The Hindenburg explodes.

[SirKingLordLouis]

hindenburg =rip!

[whitetailhunta]

key board cat....

[hellium76]

They could have used Helium instead of Hydrogen and avoid the accident...

[DukeBoyO1]

I'm apoligizing in advance for this, sorry, but no duh?

At the time the US had all the helium and we weren't to happy with the Nazi take-over.

So, they couldn't get helium. It was orignally designed for helium tho.

[ZeeImp]

@hellium76 Well that was in 1936....

[themrchappi1]

@hellium76 not at that time...

[ed1222]

they definately felt that in the morning, and many mornings after that

[whitetailhunta]

EVERYTHING WHITE MAN BUILDS FAIL...

[whitetailhunta]

IS THE BLIMP DIED??????

[aza221]

no duh it exlpoded idiot

[whitetailhunta]

yo momma

[jamin108]

Sad Story

[whitetailhunta]

ITS WAS FUNNY TO ME...

[leeraconteur]

It is a shame we don't have such graceful ships today.

[fantasylvr13]

I swear that there was music to this video, but I could be wrong. It still was a good video... but needs some music. Best Wishes fantasylvr13.

[montbush]

sorry i accedently lit a cig...my bad yall

[smidge146]

did you know it was the skin of the hinden burg which caused the disaster and no so much the hydrogen as the skin was coated with thermite.

[pinkfloydbeatles]

Wow...Does the Hindenburg appear on Sky captain & the world of tomorrow?

[robinoi]

the only aerial bomb attack by the Germans on the US

[hrtfjyy]

maby some1 shot it

[dgood3001]

Why don't we use blimps anymore? They seem quite fun.

[yyyyyyyffffffffffiii]

well theres one reason

[kornrox593]

it was suposed to be named the ADOLF HITLER but the maker didnt agree with hitler's political veiws so he named it the hindenburg

[ohshiite]

To bad Hitler wasn't on it!!

[ksol1460]

I bet a LOT of people said that!

[lavargian]

If the Hindenburg was a year old by the time it finally exploded, then why were they still recording it coming in for a landing? Also, why were they still broadcasting landings of the Hindenburg over the radio? To me this is like televising the take and landing of a 747 tomorrow, and every one being excited about it! WTF

[ksol1460]

The H was a bit more than 747 - more like Concorde or Airbus. Morrison was in the right place at the right time. It was not a broadcast, but an experimental news recording - later added to silent newsreels. Most recorded sound was NOT ALLOWED ON RADIO at the time due to legal action by Bing Crosby (WTF! But true!). WLS hoped to change this, so sent Morrison with his classy voice (usually much deeper than you hear here) to cover a "small" news event as an experiment with delayed newscasts.

[hadrien321]

The germans really could have used the helium that we used on our airships, however, the United States had a bit of a monopoly on Helium. Sadly, hydrogen was much less stable than the alternative. The skin did nothing to help the situation, however, the hydrogen was indeed considered the primary source of the combustion. It has been alledged that a crewman may have dropped a tool that caused a spark, and in turn caused a fire.

[ksol1460]

That should read 'recorded sound was not allowed on radio *until* legal action by Bing Crosby' not 'due to'.

[KTalon86]

What actually caused the fire, and led to Hindenburg's downfall?

[Barndancer61]

It was finally and recently determined that static electricity (due to moist air that day) jumping between some ungrounded fabric sections of the craft ignited the flamable (made with aluminum powder to reflect heat) skin. Majority of flame was from the skin not the hydrogen.

[snakio]

av got gasses up ma arse!!!, MUST BE WIND , ha!!!

[splivey]

pass the pickles...

[snakio]

cheers mate, only joking, great footage of hindenburg . utube is king

[splivey]

snakio: Happy New Year to you mate!

[snakio]

and a happynew year to you to splivey,arw ra best fae rain drenched scotland!

[bushjoe]

It was filled with highly flammable hydrogen which is very light and gives good lift. By using helium it would have been safer but giving it less lift. Hope my science is right...

[ataramprat]

Your science is correct.  However, the reason the Hindenburg used hyddrogen was because the US refused to sell helium to Nazi Germany. Thus, there was no other alternative.

[MuggerHugger]

It looks really neat flying around like that. Almost looks fake, lol.

[encierro75]

How did it work safely for 20 flights? What caused this fire?

[OMg121212]

A wire Snapped causing it to cut open the huge bags of gas or something

[OMg121212]

isnt that a bad airsip though?

[downassjuggalo1605]

damn. that thing is fucking huge. its good to be able to see more than just the explosion. thanks for uploadin this

[317East32nd]

This is some crisp footage. Oops, sorry - I mean that it looks really good compared to other Hindenburg footage I've seen. The Hindenburg held about 90 passengers. More than half the people onboard survived this crash. Thanks for the upload!

[gamefanatic1131]

wow that is so convient! that big of a machine can hold thirty ppl. the wonders of technology.

[ataramprat]

It its day, YES, it was great technolgy!

In 1937 commercial airplane travel accross the Atlantic was still unavailable. The only means remining - ship - took a week. Hindenburg cut the time to cross to less than two days! And it could hold 100 passengers and a crew of about 100 as well. 30 is just the amount of those who perished.

[SebbieJ]

doubt it, it would of exploded or crashed at some point! I dunno about you, but I wouldnt like to be hung below a huge balloon of explosive gas crossing the atlantic!

[OOsam1]

can u imagine that if the Hindenburg never woulda exploded, it may still be around today...