Seconds From Disaster S2E12 - The Hindenburg - Hindenburg disaster - English

[twistedyogert]

If you fell off the catwalk inside the Hindenburg would you plunge through the canvas walls to your death.

[twistedyogert]

I thought the U.S. was against the Nazis. Why would they let a blimp that Mr.Hitler, Jew killer paid for.

[hidadsoup]

@twistedyogert Prior to the Hitler invading France the US government made no public objections to the Nazi party or Hitler

[13295n]

@twistedyogert  dude it is because ww 2 didnt start until 1941 and the date the hindemberg crashed was 1939

[SkollCS]

@twistedyogert Better than telling publicly "German airships are not allowed to use helium if they want to enter our country"

[twistedyogert]

This would be more sad if the ship was not owned by the Nazis, killers of 6 million Jews

[twistedyogert]

Yup, but the DC-10 is less likely to explode.

[twistedyogert]

Why use hydrogen? I know it has a lighter atom then helium so they saved money by using less gas to lift it. But helium is not flammable so it won't explode.

[PLAYTOY26]

In my school teacher of chemistry made a huge flame when she mixed up a cloth with hydrogen,we didn't have school for days....

[aeothegreat]

good, that evil dog died. good riddance.

[skylineXpert]

today a buisness class ticket across the atlantic can easely cost the double of todays money as he mentioned

[gorkdork]

I think I read somewhere that when the R101 crashed the scrap aluminum was sold to Germany and was used in the Hindenburg.

[AryanKnight]

~Having always felt the Hindenburg dirigible was likely the victim of jewZionist 9/11 like sabotage, i found mr.Greg Feith's 22:55 extensive investigative-analysis quite compelling if convincing; --although i'me still left with one nagging issue, ---that of the reported shudder like explosion just prior to the fire. Why was this glaring critical issue seemingly left unaddressed, --could this be a cover-up? -after all, Nat.Geographic lacks the credibility it enjoyed before taken-over by Jews.!!!

[gfimadcat]

@AryanKnight your head is so far up your white ass you're talking shit...

[AryanKnight]

@gfimadcat <--------------how sad, -typically hateful brainwashed lemming troll..!!

[DeputyLOL]

I think that it's stil a lot safer then a DC-10

But it would be funny if the investigation ran out of leads and just said'

"IT WAS THE DOG! IT IS A TERRORIST! IT WAS THE DOG'S FAULT!"

But no it was the weather. Typical

[chow202]

How they know so many details about what the people were doing inside?? who was making his bags,who was sleeping..etc.

[krazytyme]

@ElephantRage all dogs act suspicious. What's ur point? :)

[Mxsmanic]

If only that sensationalistic narration could be replaced with something more neutral.

[TriMissile]

This is the expensive way to die

[renzo9120]

I watched this at 05:13 P.M. after watching I didn't notice the sunlight

[airplanes66]

@CTTV101 they actually proved it couldnt be only the skin or only the hydrogen

the skin because it didnt burn quickly enough

the hydrogen because the fire was visable and hydrogen burning isnt

[locomn88]

@airplanes66 yes but in here it says when you mix cloth with hydrogen it make visible flame

[ElephantRage]

I think the dog acted highly suspicious.

[krugerfuchs]

@ElephantRage why do you think that

[usernameofutube]

@ElephantRage the dog was hungry and bit through the bags causing the hydrogen leak. He climbed upward and therefore his sharp pawls puncher the bag. Then his whipping tail caused the charge creating the spark. Hows that?

[jaysfan19]

@usernameofutube

I'm all for it, I'll be sending my report to U.S government, blaming the dog for the accident of Hindenberg(sarcasm)

[theschoolofchuck]

Funny how the Americans refused to sell helium to a potential enemy in the middle of the Great Depression. Like that would happen this day in age.

[UntitledGuyZ]

Don't know why but i found the death of the dog sadder then most other things

[saveusmilkboy]

PLEASE would somebody teach this guy not to speak as if he's selling a wonderful set of knives, but wait if you call now...

[MrsNorris55]

Fascinating that the weight of just six people could make a difference ...

"Newsreel teams record the arrival, hoping to get some exciting pictures ..." I guess it's safe to say they got *that*.

[ItchyGoomie]

It's is amazing that anyone survived on board

[LittleFrenchy72]

I have a question. why did they not use helium?

[PDExplorer193]

@LittleFrenchy72 Hydrogen is lighter than helium, they didn't weigh the risk of a fire they way they should have. they just figured the lightest gas should be used regardless of the flammability.

[Jivette66]

@PDExplorer193 Are you sure that was the reason? I remember reading something about an embargo which prevented them from buying helium from the major suppliers. Something also to do with Hitler and Nazi Germany. I don't remember exactly however. It was in a German docu.

[ChorltonBrook]

@PDExplorer193 Also helium 'leached' out of the envelopes a lot slower because it's atoms are twice the size. So less compressed gas tanks were needed to replace it's loss en-route = less weight.

[erikdraven1731]

A company man influencing a ship's captain... sound familiar???

[roquefortfiles]

I don't think the Germans realized it at the time but the dope put on the skin of the zeppelin was in fact almost the exact same chemical composition as the fuel put in the solid rocket of the space shuttle

[paqman67]

@roquefortfiles Almost, but not quite..otherwise you could argue water is the same as peroxide..obviously they are not. water gives you life, drink peroxide on the other hand..wil eat your stomach lining and give you a painful, grizzly death. Thermite, which is a similar compund, would have made the Hindenburg too heavy to fly.

[roquefortfiles]

@paqman67 I am not talking thermite. I am talking about the chemical dope. Chemically speaking it is almost the exact same composition as the solid rocket fuel put in the space shuttle.

Its not my opinion either. A fellow by the name of Addison Baines researched it. The hydrogen was secondary in the fire. In fact it burns invisibly. The chemical dope was the catalyst in the inferno. How it started is one thing. But the dope is the reason it took off. highly flammable.

[zeppship]

@roquefortfiles But you just saw them test the paints flammibility and that it was'nt very flammable at all

[roquefortfiles]

@zeppship Addison Baines got hold of some original skin material from the LZ 129. He ran a current through it and it ignited and it practically vaporized.

You tell me?!!

Hydrogen is invisible when it burns.

[zeppship]

@roquefortfiles If i could see that happening for myself (e.g. seeing what you just said here on youtube) then i, along with many other fans of the hindenburg disaster, would believe you.

[roquefortfiles]

@zeppship There you go!!

watch?v=phZI_h3Q4V0&feature=re­lated

you can find PT 1 yourself

[TheType90]

was that a swastika no wander it blew up besides the fact it was filled with hydrogen

[mrspongebobsqurepan]

Do you all think it was saint elmo's fire which cause it?

[zeppship]

Imagine the airships future if pruss had done the same as eckerner did with the los angeles in 1924. Continuley change his course to keep the ship away from headwinds. That way he could arrive on time and avert disaster

[dilwich123]

Fill a Balloon with Hydrogen then wonder why it burst into flames? Well DURR!

[MeBomb1]

"Iron Oxide powder and Aluminum powder." When I heard that, the first think that popped into my mind was "Thermite."

[luapslev5826]

Richard Vaughan is a great Narrator

[onagaganondorf]

who cares if rich people dies the only i worry about are the crew

[pm41224]

I can't believe that a snapped wire put a hole in one of the gas bags and a spark jumping from that gas bag to the skin, causing the Hindenburg to explode in flames.

36 people perished, including 13 passengers, 22 crewmembers, and 1 ground crew.

Luckily, 62 of the 97 survived, including 23 passengers and 39 crewmembers who lived.

[mokum777]

@pm41224 i guess theres no point me watching this now,

[Tubewings]

Oh, the humanity!!

[MrEriksen52]

In the start: scary pictures :S

[NgJackal1990]

400$ for a ticket? Piece of cake, I can afford this ;)

[hyungwoo0312]

@NgJackal1990 Well but for 1930s that was a LOT more than $400 of today.

[NgJackal1990]

@hyungwoo0312 Then I am the richest man lol

[trollolololololo]

@NgJackal1990 Well, if you've got $5,172 then by all means, go ahead and buy yourself a ticket on the Hindenburg!

[XtremeProKid]

more like herald dickassssssssssss

[XtremeProKid]

ALso make sure dont put a nazi sign on a airship

[XtremeProKid]

2 and a half motherfucking with a nazi party WTF

[XtremeProKid]

asstecs they should die because there nazis fuck nazis

[realinterrobang]

Yay, finally got to see this one because NatGeo didn't block it here! Thank you! It was *awesome*!

[ftegger4347899]

At least some people survived the explosion. They were very lucky.

[FareezLovesMe]

@ftegger4347899 Actually MOST on board survived the burning - most of the passengers and most of the crew.

[ftegger4347899]

@FareezLovesMe some, most etc its just a technicality mate! get off your high horse and stop correcting such pointless things! idiot.

[FareezLovesMe]

@ftegger4347899 Excuse me ! Historical facts aren't pointless things. I was merely correcting your error and I wasn't even being crude or impolite about it. So why is your reaction so neanderthal ? And no, there is a HUGE difference between " SOME " and " MOST ". Do you honestly believe that there isn't ?

[Truthseeker4449]

Aren't safety records ment to broken?

[murakwan29]

01:04 Actually, that was Nazi Germany by 1937

[HindenburgLZ129]

I hope that youtube wont take this video out. This is the only SFD Hindenburg video i know. :(

[etcpool]

thanks for this :)

[killman369547]

finally a video natgeo hasnt blocked in my country thankyou

[pm41224]

Strong cotton and... what?

[baileys60]

poor dog



[terenas1986]

*sigh* ... hydrogene :(((

[GhostOfSomething242]

Omg facts anyone? 

[chernwei5784]

Thanks for the upload! :)