given medals, they deserve them.
The narrator on this newsreel sounds like Graham MacNamee. At the time he was one of the most famous radio announcers and would have been one of the best known voices in the country. It's not unlikely he did voice overs for newsreels, as many famous radio announcers did (Harry Von Zell, Ed Herlihy, Ted Husing, Mel Allen), but I couldn't say for sure this is MacNamee.
They always say it marked the end of the Zeppelin era because of this disaster, but 62 of the 97 people on board survived. Every time an airliner goes down, sometimes with hundreds of passengers killed, does it mark the end of the airliner era?
FAKE FAKE FAKE! the government planned it like 9/11...fear of flying a low cost luxury liner...America wants your money! Look with different eyes! search for the truth. look at 1:16 looks like a bomb was purposely put there! And of course only to set the bomb off BEFORE LANDING!!!!! FOR EVERYONE TO SEEE! fuck that shit!
Fuck...Don't let America control you by fear! search youtube...gravity powered plane :-)
Holy Crap! Your right it does look Like a Bomb goes off? It just doesn't make sense that it flew so well everywhere else but couldn't land something seems staged or set up.
It's not set up, the thing was just the most poorly designed air craft in history. The ship was covered in a highly flammable coating and filled with a highly flammable gas, all it would take is one moron dropping a cigarette or a small spark and the whole thing blows in less than 60 seconds. Don't listen to morons who watch fox news, all it takes is a little research into how the Hindenburg was made to know it was an accident waiting to happen.
@FGP02 The Hindenburg was designed to be filled with helium, but the US government (the only people with the rare gas at the time) would not let the Zeppelin company have it, so hydrogen was the only choice. If you've ever heard of the Graf Zeppelin, it made hundreds of flights and carried thousands of passengers over more than ten years of service and never exploded or had a fatality, even with hydrogen. I do have to agree regarding the paint however.
FAKE! This event in history was staged by our so called world leaders. Just to make the population afraid of flying in "AIR SHIPS". of course using helium the second most abundant element in the universe! wow AMERICA! FAIL!...
JUST FOR THOUGHT...sounds pretty fake how the reporters are commenting 0:28 "this is the worst of the worst catastrophes of the world" just like 9-11 all BULL. America decided to suspend helium distribution to Germany.
Hitler had nothing to do with the helium issue. It was Hugo Eckener who opted for the helium design after the R101 disaster. (That's why there was no LZ-128 built: the design was unflayable on helium's reduced lift).
After the LZ-129 crash, there was a chance that helium would get to the DZR, but old Harold Ickes refused the German's paid-for helium shipment. This killed the Zeppelin airline.
This news reel is an perfect example of how pre-WWII news exaggerated the facts. Although, the exploitation of a Zeppelin disaster in a country(like the US) which wanted to built a future of heavier-than-air passenger aviation, is not surprising, within months after the Hindenburg disaster, Pan American airways had a monopoly over Atlantic passenger travel
First of all there were 97 people on board...35 died including one person on the ground.....that leaves 62 survivors not 23....saying "scores dead" is also stupid...dont you people research some thing before posting a comment?
Did I hear him say "Queen of the Skies"? Well isn't that enough reason to destroy it?
US refuses to allow them to use helium.? This wouldn't happen if they could have used it.
Evidence points to the USA doing what it is good at, destroying anything it can't take credit for.
Again, the USA prevented Germany from using helium....Then invites them to a party in N/Y,....& the rest is history, as they say. Most of it written by Americans & mostly LIES!...The USA is responsible, no question.
boy the news anchor knows how to present a news story!! Very nicely done! almost something you see in the movies!! I wonder if he ever acted in one...
yea i saw that episode, and they found out that the sun could have done that and they recreated the stuff they used to make the hind and it burned just as fast
That's something I've often thought about. And you would think after the Titanic bloodblath they would be weary of gimmicky, potentially risky experiments. My guess is it can be explained by the two causes of most of modernity's ills: corporate greed and political pandering (Thank God Skybus bankrupted itself before its products became mass coffins).
Highschool physics teach you how to get hydrogen from water. Do you have any idea how to get helium?
The main source today is from natural gas which consist of up to 7% helium. There is an abundance of helium gas in the atmosphere but they are mostly in the heterosphere some 100km above your head. You seriously think the Germans have any chance to get them mass produced for practical use in the 1930s? Even today they don't.
Helium was only available from the United States of America. US was NOT selling He to NAZI Germany. THAT is why they didn't use He and had to use H. They had always normally bought He from the US and had it in their dirigibles, until this immediate time period.
Hitler originally WANTED to fill the ship with helium, but our country had an embargo on it, so they refitted the gas cells to be filled with hydrogen.
It's a credit to Universal Newsreel to put together a reel out of what they had: some stock footage of the zep over Manhattan, and the explosion and fire either bought from a stringer or a rival newsreel. The Universal cameraman assigned to this job, had tickets for a show he didn't want to miss, and left early. When he picked up the paper the next morning, he didn't even bother to report to the Universal offices. I guess he sent his girlfriend down to pick up his things and final check.
In Search of..., hosted by Leonard Nimoy, made an episode based on this tragic accident, and it immediately raised the question of whether it was an accident or sabotage by then-Nazi Germany.
Despite the violent fire, most of the crew and passengers survived. Of the 36 passengers and 61 crew, 13 passengers and 22 crew died. Also killed was one member of the ground crew, Navy Linesman Allen Hagaman. Most deaths were not caused directly by the fire but were from jumping from the burning airship. Those passengers who rode the airship on its descent to the ground survived. Some deaths of crew members occurred because they wanted to save people on board the airship.
i think it was da hydrogen commin out 2 fast wich would cause friction 2 heat up and attracct da hydrogen back to da ship and cause it 2 burn............. P.S. hydrogen is very
Die Hindenburg wurde von Agenten des CIA beschossen, die These einer elektrostatischen Aufladung und der damit begründeten Explosion ist Quatsch. Die Angst vor Auspähung war wohl größer, genauso wie der Neid auf unser erstes deutsches Luftschiff.
That's because their their debut alblum (Led Zepplin) has a famous picture of the Hindenburg Disaster on it. Of course, it could just be because that's the Hindenburg is the world's most famous (albeit notorious) led zepplin.
Yup. its great. Im waiting who is gonna made band with name called "La Titanica" With sinking titanic in their album XD Led Zeppelin = hindenburg, La Titanica = titanic
I dated a girl that was as big as the Hindenburg once ...She turned out to be a real spark plug ...turns out she was a real flamer. Only found that out years later...
what are you rambling about? it wasn't even fought in america. both world wars were fought in europe and asia, everywhere EXCEPT america. so what exactly is your point?
america turned the tide in both wars......they just took their sweet ass time joining the allies while britain, france, russia, canada,and the other countries did all the work.....we won because of the states, it just would've been nice if they came in before the war was half over
Hydrogen is two times lighter than helium, and a lot cheaper, too. I have also heard - relata refero - that Germany had difficulties obtaining helium, because there were already some kind of economical sanctions in force against the Nazi government.
The only big sources of helium are in the United States. The US opted not to provide the gas to Germany, forcing it to use its more flammable counterpart.
yeah, the U.S. wouldn't provide it to Nazi Germany for fear of it being used against them, so they had to use hydrogen which was lighter yet more flammable
Wow! Thanks for the vid. I always wanted to see this on video. Shame they didn't zoom out a little during the mushroom cloud shot, else we would have seen the first mushroom of flame. Also, am I the only one who thought he saw a missile at 0:54?
It's not a blimp, it's a dirigible/airship/zeppelin, whichever you prefer, blimps weren't made until later, they were made out of plastics and used helium, they only needed one cell, gas bag, and were much, much smaller.
Ya many jumped but died when jumping some were burn to death inside the HIndenburg wil some used water to save themselves. It is quite weird that y some ppl jumped but nv die but instead broke some bones on their body...weird sia how did they survive the jump?
Just listen to that voice over, though. That was when news reporters were real men and there was none of this pandering to the lowest common denominator. They respected the public and delivered the news as such. God, I hate CNN.
The WTC Towers were not the tallest buildings in the world in 2001. They were when they were built, but only for 1 year until surpassed by Sears Tower in Chicago in 1973
crielcara....That's a very intelligent question. I believe that it's real, but that's as far as I can get. It COULD be a gigantic scam, but I don't believe that it is.
A lot of people like to say that the modern news media has a liberal or conservative bias. And it may. But, primarily, what comes into play is the modern news media's "suck bias".
Seriously. Imagine this happening now, in 2007. Even though you get to see in high-definition color, would the announcing be half as good? No. And back in the day, they would've come up with some new big story in a few days. Today, they waste your time with some crap about pet fashion shows or whatever.
You are spot on. I noticed in the USA, the media seem to feel that it's their job to keep people ignorant of world news etc. 2 things we noticed when we went (Cape Cod area) one August. Not one insect in Falmouth! Birds were falling out of the sky after eating contaminated insects. And yet the main stories were SUV Tyres and petrol prices. Only on the plane back to UK did we know about the Kursk sub that had been stuck on the bottom for days!!
für deutsche, die sich hierfür interessieren, empfehle ich das hörspiel "offenbarung 23 - die hindenburg". es behandelt diesbezügliche verschwörungstheorien auf faktengrundlage.
Yes, you are spot on. I turned the horrible soundtrack down. On an event of this scale, I think that less is more. It just needed a dignified voice over, though of course the original radio commentary as it happened is too poignant for words.
Very true, but I think that, based on the time that this report was released, this was not only acceptable but in the peak of seriousness, music and all.
The tastelessness we see is basically a confusion of a seventy year generation gap.
Yes, in terms of our 'savvie' and awareness, this was an age ago! Also, people were more accepting of things in those days. The stentorian voice is meant to put you in your place!!
It was two things. Hydrogen, obviously. But also, Nitrocellulose paint plus cloth equals gunpowder in some cases! So it was like a gigantic fuse, like they used to use for blasting etc.
OmedDC I suppose it was you that gave my previous comment the thumbs down. Thanks for that. I suppose that makes you feel bright and clever. If that's the case, keep doing it, because you will still be a twat, but at least you'll be a contented twat. Bye Bye.
OmedDC...I am so sorry, now I feel like the moron of the week! Why would anyone give the thumbs down to a fairly obv. 'true' statement I wonder? Anyway, the whole event was very tragic. It had an 'echo' later on in reverse when that shuttle rocket exploded when the rubber seal failed, and people died right in front of us.
And qtip, if you come back to this page try not to insult everyone by pointing out their return to these comments as you have clearly done the same. Also, don't chastise them for judging you when you have been judging almost every Youtuber since you started posting your novel. You can come up with a clever and wordy rebuttal but I won't be back to read it.
Good video. I looked this up after seeing the mythbusters episode hehe... Sad that it all happened because of politics though, we couldn't give them Helium...
It was charged with static electricity, I believe, and one spark from the tower was enough to set it off. I get a little shock from my car some days when I get out. I would love to see the spark on a dark night!!
Actually they did want to fill it with helium, but America had a monopoly on helium and wouldn't sell it to them because at the time Germany was already seen as a potential enemy. Even so, the hydrogen isn't what destroyed the ship. The iron oxide and aluminum compound on the skin of the ship was ignited by static built up from the storm earlier that day.
Actually, they tested it on Mythbusters, and the iron oxide/aluminium alone could not have caused this disaster. It was the combination of hydrogen and the formation of thermite.
Spinal83....I wouldn't be too sure about taking on trust a couple of well meaning chumps on a TV program. They could have said anything they wanted. It wouldn't mean it was true. My son used to get his view of the world through the Simpson's!!!!
Yes, but don't you find that, just like historians, these people support and feed off each other? My policy is 'Nobody KNOWS anything.....we all just believe stuff'. If you can prove something to your own satisfaction, fair enouogh. It's just that I find if you discard everything you have received in the past, you make massive progress forward.
Yeahh, it was clever of them to plan ahead for that piece of tacky exploitation!! Ledzep are the finest ever rock band, but ugh!! Cynical manager, Sharon Osbornes' dad wasn't it?
I came in and defended that person and since then I've had every addled brain dork from here to Australia trying (unsuccessfully I might add) to insult me with hollow words and no real pertinent information. And you guys have the nerve to try and judge me. Ha! Like I said Bax, apply whatever comment fits to you and find something better to do with yourself.
I spend my day actually doing things in my life instead of monitoring youtube comments, unlike yourself. Open a window and let the light in you acne-covered overweight dildo, because you and your kind are really starting to stink up the Internet. Get a life and don't even think of stepping to me again until you have something even remotely interesting to say. Unplug and search for some sembelence of an existence because your just a really, really sad person.
'Acne-covered overweight dildo', Nice mate, I'm sure your putting your best qualities to good use thinking up such a brilliantly hollow remark. All i can do is laugh at you.
I can end this 'debate' by saying you are a loser, anyone who scrolls down the page and has a look at the next will see that to its fullest extent.
And yet you're the one continuing the conversation. Don't cry because I pegged you right and you don't have any worthwhile rebuttal. It's ok, your mother still loves you. Go crawl back into your cave or basement or whatever slimy little nook you started at and stop wasting my damn time.
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the Germans wanted to make the biggest Zeppelin in the world to show off to the world so they asked the US for helium but the US denied because it was right before WW2 and helium was a key ingredient for atomic bombs. The Germans used hydrogen instead which was incredibly flammable. It was raining and there was a storm the wanted to show it off to the US but failed(Led Zeppelin Album Mothership flying over New York City)
TheTONEYSHON 2 months ago
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TheTONEYSHON 2 months ago
kirov reporting
slimshady767 5 months ago
CIGARS ???
hotdave86000 6 months ago
Hitler+Obama= friends!
dniper100 7 months ago
@dniper100 Nope.
Before his death Hitler said that niggers are lower race
DeniZg200 7 months ago
Ein großes Unglück in der modernen Luftfahrtgeschichte
MarcelBuehner 11 months ago
wow...almost glorious as it burns to ash, remarkable how the fireman actually risked death and not only that but rescued the majoriy of the passengers, now that takes balls. shame they weren't given medals, they deserve them.
dream6cold6code6 1 year ago
omfg theres 12 months in a year not 1937!
killerofporn 1 year ago
Wow... its amazing how things can go horribly wrong
blo0dr0oted 1 year ago
The narrator on this newsreel sounds like Graham MacNamee. At the time he was one of the most famous radio announcers and would have been one of the best known voices in the country. It's not unlikely he did voice overs for newsreels, as many famous radio announcers did (Harry Von Zell, Ed Herlihy, Ted Husing, Mel Allen), but I couldn't say for sure this is MacNamee.
RRaquello 1 year ago
Rocket*
LimeLice 1 year ago
Well no crap it blew up, it was painted with rocker fuel o.O wtf were they thinking
LimeLice 1 year ago
35 death on 99 passengers??? How the hell can you survive to this???
Ferafara 1 year ago
It was Mass Suicide, they set it ablaze because Justine Bieber was playing on the sound system
rock1020 1 year ago 3
See the Tacoma Narrows bridge collapse. Horrible design leads to disaster every time.
ferociousgumby 1 year ago
Gass it up!!!
GassItUp 1 year ago
FUCK THE NAZIS
chargers619ful 1 year ago
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lol are you so stupid?
Bloobyhubbahabba 1 year ago
@Bloobyhubbahabba what do u mean
chargers619ful 1 year ago
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I mean your comment "Fuck the Nazis". Don't you see the big difference on this video? The zeppelin isn't a work from the Nazis.
Bloobyhubbahabba 1 year ago
They always say it marked the end of the Zeppelin era because of this disaster, but 62 of the 97 people on board survived. Every time an airliner goes down, sometimes with hundreds of passengers killed, does it mark the end of the airliner era?
roberto1942 1 year ago
It looks like a flying dildo
aarongabbard 1 year ago
FAKE FAKE FAKE! the government planned it like 9/11...fear of flying a low cost luxury liner...America wants your money! Look with different eyes! search for the truth. look at 1:16 looks like a bomb was purposely put there! And of course only to set the bomb off BEFORE LANDING!!!!! FOR EVERYONE TO SEEE! fuck that shit!
Fuck...Don't let America control you by fear! search youtube...gravity powered plane :-)
ALLSTARJERK 1 year ago
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Holy Crap! Your right it does look Like a Bomb goes off? It just doesn't make sense that it flew so well everywhere else but couldn't land something seems staged or set up.
aarongabbard 1 year ago
It's not set up, the thing was just the most poorly designed air craft in history. The ship was covered in a highly flammable coating and filled with a highly flammable gas, all it would take is one moron dropping a cigarette or a small spark and the whole thing blows in less than 60 seconds. Don't listen to morons who watch fox news, all it takes is a little research into how the Hindenburg was made to know it was an accident waiting to happen.
FGP02 1 year ago
@FGP02 The Hindenburg was designed to be filled with helium, but the US government (the only people with the rare gas at the time) would not let the Zeppelin company have it, so hydrogen was the only choice. If you've ever heard of the Graf Zeppelin, it made hundreds of flights and carried thousands of passengers over more than ten years of service and never exploded or had a fatality, even with hydrogen. I do have to agree regarding the paint however.
SmokyMtnSteam 1 year ago
@ALLSTARJERK What you say,seems to be correct....
uboot1967 1 year ago
FAKE! This event in history was staged by our so called world leaders. Just to make the population afraid of flying in "AIR SHIPS". of course using helium the second most abundant element in the universe! wow AMERICA! FAIL!...
JUST FOR THOUGHT...sounds pretty fake how the reporters are commenting 0:28 "this is the worst of the worst catastrophes of the world" just like 9-11 all BULL. America decided to suspend helium distribution to Germany.
SEARCH YOUTUBE FOR.. gravity powered plane
ALLSTARJERK 1 year ago
Hitler had nothing to do with the helium issue. It was Hugo Eckener who opted for the helium design after the R101 disaster. (That's why there was no LZ-128 built: the design was unflayable on helium's reduced lift).
After the LZ-129 crash, there was a chance that helium would get to the DZR, but old Harold Ickes refused the German's paid-for helium shipment. This killed the Zeppelin airline.
studentjohn36 1 year ago
HA!
dengej 2 years ago
This news reel is an perfect example of how pre-WWII news exaggerated the facts. Although, the exploitation of a Zeppelin disaster in a country(like the US) which wanted to built a future of heavier-than-air passenger aviation, is not surprising, within months after the Hindenburg disaster, Pan American airways had a monopoly over Atlantic passenger travel
Herrmann90 2 years ago 11
You can thank Fox News for opinions being facts now.
mattjnor98 1 year ago
@Herrmann90 You don't make much sense.
seifs4 9 months ago
they used hiley flamible gas because they didnt trust hitler to get the heliom and use them as wa maciens
joffeey 2 years ago
How on earth did 23 of the 36 passengers survive?
JanineRobin 2 years ago
First of all there were 97 people on board...35 died including one person on the ground.....that leaves 62 survivors not 23....saying "scores dead" is also stupid...dont you people research some thing before posting a comment?
bobbya16 2 years ago
I was thinking the same thing. By the grace of God, I guess.
firmingitup 2 years ago
35 of the 97 died actually
sadakokid45 2 years ago
stupid idea for airship using hydrogen
Xiber1 2 years ago
Helim wasn't available.
BsstBlau 2 years ago 2
The US had a monopoly on helium. We couldn't give it to the Krauts.
droidekabakugan1986 2 years ago
That's Fitzpatrick ("The Voice of the Globe") narrating, isn't it?
margotdarby 2 years ago
oh.......wait realy
GearHeadHeart 2 years ago
that only a theroy which there is many
lastopher7 2 years ago 3
didnt this explode because of the nitrogin paint
GearHeadHeart 2 years ago
Did I hear him say "Queen of the Skies"? Well isn't that enough reason to destroy it?
US refuses to allow them to use helium.? This wouldn't happen if they could have used it.
Evidence points to the USA doing what it is good at, destroying anything it can't take credit for.
Again, the USA prevented Germany from using helium....Then invites them to a party in N/Y,....& the rest is history, as they say. Most of it written by Americans & mostly LIES!...The USA is responsible, no question.
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maybe if germany hadn't kicked out einstein, he could have helped them solve that problem.
phdecora 2 years ago
boy the news anchor knows how to present a news story!! Very nicely done! almost something you see in the movies!! I wonder if he ever acted in one...
RandomMindz 2 years ago 19
nice commentary!
RandomMindz 2 years ago 2
he makes it sound like a fictional movie what a twat
Ourumov66 3 years ago
lmao who says twat
tazertaze 2 years ago
This is the cover design for Led Zeppelin I, 1969.
streetcarjay 3 years ago
ok this guy sounds soo excited to be delivering this news report
djmarkcotter 3 years ago 2
I like the Flash Gordon-style music.
jgrab1 3 years ago 2
EXTREMLY RARE!!!!
moviedudeinc 3 years ago
yea i saw that episode, and they found out that the sun could have done that and they recreated the stuff they used to make the hind and it burned just as fast
melvinleveque 3 years ago
mythBusters is doing a episode y it burned sooo fast
dogcatferrest 3 years ago
All 804 feet of it was burned in 34 seconds!
droidekabakugan1986 2 years ago
Hindenburg AKA Doomship
Even child could knew that hydrogen is flammable. WHY DIDnt THEY USE HELIUM
JokeriPokeri16 3 years ago
That's something I've often thought about. And you would think after the Titanic bloodblath they would be weary of gimmicky, potentially risky experiments. My guess is it can be explained by the two causes of most of modernity's ills: corporate greed and political pandering (Thank God Skybus bankrupted itself before its products became mass coffins).
elfchaser 3 years ago
Highschool physics teach you how to get hydrogen from water. Do you have any idea how to get helium?
The main source today is from natural gas which consist of up to 7% helium. There is an abundance of helium gas in the atmosphere but they are mostly in the heterosphere some 100km above your head. You seriously think the Germans have any chance to get them mass produced for practical use in the 1930s? Even today they don't.
unknownkw 3 years ago
Helium was only available from the United States of America. US was NOT selling He to NAZI Germany. THAT is why they didn't use He and had to use H. They had always normally bought He from the US and had it in their dirigibles, until this immediate time period.
theOlLineRebel 3 years ago
oillinerebel thinks hes smart because he knows the chemical symbol for helium and hydrogen
hetyuiop 3 years ago
OlLineRebel thinks SHE'S smart because SHE knows the chemical symbol for helium and hydrogen, and even knows English grammar.
theOlLineRebel 3 years ago
they were suppose to use helium but their was an embargo on the helium for the germany
XxkickapooxX 3 years ago
Hitler originally WANTED to fill the ship with helium, but our country had an embargo on it, so they refitted the gas cells to be filled with hydrogen.
droidekabakugan1986 2 years ago
@droidekabakugan1986 Hitler originally WANTED to kill ALL the jews. The world had an embargo on it, so he just killed as many as he could reach.
Turminak 2 years ago
Crazy shit!
Paakeaswamplands 3 years ago
It's a credit to Universal Newsreel to put together a reel out of what they had: some stock footage of the zep over Manhattan, and the explosion and fire either bought from a stringer or a rival newsreel. The Universal cameraman assigned to this job, had tickets for a show he didn't want to miss, and left early. When he picked up the paper the next morning, he didn't even bother to report to the Universal offices. I guess he sent his girlfriend down to pick up his things and final check.
CrummyCurtis 3 years ago
In Search of..., hosted by Leonard Nimoy, made an episode based on this tragic accident, and it immediately raised the question of whether it was an accident or sabotage by then-Nazi Germany.
Celluloidkid 3 years ago
I know there are conspiracy theories, but why would NAZIs destroy their own pride and joy? I don't recall that being the theory.
theOlLineRebel 3 years ago
Despite the violent fire, most of the crew and passengers survived. Of the 36 passengers and 61 crew, 13 passengers and 22 crew died. Also killed was one member of the ground crew, Navy Linesman Allen Hagaman. Most deaths were not caused directly by the fire but were from jumping from the burning airship. Those passengers who rode the airship on its descent to the ground survived. Some deaths of crew members occurred because they wanted to save people on board the airship.
Celluloidkid 3 years ago
oooh yeah!!!
rockme1 3 years ago
i think it was da hydrogen commin out 2 fast wich would cause friction 2 heat up and attracct da hydrogen back to da ship and cause it 2 burn............. P.S. hydrogen is very
flamable wen mixed wit oxogen
lazyriver 3 years ago
Die Hindenburg wurde von Agenten des CIA beschossen, die These einer elektrostatischen Aufladung und der damit begründeten Explosion ist Quatsch. Die Angst vor Auspähung war wohl größer, genauso wie der Neid auf unser erstes deutsches Luftschiff.
spleni 3 years ago
somehow led zeppelin pops in my head when i see news reel clips about the hidenburg.
volcomsk8tr1125 3 years ago
That's because their their debut alblum (Led Zepplin) has a famous picture of the Hindenburg Disaster on it. Of course, it could just be because that's the Hindenburg is the world's most famous (albeit notorious) led zepplin.
elfchaser 3 years ago
Yup. its great. Im waiting who is gonna made band with name called "La Titanica" With sinking titanic in their album XD Led Zeppelin = hindenburg, La Titanica = titanic
JokeriPokeri16 3 years ago
yea iknow
volcomsk8tr1125 3 years ago
accident or sabotage? The Debate still rages!
DNchap1417 3 years ago
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I dated a girl that was as big as the Hindenburg once ...She turned out to be a real spark plug ...turns out she was a real flamer. Only found that out years later...
sweetbilly 3 years ago
Now THAT's how you read news!
noway2d 3 years ago
there where americans on board too, for your information.
TheH0rBie 3 years ago
this was a Nazi blimp so I find myslef not feeling sorry for the brainwashed citizens on board.
quiksilverrules14 3 years ago
not all germans were nazi's
marrrrrrks 3 years ago 2
less than half
goebbels94 3 years ago
Are they less human by circumstance?
DesertFox101 3 years ago
there were two jewish passengers on the Hindenburg when it crashed
jamessarnia 3 years ago
bet they where geting takin the the nazi camps lol (jokes)
jam724 3 years ago
there were two jewish passengers on the Hindenburg when it crashed
Did they survive?
GroucherMarx 3 years ago
nice special effects :D
daredbus 3 years ago
are you a moron, that actually happened
marrrrrrks 3 years ago 2
Hidenburg is a tragedy, not something that started WW2. World War 2 started when Hitler declares war.
cataclysmic325 3 years ago
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This SO started World War II.
TailsGuy 4 years ago
a bunch of things started World War II
AnimeAngel96 4 years ago 3
how
semperfi267 4 years ago
WWII started by Zimmerman telegram...no?
ScarDrey 4 years ago
thats ww1
ForeverInSong 3 years ago 2
aw shit... that would actually make sense lol
ScarDrey 3 years ago
The World War 1 enden in 1918 and the Hindenburg disaster happend in 1037...
Blaahaaa 3 years ago
LOL 1037!! Biks didn't exsist then let alone big flying ships!
airdragon122 3 years ago
you mean 1937...
gus145 3 years ago
World War *1* for *America*.
There are more countries than just yours.
adammerlinsmith 3 years ago
what are you rambling about? it wasn't even fought in america. both world wars were fought in europe and asia, everywhere EXCEPT america. so what exactly is your point?
trevorlsciact 3 years ago
america turned the tide in both wars......they just took their sweet ass time joining the allies while britain, france, russia, canada,and the other countries did all the work.....we won because of the states, it just would've been nice if they came in before the war was half over
leaffan27 3 years ago
Yeah, they really did...
ohwaithuh 3 years ago
Okay, what I said was outta line and I started a ruckus. I'm so sorry.
TailsGuy 3 years ago
why did the nazi motherfuckers fill hindenburg with hydrogen. even baby knows that hydrogen is higly flammable. the end of the zeppelins
takusama15 4 years ago
Hydrogen is two times lighter than helium, and a lot cheaper, too. I have also heard - relata refero - that Germany had difficulties obtaining helium, because there were already some kind of economical sanctions in force against the Nazi government.
Muinaismuisto 4 years ago 3
The only big sources of helium are in the United States. The US opted not to provide the gas to Germany, forcing it to use its more flammable counterpart.
rainexpert1 4 years ago
Germany asked the USA for helium, and we wouldnt let them have any so they had to use hydrogen
GreySpartan117 4 years ago 2
yeah, the U.S. wouldn't provide it to Nazi Germany for fear of it being used against them, so they had to use hydrogen which was lighter yet more flammable
KeybladeMaster33 3 years ago
pretty sure that 36 people died
doin a speech on it
SoulCaliburMSTR 4 years ago
Oh... I was misinformed by my teacher, thank to you
frankusto39 4 years ago
Oh, the humanity!
benjrox 4 years ago
Wow! Thanks for the vid. I always wanted to see this on video. Shame they didn't zoom out a little during the mushroom cloud shot, else we would have seen the first mushroom of flame. Also, am I the only one who thought he saw a missile at 0:54?
Ryuinfinity 4 years ago
That's a plane!
RCBPearce 4 years ago
no it an airship,an airship is like a hot air balloon
pickett101films 4 years ago
Its a blimp idiot
Saburockz 4 years ago
It's not a blimp, it's a dirigible/airship/zeppelin, whichever you prefer, blimps weren't made until later, they were made out of plastics and used helium, they only needed one cell, gas bag, and were much, much smaller.
KeybladeMaster33 3 years ago
30 of the 200 peoples died in this disaster.
frankusto39 4 years ago
I cant belive that Hindenburg burned up so fast.
atta500 4 years ago
Hydrogen burns extremely fast :)
benjrox 4 years ago
it's also because of the thermite
coolio155 3 years ago
holy shizzle
charlotte556 4 years ago
how did people actually survive this?
ninejayriot 4 years ago
people jumped out from the windows
main9123 4 years ago
Most of the people that jumped out didn't survive. Those that were inside saved themselves by using water from places like the shower.
bren0098 4 years ago
Ya many jumped but died when jumping some were burn to death inside the HIndenburg wil some used water to save themselves. It is quite weird that y some ppl jumped but nv die but instead broke some bones on their body...weird sia how did they survive the jump?
kaobehkaobu 4 years ago
Just listen to that voice over, though. That was when news reporters were real men and there was none of this pandering to the lowest common denominator. They respected the public and delivered the news as such. God, I hate CNN.
AlastairJaques 4 years ago 6
Your completly right, that dude was SO into it, he put his all into that voice over, like a narrator, except better
LessThanCool 4 years ago
sad
skot66 4 years ago
Hindenburg, the biggest airship ever - explodes.
Titanic, the biggest ocean liner ever - sinks.
World Trade Center, tallest (at the time) buildings ever - destroyed.
Note to self: avoid all biggest stuff ever.
billfenner1967 4 years ago 5
Grandeur beacons tragedy.
UrzaSun 4 years ago
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shit my penis is in trouble
weezy123456789 4 years ago
lol
zekmenzudwig 4 years ago
The WTC Towers were not the tallest buildings in the world in 2001. They were when they were built, but only for 1 year until surpassed by Sears Tower in Chicago in 1973
blacktactx 4 years ago
lol bill
jassinlive 4 years ago
holy shit thats true except the world trade centre wasn't the tallest (i think)
lilitalianangel1994 4 years ago
big things cause big problems.
sallahoohoo2 4 years ago
i watched mythbusters and this is proven real..
the mythbusters had an experiment on how and why this thing exploded..
vampee89 4 years ago
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how can i prove that this video is real?
crielcara 4 years ago
By knowing simple American history.
mortysand 4 years ago 4
crielcara....That's a very intelligent question. I believe that it's real, but that's as far as I can get. It COULD be a gigantic scam, but I don't believe that it is.
violinbloke 4 years ago
By knowing that there was no such thing as photoshop in 1937.
Sharkie626 4 years ago 6
A lot of people like to say that the modern news media has a liberal or conservative bias. And it may. But, primarily, what comes into play is the modern news media's "suck bias".
Seriously. Imagine this happening now, in 2007. Even though you get to see in high-definition color, would the announcing be half as good? No. And back in the day, they would've come up with some new big story in a few days. Today, they waste your time with some crap about pet fashion shows or whatever.
BlackOpSource 4 years ago 3
You are spot on. I noticed in the USA, the media seem to feel that it's their job to keep people ignorant of world news etc. 2 things we noticed when we went (Cape Cod area) one August. Not one insect in Falmouth! Birds were falling out of the sky after eating contaminated insects. And yet the main stories were SUV Tyres and petrol prices. Only on the plane back to UK did we know about the Kursk sub that had been stuck on the bottom for days!!
violinbloke 4 years ago 2
für deutsche, die sich hierfür interessieren, empfehle ich das hörspiel "offenbarung 23 - die hindenburg". es behandelt diesbezügliche verschwörungstheorien auf faktengrundlage.
cheaterlady 4 years ago
This is hard to watch, but I think it is etched into our collective conciousness
violinbloke 4 years ago
Well, the "loony toon crisis" music brightened up the experience a bit.
chronusvaltiel 4 years ago
Yes, you are spot on. I turned the horrible soundtrack down. On an event of this scale, I think that less is more. It just needed a dignified voice over, though of course the original radio commentary as it happened is too poignant for words.
violinbloke 4 years ago
Very true, but I think that, based on the time that this report was released, this was not only acceptable but in the peak of seriousness, music and all.
The tastelessness we see is basically a confusion of a seventy year generation gap.
chronusvaltiel 4 years ago
Yes, in terms of our 'savvie' and awareness, this was an age ago! Also, people were more accepting of things in those days. The stentorian voice is meant to put you in your place!!
violinbloke 4 years ago
I'm amazed at how quickly the thing burnt up.
OmedDC 4 years ago 5
It was two things. Hydrogen, obviously. But also, Nitrocellulose paint plus cloth equals gunpowder in some cases! So it was like a gigantic fuse, like they used to use for blasting etc.
violinbloke 4 years ago
Yes I'm aware of why and how it happened. It's just amazing to see it burn up so quickly.
OmedDC 4 years ago
OmedDC I suppose it was you that gave my previous comment the thumbs down. Thanks for that. I suppose that makes you feel bright and clever. If that's the case, keep doing it, because you will still be a twat, but at least you'll be a contented twat. Bye Bye.
violinbloke 4 years ago
No it wasn't, actually. But thanks for jumping to conclusions.
OmedDC 4 years ago
OmedDC...I am so sorry, now I feel like the moron of the week! Why would anyone give the thumbs down to a fairly obv. 'true' statement I wonder? Anyway, the whole event was very tragic. It had an 'echo' later on in reverse when that shuttle rocket exploded when the rubber seal failed, and people died right in front of us.
violinbloke 4 years ago
And qtip, if you come back to this page try not to insult everyone by pointing out their return to these comments as you have clearly done the same. Also, don't chastise them for judging you when you have been judging almost every Youtuber since you started posting your novel. You can come up with a clever and wordy rebuttal but I won't be back to read it.
thunderchickn 4 years ago
Good video. I looked this up after seeing the mythbusters episode hehe... Sad that it all happened because of politics though, we couldn't give them Helium...
thunderchickn 4 years ago
what did it hit a tower??
mattk555 4 years ago
It was charged with static electricity, I believe, and one spark from the tower was enough to set it off. I get a little shock from my car some days when I get out. I would love to see the spark on a dark night!!
violinbloke 4 years ago
the german people are stupid they filled it with hydrogen instead of helium that isnt flamable
josemiguelcaminals 4 years ago
Actually they did want to fill it with helium, but America had a monopoly on helium and wouldn't sell it to them because at the time Germany was already seen as a potential enemy. Even so, the hydrogen isn't what destroyed the ship. The iron oxide and aluminum compound on the skin of the ship was ignited by static built up from the storm earlier that day.
insaneiaq 4 years ago 3
Actually, they tested it on Mythbusters, and the iron oxide/aluminium alone could not have caused this disaster. It was the combination of hydrogen and the formation of thermite.
Spinal83 4 years ago 2
Spinal83....I wouldn't be too sure about taking on trust a couple of well meaning chumps on a TV program. They could have said anything they wanted. It wouldn't mean it was true. My son used to get his view of the world through the Simpson's!!!!
violinbloke 4 years ago
It wasn't just the myth busters who said so. There is a whole bunch of skeptics of the "skin" theory.
DkEugen 4 years ago
Yes, but don't you find that, just like historians, these people support and feed off each other? My policy is 'Nobody KNOWS anything.....we all just believe stuff'. If you can prove something to your own satisfaction, fair enouogh. It's just that I find if you discard everything you have received in the past, you make massive progress forward.
violinbloke 4 years ago
I really don't get what you are trying to say. other than something I already believed.
DkEugen 4 years ago
The album cover of Led Zeppelin I
streetcarjay 4 years ago 2
Yeahh, it was clever of them to plan ahead for that piece of tacky exploitation!! Ledzep are the finest ever rock band, but ugh!! Cynical manager, Sharon Osbornes' dad wasn't it?
violinbloke 4 years ago
I came in and defended that person and since then I've had every addled brain dork from here to Australia trying (unsuccessfully I might add) to insult me with hollow words and no real pertinent information. And you guys have the nerve to try and judge me. Ha! Like I said Bax, apply whatever comment fits to you and find something better to do with yourself.
qtipdefunk 4 years ago
save your pity for yourself. You need it far more than I.
qtipdefunk 4 years ago
don't get mad just go away.
qtip
qtipdefunk 4 years ago
I spend my day actually doing things in my life instead of monitoring youtube comments, unlike yourself. Open a window and let the light in you acne-covered overweight dildo, because you and your kind are really starting to stink up the Internet. Get a life and don't even think of stepping to me again until you have something even remotely interesting to say. Unplug and search for some sembelence of an existence because your just a really, really sad person.
qtipdefunk 4 years ago
'Acne-covered overweight dildo', Nice mate, I'm sure your putting your best qualities to good use thinking up such a brilliantly hollow remark. All i can do is laugh at you.
I can end this 'debate' by saying you are a loser, anyone who scrolls down the page and has a look at the next will see that to its fullest extent.
plusgood15 4 years ago
And yet you're the one continuing the conversation. Don't cry because I pegged you right and you don't have any worthwhile rebuttal. It's ok, your mother still loves you. Go crawl back into your cave or basement or whatever slimy little nook you started at and stop wasting my damn time.
qtipdefunk 4 years ago