Hindenburg Disaster Newsreel Footage (1937)
5 min · Documentary
5.1 TOPICAL score · #6,159 of 6,776 films
Vote for it on the board →The airship Hindenburg, arriving from Europe, was being led to its mooring at Lakehurst, New Jersey when suddenly disaster struck. The hydrogen-filled zeppelin ignited, and was almost instantly transformed into an enormous fireball. In less than a minute, the entire ship had been consumed by flames. The Hindenburg explosion marked the end of the budding airship travel industry.
Hindenburg Disaster Newsreel Footage (1937) has a TOPICAL score of 5.1 - ranked 6,159 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on lasting engagement and historical impact, and lowest on awards. Audiences: TMDB 7.4/10 (24 ratings). Wikipedia covers it in 4 languages, and the Library of Congress chose it for the National Film Registry.
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- AudienceTMDB 7.4/10 (24 ratings)
- Awards0 wins, 0 nominations
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 4 languages · National Film Registry
- Still read3,741 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
Starring: Herbert Morrison, Graham McNamee