You FUCKING IDIOT. You follow this expertly done colorization of the Hindenberg with a silly stupid connect to "Biking off of a dock". You're an fucking asshole that should be stamped on. Your sense of humor is shit and you're obviously inbred.
@QuitePossiblyANinja That wasn't possible for 2 main reasons. First, the US was (and still is, I believe) the only known source of helium at the time. Second, FDR didn't trust Hitler to use it for non-military purposes so he didn't want to sell any to him. Even if he did, he needed Congress permission to sell it and they weren't going to give it to him, possibly due to the isolationist feeling in America at the time.
I hope the people who died in this tragedy rest in peace, they will never be forgotten. even though I am sure a few of the people who died in this disaster were nazis they were not outwardly evil, or broke any laws. (though this was before nazism was realized for the evil political party, and movement it was. Stupid idea to paint the skin of the aircraft with a flammable substance.
@jchawks08 The design itself nearly identical to the other airships current at that time. It was the gas that was changed, being that the U.S. held most of the helium and was unwilliang to export it. As far as engineering is concerned, German technology was in many respects way ahead of the U.S. clear through to near the end of the war, which is why we prioritized the capture of so many German scientists. Without von Braun, for example, it's likely we would have lost the space race. Just sayin.
@daniltv1 It happened in the US. People are talking about the Nazis because it was built in Germany, by the Nazis, and the crash was at the end of a trip to Frankfurt.
@thevampirefrog06 Nearly right. It was built by a private company, but later impressed into (Nazi) government service before being run as a joint private-government commercial venture. What's interesting about it is that straight away the government tried to strongarm the chairman of the company into naming the craft after Hitler, but he refused. That fella had some guts.
Wow, you did a brilliant job colorizing this classic disaster footage! It looks much better and more realistic in color! Thanks for all your hard digital work to pull this off!
People need to get the cause of this disaster right...
In the hours before the Hindenburg arrived in new jersey, there had been a large thunderstorm which gave the ground an electric charge.
When the balloon was about to be attached to the ground a spark was generated at the mooring which traveled up the rope and ignited the reservoir of highly flammable hydrogen gas.
@KurenaiKunaiX The zeppelin was funded by Nazi Germany. It was originally intended to be filled with helium but the U.S. (which was the supplier of helium at the time) refused to aid the Nazis and so hydrogen was used.
@multicorncake wow. this site is really full of trolls. I hope that failing to make people believe your foolish lies hasn't destroyed your sense of self-worth so much that you can't also claim to have survived the titanic, been a member of mission control for the challenger and saved two men and a kitten on 9/11. I'm sure we would all totally go for that.
I was one of the passengers that day. It was very nice and smooth ride. When we arrived at New Jersey, I heard a loud "BOOM". At first, I didn't know what it was. But when I realized it was smoke, I was so scared. Luckily, I survived. Believe me, it was horrifying and not as fun as disneyland.
@multicorncake Why would you make up something like this? I'm not sure why it would amuse you to lie about such a thing. You're not nearly old enough to have been on the Hindenburg, but you certainly are old enough to not be behaving so stupidly.
@multicorncake Considering that there are only 2 survivors still alive from the Hindenburg, only one of whom was a passenger, claiming you're one of them would do more to identify yourself than putting your "actual" age. That would make you stupider than I thought.
@multicorncake I said only 2 survivors STILL ALIVE, you illiterate buffoon. I was assuming you weren't claiming to be one of the DEAD survivors, but given your apparent brain function, I suppose that can't be entirely ruled out.
Auch leben die beiden Überlebenden in Deutschland und nur Deutsch sprechen. Wie ist Ihr Deutsch, guter Herr?
@multicorncake No, there are only 2 left alive who were on board the Hindenburg. I actually know their names, do you? What's REALLY creepy is this persistent lie you're engaging in, for no other reason than childish amusement. While it serves to prove your idiocy, there's really no other point.
Und warum gehst du nicht in deutscher Sprache zu reagieren? Man müsste ein Deutscher zu sein, um ein Überlebender zu sein, liegen Sie Bastard.
@multicorncake Just shut up already. No one here believes you and your attitude is nowhere near that of someone who is old enough to have been on the hindenberg.
hey retard, the hindenburg crashed in 1937, so there is no way you were on the hindenburg that day. your waaay to immature to be, like, 80 years old. and get your facts right, because there are only 2 survivors living today, not "8 or 9". the next time your gonna tell a lie, at least know something about what your gonna lie about. now go get a life you troll, 'kay?
Germans never usually had a problem with gas... they should have filled this huge flying knob with a mixture of Zyklon B and hydrogen, and then populate the thing with Fags or Jews or Lepers or Klingons or whatever the fuck them intollerant Krauts hate, and go for it!
ahaaahaahaa u're so funny, what are you doing on youtube? you should be a professional comedian. you should earn millions of dollars for your brilliant sense of humour, oh god how funny you are... did you tell this joke at your school too? ahh jokes about Germans, how funny and totally non-racist... i wonder if u actually even can point on germany at the worldmap but hey, who cares! you're the comedian! oh god... so funny, i just shit myself... -_-
@droidekabakugan1986 Soz about the disrespect. How about a free pass to a Ferengi Anal Sex Bar? You just grab hold of their ears and plunge in real deep!
Extremely explosive hydrogen was used instead of inert helium. There was even a smoking room (pressurized) aboard. Disaster was only a matter of time.
@Harleyquinn191 - Saved a few bucks, I think. The high-techies of the time likely thought that it was insane but tried to make it as safe as they could. It survived 37 trips though. But they must have known that it was just a matter of time.
@Harleyquinn191 The Hindenburg was originally intended to be filled with helium, but a United States military embargo on helium forced the Germans to modify the design of the ship to use highly flammable hydrogen as the lift gas. (At the time the USA was the only country that could produce helium in the amounts required.) The Germans had considerable experience with using hydrogen and implemented necessary safety measures to preempt an accident.
@JohnnyRock2000 they made a bad turn and one of the cables sliced open a chamber, then since it was raining and lightning, the electricity caused the explosion
2/3 of the passengers actually survived. Compare that to jet planes where everybody dies most of the time. Hydrogen floats up and away, jet fuel stays on the ground and burns and suffocates any survivors. I'd rather fly on a hydrogen airship than a plane loaded with 50,000 gallons of kerosene that will hit the ground at 500mph.
@DrD0000M in most "crashes" every1 survives... not many passenger jets crash anyway... 9 times out of 10 you will burn up in one of these its a pretty bad idea
@DrD0000M Yeah the number of planes accident compared with the number of people who use the planes is inferior to the this number for ppl who take those airship
@DrD0000M I ENTIRELLY agree + it wasn't even the hydrogen, when it all comes down to it - it was later found to be something they sprayed the inside of the balloon with, i think to clean it - which was later found to have been VERY flammable.
...and the burning of the fuel causes the dirigible to slowly lose lift and sink gradually to the ground.
If this happens close to ground level, one can simply wait for the airship to get close to the ground and jump a short distance to safety. Many who lept immediately died from the 300 foot fall.
@Primetime4549 It was at that time for two reasons. First, the US was (and I believe still is) the only known source of helium and FDR didn't want to sell it to him because he was uncertain of his intentions with it. Second, even if he DID want to sell it to Hitler, he needed the permission of Congress and they wouldn't give it to him. Even with today's tech, the rigid airship is obsolete as a weapon or a means of transport, helium or not. Thanx.
@DrD0000M Flying on a plane is still the safest way to travel. And I'd rather fly in a plane loaded with 50,000 gallons of kerosene in the proper place than on a hydrogen airship that's been painted with rocket fuel.
@thevampirefrog06 They(Nazis) filled it with the wrong chemical. Now people are slowly returning to make failsafe airships in this day and age thanks to the Nazis and their lack of care for chemistry.
Actually, they used hydrogen because of an embargo on the helium trade. Germany had no sources of helium sufficient to fill so large a balloon, and the league of nations had a trade embargo against helium trade into Germany. That limited German airships to hydrogen lift, which is flammable and thus not suitable for war (incendiary bullets would do this too). Hindenburg showed the flammability made it unsuitable for civilian use as well.
@Kari166 Google "plane crash survival statistics" and click on the Freakonomics link (it should be in the first half of the first page of results). Plane crashes are definitely survivable.
@thevampirefrog06 2/3rds of the people onboard survived the crash. When an aeroplane crash, basicly everyone dies. I'd feel safer on a slow hydrogen airship than an aeroplane moving at 500mph where one thing goes wrong and the plane plummets to the ground. Also the only thing the skin and paint did was give the inferno its spectacular colour.
@zeppship How many times do I have to say it? I don't know how safe zeppelins are, but being in a plane crash does not automatically equal death. Far from it, in fact. I know two people who have been in plane crashes, both with no injuries, and one of them has been in more than one crash. There have been crashes where the plane went up in flames, you wouldn't think anyone survived, but in fact nearly everyone got out. Look at the statistics.
@thevampirefrog06 Truce, IF we both aggree that hydrogen airships and dangerously fast moving aeroplanes moving at hundereds of mph are as safe as each other.
@DonPMitchell The skin of the airship gives you all the soot and particles you need. The combustion of hydrogen heats the particles, the particles emit blackbody radiation. Even a tiny bit of sodium ions, which is a ubiquitous contaminant everywhere, will overpower the faint blueish flame of hydrogen.
@countsmyth The Hindenburg was full of helium, and coated with a paint that's similar to thermite. So the entire zeppelin was a floating inferno. A small spark could have ignited the entire thing.
@DelusionalSyko Actually is was Hydrogen, helium is not flammable. Helium was unavailable in Germany at that time, it was only available in USA at that time. The US refused to supply the Germans with the gas
@DelusionalSyko While that was a very small part of it, the Russians knew full well the dangers of hydrogen when they used it, and they didn't fill it with that instead of helium just for the sake of making it lighter. They did it because hydrogen is usually much cheaper than helium, and at the time there was an embargo of helium to russia, so it was in very short supply.
@DelusionalSyko The hindenburg was filled with hydrogen and the thermite paint theory is bunk. There was much too little iron oxide and aluminium, they were in the wrong proportion, they were not properly mixed(they were on different layers in the material). The reason the fire spread so fast once it got going is the radiant heat; which can deteriorate and ignite the skin at a large distance from the actual flame.
@DainBramageStudios Ironically, it was supposed to be named after him, but he feared that if it were to meet such a fate as this, it would be an omen of his death. They decided to name it after Germany's late president, Paul Von Hindenburg.
@twilightseriesfana You realise this happened because of the Americans? It was nothing to do with Hitler, it was because the Americans, in their infinite wisdom, put an embargo on helium and therefore the only alternative was hydrogen. Hitler was evil, but he wouldn't have killed his own people.
@crohnsappleadams The German people. Don't give me the old 'but he was Austrian' because he was basically German. He was a nationalist and therefore would not have allowed his people to die.
@hotelmario510 I didn't say anything about Hindenburg. I'm just saying you're painting a mighty rosy picture of a guy who, in the process of trying to rid the world of other races, managed to take out a bunch of his own countrymen.
@crohnsappleadams Yes, but he was an anti-semite. I was talking about Germans who were not Jewish. He would not have wanted to hurt them as he was a nationalist. This argument is pointless.
@hotelmario510 I'm not talking about Jewish Germans. I'm talking about the four million he paraded into Russia trying to be Napoleon, apparently blissfully unaware that Napoleon's plan really sucked.
Wow, its way creepier like this. It was probably really terrifying to see.
TheRedfire555 1 month ago
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Gookifull 2 months ago
You FUCKING IDIOT. You follow this expertly done colorization of the Hindenberg with a silly stupid connect to "Biking off of a dock". You're an fucking asshole that should be stamped on. Your sense of humor is shit and you're obviously inbred.
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@cyberlarry7 Oh lighten up grumpy.
WolvesOfEurope 1 month ago
Way more dramatic in black and white :/
bengacris 3 months ago
is it known what actually happened to cause this? not the factors that contributed to it, but what actually caused it?
and wow that burned FAST, the video kind of makes the ship look small, but wow
commanderpopinfresh 3 months ago
if only theyd used helium!
QuitePossiblyANinja 3 months ago
@QuitePossiblyANinja That wasn't possible for 2 main reasons. First, the US was (and still is, I believe) the only known source of helium at the time. Second, FDR didn't trust Hitler to use it for non-military purposes so he didn't want to sell any to him. Even if he did, he needed Congress permission to sell it and they weren't going to give it to him, possibly due to the isolationist feeling in America at the time.
TheSV3 2 months ago
photoshop?
douglasvidotti 3 months ago
how?
ROFLCOPTERsoysoysoy 3 months ago
when 3D?
MrConstant1n 4 months ago
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jamster33250 4 months ago
I hope the people who died in this tragedy rest in peace, they will never be forgotten. even though I am sure a few of the people who died in this disaster were nazis they were not outwardly evil, or broke any laws. (though this was before nazism was realized for the evil political party, and movement it was. Stupid idea to paint the skin of the aircraft with a flammable substance.
imperatorcaesar100 5 months ago
Modern blimps are EXTREMELY safe. Some can travel at over 250mph and if they get a hole in them, well here is how the conversation would go.
Officer: Captain! The ship is going to crash!
Captain: How long do we have?!?!?
Officer: Well, we could land right now, or really anywhere, or we could slowly drift, slowly losing altitude until we land on the ground in 4 hours.
Captain:.......
Defengar 5 months ago
can't believe people are having discussions. i don't want to even talk after seeing this...
Corkoth55 6 months ago
Oh, the humanity.
Selfsentience 6 months ago
lol FF7 had a big blimp i can go 90000000000000000 mph with that
whoami382 7 months ago
Nazi engineering at its finest. What a fucking fail.
jchawks08 7 months ago
@jchawks08 The design itself nearly identical to the other airships current at that time. It was the gas that was changed, being that the U.S. held most of the helium and was unwilliang to export it. As far as engineering is concerned, German technology was in many respects way ahead of the U.S. clear through to near the end of the war, which is why we prioritized the capture of so many German scientists. Without von Braun, for example, it's likely we would have lost the space race. Just sayin.
niclasjt 6 months ago
Lakehurst, New Jersey
Hawkens11783 7 months ago
did this happen in germany or in the us, i don't know much about this incident
daniltv1 7 months ago
@daniltv1 It happened in the US. People are talking about the Nazis because it was built in Germany, by the Nazis, and the crash was at the end of a trip to Frankfurt.
thevampirefrog06 7 months ago
@thevampirefrog06 Nearly right. It was built by a private company, but later impressed into (Nazi) government service before being run as a joint private-government commercial venture. What's interesting about it is that straight away the government tried to strongarm the chairman of the company into naming the craft after Hitler, but he refused. That fella had some guts.
niclasjt 6 months ago 2
those muggles, they'll never learn
josemahdz 7 months ago
@josemahdz I know right?
LeopardstreamAtLarge 6 months ago
OH THE HUMANITY
wirasatrya95 8 months ago
Stop arguing in th midst of people burning alive you fucking morons. Shut the fuck up and watch the video. Fucking wankers.
Kutittaa 8 months ago 35
@Kutittaa actually at least 10 of those who died (33%) were confirmed after WWII to be Nazi spys.
Ringtail11 5 months ago
@Kutittaa BBQ anyone?
WolvesOfEurope 1 month ago
It flopped like a led zeppelin.
pdow52 9 months ago
thats some pretty accurate color but didnt it happen in the afternoon or something...during the day?
Tybo002 9 months ago
@Tybo002 It happened at 7:25pm. just before dark.
Yefatbastard 8 months ago
pretty cool on the coloring
jrobrulz 10 months ago
to było pokazane w discawery
grubson583 10 months ago
Wow, you did a brilliant job colorizing this classic disaster footage! It looks much better and more realistic in color! Thanks for all your hard digital work to pull this off!
2reeler 10 months ago
this video is shit, why did you make me watch it/
LittleBetch 10 months ago
1937? colorized?
bruno38036 10 months ago
@bruno38036
Colorized. As in, "color added to it", not an original color version.
Mirkwoodelves 8 months ago
@Mirkwoodelves hurr
TheVino3 8 months ago
Holy hell, this looks more terrifying with color.
MacraStraba 10 months ago
Soooooo does this mean I'd also burst into flames if I drive a Honda FCX Clarity?
mondeost2202008 11 months ago
How did you do this? I've tried to get this color for color correction on Avid Media Composer, and it doesn't turn out like this.
jedikenneth 11 months ago
People need to get the cause of this disaster right...
In the hours before the Hindenburg arrived in new jersey, there had been a large thunderstorm which gave the ground an electric charge.
When the balloon was about to be attached to the ground a spark was generated at the mooring which traveled up the rope and ignited the reservoir of highly flammable hydrogen gas.
Solidsound261 11 months ago
Geez why did they power this with hydrogen, dont they know that it's a very flamable gas!!?
KurenaiKunaiX 11 months ago
@KurenaiKunaiX The zeppelin was funded by Nazi Germany. It was originally intended to be filled with helium but the U.S. (which was the supplier of helium at the time) refused to aid the Nazis and so hydrogen was used.
diabolical94 11 months ago
How is it possible to add color?
ATimeOnce 11 months ago
This reminds me of led zeppelin
oldinfant23 11 months ago
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@oldinfant23 gee i wonder why.
lastofmykind8 11 months ago
wenn man das sieht, fragt man sich wie auch nur einer da lebend rausgekommen ist.
MrEhemaliger 11 months ago
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@Donaldo It happend at night dummy.it was at 7:25
EphraimFuchs 1 year ago
@Donaldo It happend at night dummy.it was at 7:25
EphraimFuchs 1 year ago
hh
nine12guy 1 year ago
Great work!
WispierTetrahedrons 1 year ago
I am not behaving stupidly. You cant control history.
multicorncake 1 year ago
@multicorncake wow. this site is really full of trolls. I hope that failing to make people believe your foolish lies hasn't destroyed your sense of self-worth so much that you can't also claim to have survived the titanic, been a member of mission control for the challenger and saved two men and a kitten on 9/11. I'm sure we would all totally go for that.
dragonestea 1 year ago
@dragonestea Not working.
multicorncake 1 year ago
It was filled with hydrogen! ^.^
skaseek 1 year ago
I was one of the passengers that day. It was very nice and smooth ride. When we arrived at New Jersey, I heard a loud "BOOM". At first, I didn't know what it was. But when I realized it was smoke, I was so scared. Luckily, I survived. Believe me, it was horrifying and not as fun as disneyland.
multicorncake 1 year ago
@multicorncake Why would you make up something like this? I'm not sure why it would amuse you to lie about such a thing. You're not nearly old enough to have been on the Hindenburg, but you certainly are old enough to not be behaving so stupidly.
BorisGodunov 1 year ago
@BorisGodunov There is no age limit to have a YouTube channel.
multicorncake 1 year ago
@multicorncake True, but your age is on your profile, you moron.
BorisGodunov 1 year ago
@BorisGodunov You think I would give these youtube jackoffs my real birthdate?
multicorncake 1 year ago
@multicorncake Considering that there are only 2 survivors still alive from the Hindenburg, only one of whom was a passenger, claiming you're one of them would do more to identify yourself than putting your "actual" age. That would make you stupider than I thought.
BorisGodunov 1 year ago
@BorisGodunov First of all, there was NOT only 2 survivors, and one is a passenger. You are the dumbest sack off testicles I have ever seen.
multicorncake 1 year ago
@multicorncake I said only 2 survivors STILL ALIVE, you illiterate buffoon. I was assuming you weren't claiming to be one of the DEAD survivors, but given your apparent brain function, I suppose that can't be entirely ruled out.
Auch leben die beiden Überlebenden in Deutschland und nur Deutsch sprechen. Wie ist Ihr Deutsch, guter Herr?
BorisGodunov 1 year ago
@BorisGodunov There are NOT only 2 survivores alive as we speak. There are like 8 or 9 of them. Jesus, you are a CREEPY little motherfucker.
multicorncake 1 year ago
@multicorncake No, there are only 2 left alive who were on board the Hindenburg. I actually know their names, do you? What's REALLY creepy is this persistent lie you're engaging in, for no other reason than childish amusement. While it serves to prove your idiocy, there's really no other point.
Und warum gehst du nicht in deutscher Sprache zu reagieren? Man müsste ein Deutscher zu sein, um ein Überlebender zu sein, liegen Sie Bastard.
BorisGodunov 1 year ago
@BorisGodunov So what you are saying is, if you are any kind of survivor, you can't be on YouTube?
multicorncake 1 year ago
@multicorncake No, all I'm saying is that you are lying about being a survivor of the Hindenburg disaster.
However, I would say that jackasses like you who should be banned from youtube, yes. :)
BorisGodunov 1 year ago
@BorisGodunov And as for you boris, remove your comment and act a little less childish.
multicorncake 1 year ago
@multicorncake You're STILL playing this inane game? No one believes you. Get a life so you don't need to get your attention via lying on Youtube.
BorisGodunov 1 year ago
@BorisGodunov So, you are still trying to change history? You, my friend, are insane.
multicorncake 1 year ago
@multicorncake Just shut up already. No one here believes you and your attitude is nowhere near that of someone who is old enough to have been on the hindenberg.
eagleye116 1 year ago
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@eagleye116 Again, you are trying to change history. It is not working.
multicorncake 1 year ago
@BorisGodunov don't be all cocky to him what did he do?\
TheBobohj 1 year ago
@multicorncake
hey retard, the hindenburg crashed in 1937, so there is no way you were on the hindenburg that day. your waaay to immature to be, like, 80 years old. and get your facts right, because there are only 2 survivors living today, not "8 or 9". the next time your gonna tell a lie, at least know something about what your gonna lie about. now go get a life you troll, 'kay?
rainbowpixiestix15 1 year ago
@rainbowpixiestix15 There is an age limit for a youtube account?
multicorncake 1 year ago
@multicorncake Whats your name? I have the passenger list bitch...
3ebd1 1 year ago
10 people died from the hindenburg.
utahraptor4729874 1 year ago
@utahraptor4729874
not funny.... dont think people will give thumbs up >:(
CoolittleProductions 1 year ago
noone noes the cause,so if u think its hydrogen,your wrong! its an undiscovered cause
MrZombiekiller23 1 year ago
that had to be so hotttt standing there on the ground
kawasakikx250ff 1 year ago
it looks like a whale as it fell.
blastmasterism 1 year ago
Germans never usually had a problem with gas... they should have filled this huge flying knob with a mixture of Zyklon B and hydrogen, and then populate the thing with Fags or Jews or Lepers or Klingons or whatever the fuck them intollerant Krauts hate, and go for it!
Loobs666 1 year ago
@Loobs666
ahaaahaahaa u're so funny, what are you doing on youtube? you should be a professional comedian. you should earn millions of dollars for your brilliant sense of humour, oh god how funny you are... did you tell this joke at your school too? ahh jokes about Germans, how funny and totally non-racist... i wonder if u actually even can point on germany at the worldmap but hey, who cares! you're the comedian! oh god... so funny, i just shit myself... -_-
Mysticsloth 1 year ago
@Mysticsloth lol talking shit about Germans isn't racist.. because Germany isn't a race. It's a country.
Evanmen1 1 year ago
@Evanmen1 okay okay, point for you. ;P
still not best behaviour to troll about other countrys / nations.
most nations have performed their share of shit done in world history.
Mysticsloth 1 year ago
@Loobs666 That's disrespectful to me! The Klingons are one of my favorite alien races!
droidekabakugan1986 10 months ago
@droidekabakugan1986 Soz about the disrespect. How about a free pass to a Ferengi Anal Sex Bar? You just grab hold of their ears and plunge in real deep!
Loobs666 10 months ago
Extremely explosive hydrogen was used instead of inert helium. There was even a smoking room (pressurized) aboard. Disaster was only a matter of time.
JohnnyRock2000 1 year ago
@JohnnyRock2000
Why would they use hydrogen?
Harleyquinn191 1 year ago
@Harleyquinn191 - Saved a few bucks, I think. The high-techies of the time likely thought that it was insane but tried to make it as safe as they could. It survived 37 trips though. But they must have known that it was just a matter of time.
JohnnyRock2000 1 year ago
@JohnnyRock2000
oooh. thanks
Harleyquinn191 1 year ago
@JohnnyRock2000
Somewhere I've read that United States made an embargo to Alemania so they couldn't buy Helium. [Sorry for my English, not my native language].
santimonse 1 year ago
@Harleyquinn191 The Hindenburg was originally intended to be filled with helium, but a United States military embargo on helium forced the Germans to modify the design of the ship to use highly flammable hydrogen as the lift gas. (At the time the USA was the only country that could produce helium in the amounts required.) The Germans had considerable experience with using hydrogen and implemented necessary safety measures to preempt an accident.
shrontzy 1 year ago
@JohnnyRock2000 they made a bad turn and one of the cables sliced open a chamber, then since it was raining and lightning, the electricity caused the explosion
StevenDWorksOfArt 1 year ago
Noble gas will save your ass, I always say
Enemyofreali7y 1 year ago
thats why hydrogen is in column 1 in the periodic table of elements because it is highly reactive, it must be separated from the other gases
lorenzo336 1 year ago
and yet some people actually survived
freqeist 1 year ago
sweet editing man. can you make one with hot dancing chicks on top of the baloon next!!!
milkyfrog 1 year ago
2/3 of the passengers actually survived. Compare that to jet planes where everybody dies most of the time. Hydrogen floats up and away, jet fuel stays on the ground and burns and suffocates any survivors. I'd rather fly on a hydrogen airship than a plane loaded with 50,000 gallons of kerosene that will hit the ground at 500mph.
DrD0000M 1 year ago 46
@DrD0000M
Well said!
I concur 100%
deniseaustinlover 1 year ago
@DrD0000M That's interesting. I heard transatlantic zappelin trips take quite long. How about costs?
darfunkelidas 1 year ago
@DrD0000M That's interesting. I heard transatlantic zappelin trips take quite long. How about costs?
darfunkelidas 1 year ago
@darfunkelidas in the time of the hindenburg, it took two days to travel by zeppelin, while a boat took about a week
Davis4037 1 year ago
@DrD0000M in most "crashes" every1 survives... not many passenger jets crash anyway... 9 times out of 10 you will burn up in one of these its a pretty bad idea
A10pilot617 1 year ago
@A10pilot617 out of about 97 people, passengers and crew, 68 survived the hindenburg
Davis4037 1 year ago
@Davis4037 oh ok... i didnt kno that, thanks for the info and not being a douchebag about it... (still wouldnt take a trip on one)
A10pilot617 1 year ago
@DrD0000M
True, and remember that a lot of those who died on the Hindenburg were ones who panicked and jumped out before it hit the ground.
loner1878 11 months ago
@DrD0000M Yeah the number of planes accident compared with the number of people who use the planes is inferior to the this number for ppl who take those airship
FucK88vivalaFrancia 11 months ago
@DrD0000M I ENTIRELLY agree + it wasn't even the hydrogen, when it all comes down to it - it was later found to be something they sprayed the inside of the balloon with, i think to clean it - which was later found to have been VERY flammable.
Electricspaceodyssey 11 months ago
@DrD0000M
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...and the burning of the fuel causes the dirigible to slowly lose lift and sink gradually to the ground.
If this happens close to ground level, one can simply wait for the airship to get close to the ground and jump a short distance to safety. Many who lept immediately died from the 300 foot fall.
Knepperify1 10 months ago
@Knepperify1
But... if you wait and jump to the ground, the burning airship would crush you.
igotbored44 10 months ago
@DrD0000M So helium is out of the question?
Primetime4549 9 months ago
@Primetime4549 It was at that time for two reasons. First, the US was (and I believe still is) the only known source of helium and FDR didn't want to sell it to him because he was uncertain of his intentions with it. Second, even if he DID want to sell it to Hitler, he needed the permission of Congress and they wouldn't give it to him. Even with today's tech, the rigid airship is obsolete as a weapon or a means of transport, helium or not. Thanx.
TheSV3 8 months ago
@DrD0000M Flying on a plane is still the safest way to travel. And I'd rather fly in a plane loaded with 50,000 gallons of kerosene in the proper place than on a hydrogen airship that's been painted with rocket fuel.
thevampirefrog06 8 months ago 32
@thevampirefrog06 They(Nazis) filled it with the wrong chemical. Now people are slowly returning to make failsafe airships in this day and age thanks to the Nazis and their lack of care for chemistry.
xxDanielTM93xx 7 months ago
@xxDanielTM93xx
Actually, they used hydrogen because of an embargo on the helium trade. Germany had no sources of helium sufficient to fill so large a balloon, and the league of nations had a trade embargo against helium trade into Germany. That limited German airships to hydrogen lift, which is flammable and thus not suitable for war (incendiary bullets would do this too). Hindenburg showed the flammability made it unsuitable for civilian use as well.
rashkavar 7 months ago
@thevampirefrog06, ...but, at least you have a chance of surviving a car crash, instead of a plane crash.
Kari166 6 months ago
@Kari166 Google "plane crash survival statistics" and click on the Freakonomics link (it should be in the first half of the first page of results). Plane crashes are definitely survivable.
thevampirefrog06 6 months ago
@thevampirefrog06, are they really? D:
Kari166 6 months ago
@Kari166 actually, I'm pretty sure more people die in cars than they do in planes...
jimihendrixtribute 6 months ago
@thevampirefrog06 2/3rds of the people onboard survived the crash. When an aeroplane crash, basicly everyone dies. I'd feel safer on a slow hydrogen airship than an aeroplane moving at 500mph where one thing goes wrong and the plane plummets to the ground. Also the only thing the skin and paint did was give the inferno its spectacular colour.
zeppship 5 months ago
@zeppship How many times do I have to say it? I don't know how safe zeppelins are, but being in a plane crash does not automatically equal death. Far from it, in fact. I know two people who have been in plane crashes, both with no injuries, and one of them has been in more than one crash. There have been crashes where the plane went up in flames, you wouldn't think anyone survived, but in fact nearly everyone got out. Look at the statistics.
thevampirefrog06 5 months ago
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Ysabella94 5 months ago
@thevampirefrog06 I'm just talking about what normaly happens in a plane crash
zeppship 4 months ago
@zeppship So am I. Truce?
thevampirefrog06 4 months ago
@thevampirefrog06 Truce, IF we both aggree that hydrogen airships and dangerously fast moving aeroplanes moving at hundereds of mph are as safe as each other.
zeppship 3 months ago
@zeppship Agreed.
thevampirefrog06 3 months ago
@DrD0000M there was 38 people aboard and 5 lived the crash but only one survived the burns!!
purple2515 7 months ago
@DrD0000M
I don't like it to fly anyway... :S
HFburn 7 months ago
I don't believe hydrogen burns with such an orange flame, like carbon-containing gas would.
DonPMitchell 1 year ago
@DonPMitchell The skin of the airship gives you all the soot and particles you need. The combustion of hydrogen heats the particles, the particles emit blackbody radiation. Even a tiny bit of sodium ions, which is a ubiquitous contaminant everywhere, will overpower the faint blueish flame of hydrogen.
soylentgreenb 1 year ago
looks like it happened at night in your color!
Donaldo 1 year ago 23
@Donaldo thATS CUZ IT DID
TheBobohj 1 year ago
I AAAAM OOOOOZZZ!!!! THE GREAT AND POWERFUL!!!
WizardOfHumor1989 1 year ago
i know how it blew up. someone farted with a match.
boi9031 1 year ago
deutsche wertarbeit xD
beatniksen 1 year ago
The Hindenburg is three times bigger than the Antonov NA-225
Minon157 1 year ago
What caused it to blow up?
countsmyth 1 year ago
@countsmyth The Hindenburg was full of helium, and coated with a paint that's similar to thermite. So the entire zeppelin was a floating inferno. A small spark could have ignited the entire thing.
DelusionalSyko 1 year ago
@DelusionalSyko You mean Hydrogen right?
DarthSeraphim 1 year ago
@DarthSeraphim No. It was helium. Hydrogen burns a clear flame.
DelusionalSyko 1 year ago
@DelusionalSyko Actually is was Hydrogen, helium is not flammable. Helium was unavailable in Germany at that time, it was only available in USA at that time. The US refused to supply the Germans with the gas
trinimessenger 1 year ago
@DelusionalSyko
but this was colorized, the real video was black and white, so you cant really tell.
cheesk8er 1 year ago
@cheesk8er It Actually said that it was filled with Hydrogen, because hydrogen is lighter than helium.
DelusionalSyko 1 year ago
@DelusionalSyko While that was a very small part of it, the Russians knew full well the dangers of hydrogen when they used it, and they didn't fill it with that instead of helium just for the sake of making it lighter. They did it because hydrogen is usually much cheaper than helium, and at the time there was an embargo of helium to russia, so it was in very short supply.
Toastrecon1 1 year ago
@Toastrecon1 The hindenburg was built in German, and piloted by a German.
DelusionalSyko 1 year ago
@DelusionalSyko Like, a Nazi person? ; p
voldemortrules101 1 year ago
@DelusionalSyko it was gilled with helium i know
ilovesami99 1 year ago
@ilovesami99 hydrogen actually
cffolger 1 year ago
@DelusionalSyko you are way off!
trinimessenger 1 year ago
@DelusionalSyko The hindenburg was filled with hydrogen and the thermite paint theory is bunk. There was much too little iron oxide and aluminium, they were in the wrong proportion, they were not properly mixed(they were on different layers in the material). The reason the fire spread so fast once it got going is the radiant heat; which can deteriorate and ignite the skin at a large distance from the actual flame.
soylentgreenb 1 year ago
It looks like its night time around it
galloway6204 1 year ago
that is the definition of 'pwnd'
Spidersaur 1 year ago
thats why helium kicks ass!
galloway6204 1 year ago
@galloway6204 If you knew anything you would know that one of the reasons this happened was because they did not use helium to propel the zeppelin.
RoryVideos 1 year ago
@RoryVideos EXACTLY THATS why its better because it dosent blow up!
galloway6204 1 year ago
it's like it was made out of paper and metal..
RarwAshleyPersonal 1 year ago
In think the tragedy-to-image ratio is quite skewed... only 35 casualties, but it looks more violent than an atomic bomb going off.
BenMcCormack91 1 year ago
@davidc2468 you mean 'oh the huge manitee'?
TheRetroHamster 1 year ago
@davidc2468 Oh the huge manity :D
IpwnUa11 1 year ago
Hitler must have been pissed!
DainBramageStudios 1 year ago
@DainBramageStudios Ironically, it was supposed to be named after him, but he feared that if it were to meet such a fate as this, it would be an omen of his death. They decided to name it after Germany's late president, Paul Von Hindenburg.
droidekabakugan1986 1 year ago
@droidekabakugan1986 Well, I guess it didn't EXACTLY act as an omen of his death. More like his death and the death of his whole Third Reich spiel.
RADIOACTIVEBUNY 1 year ago
Oh the humanity!!!
RockeyJesse20 1 year ago
Oh the humanity indeed! It's even more devestating in color!
MsSilentsiren 1 year ago
"Oh the Huge Manatee"
Mr06fatboy 1 year ago
I won't tarnish this by using the cliché'd 'Oh, the humanity'.
hotelmario510 1 year ago
Ugh. Hydrogen and Hitler..
twilightseriesfana 1 year ago
@twilightseriesfana You realise this happened because of the Americans? It was nothing to do with Hitler, it was because the Americans, in their infinite wisdom, put an embargo on helium and therefore the only alternative was hydrogen. Hitler was evil, but he wouldn't have killed his own people.
hotelmario510 1 year ago
@hotelmario510 Define "his own people".
crohnsappleadams 1 year ago
@crohnsappleadams The German people. Don't give me the old 'but he was Austrian' because he was basically German. He was a nationalist and therefore would not have allowed his people to die.
hotelmario510 1 year ago
@hotelmario510 Excepting the five million he sent to their deaths trying to be Napoleon, right?
crohnsappleadams 1 year ago
@crohnsappleadams Oh for crissakes, the Hindenburg accident was not Hitler's fault. If you're small-minded enough not to realise that then stfu.
hotelmario510 1 year ago
@hotelmario510 I didn't say anything about Hindenburg. I'm just saying you're painting a mighty rosy picture of a guy who, in the process of trying to rid the world of other races, managed to take out a bunch of his own countrymen.
crohnsappleadams 1 year ago
@crohnsappleadams Yes, but he was an anti-semite. I was talking about Germans who were not Jewish. He would not have wanted to hurt them as he was a nationalist. This argument is pointless.
hotelmario510 1 year ago
@hotelmario510 I'm not talking about Jewish Germans. I'm talking about the four million he paraded into Russia trying to be Napoleon, apparently blissfully unaware that Napoleon's plan really sucked.
crohnsappleadams 1 year ago