The last flight of the hindenburg a tribute youtube. This trip was the first of the 1937 season for passenger service between europe and the united states and it wasnt as popular as the 1936 season. Underrated disaster film based on the real life 1937 disaster of the hindenburg is very good entertainment for what it is. Vented hydrogen ignited although there are many other theories, and the mighty airship crashed and burned. Herb morrisons recording is dubbed over the scene as it has been so many times. The hindenburg disaster marked the end of the airship era when it caught fire during its landing at the naval air station in lakehurst, nj, may 6, 1937. Hindenburg began its last flight on may 3, 1937 carrying 36 passengers and 61 officers, crew members, and trainees. Wind and thunderstorms had delayed the hindenburgs arrival in new jersey from germany on may 6, 1937. With hannes jaenicke, maximilian simonischek, lauren lee smith, stacy keach. A twopart dramatization of the final voyage of the german zeppelin the hindenburg begins with a young engineer in. It was designed and built by the zeppelin company luftschiffbau zeppelin gmbh on the shores of lake constance in friedrichshafen, germany, and.
Last hindenburg survivor, forever grateful to all the. A partially burned piece of mail aboard hindenburg s last flight hindenburg on fire live radio broadcast. Seems to be a mixture of nazi germany, american, and germanamerican bund flags. Tv seconds from disaster seasons 1 to 6 complete 17 dvd. The hindenburg, a giant in size and grandeur, first emerged from its shed in friedrichshafen, germany on march 4, 1936. Detailing the flaming crash of the hindenburg on may 6, 1937, at lakehurst naval station in new jersey. Additionally, although the hindenburg did have a specially constructed aluminum bluthner baby grand piano aboard for the 1936 season, it was not aboard the final flight in 1937.
The air was on fire the 88yearold survivor in a rare interview said the airship pitched as it tried to land in new jersey. The hindenburg s predecessor, the dlz127 graf zeppelin the dlz128 was never built had covered. The air was on fire, last hindenburg survivor recalls. A list of all flights of the airship hindenburg, with dates, departures, and arrivals. The last flight, is a fictional story putting forth an alternate history of the final and fatal flight of the giant airship in the same vane as the film titanic, hindenburg follows a group of passengers as they travel from germany to america aboard. As far as the last flight menus go, i was given a photocopy of the may 4, 1937 menu a number of years back along with a number of copies other bits and pieces of hindenburgrelated ephemera. Part one of two of this dramatic miniseries based on the final voyage of the german zeppelin, the hindenburg. About the supposed conspiracy that led to the catastrophic deadly crash of the hindeburg zeppelin in 1937. Dlz 129 was a large german commercial passengercarrying rigid airship, the lead ship of the hindenburg class, the longest class of flying machine and the largest airship by envelope volume.
It was designed and built by the zeppelin company luftschiffbau zeppelin gmbh on the shores of lake constance in friedrichshafen and was. Lz 129 hindenburg wikimili, the best wikipedia reader. The last flight season 1 episode 2 part 2 of 2 add to watchlist the thrilling finale of this dramatic miniseries based on the final voyage of the german zeppelin, the hindenburg, and the conspiracy that led to the catastrophic explosion upon docking in new jersey. Seconds from disaster 67 episodes the complete seconds from diaster series in broadcast order on 17 dvds. Use the link given below and proceed to the developers website in order to download hindenburg journalist free. It was produced and directed by robert wise, and was written by nelson gidding, richard levinson and william link, based on the 1972 book of the same title by michael m. The hindenburgs final flight took it right over newfoundland.
And i was under the impression that this was the maiden voyage of the hindenburg it wasnt, it had sailed across the ocean 12 times. Download hindenburg lyon something happened eden album. The scene when the port fins fabric rips did not happen to the hindenburg, but a similar event occurred on the graf zeppelin during its first flight to america in 1928. The last flight on dvd 02611983 from starz anchor bay. Hindenburg and the dramatic end of the airship era photos. About 10,000 members of german organizations lined the pier. Although strong headwinds slowed the crossing, the flight had. Last hindenburg survivor, forever grateful to all the sailors and nurses at lakehurst, dead at 90. This is a modern telling of what could have happened with a few historical additions built into the show.
The father of 8yearold werner doehner headed to his cabin after using his movie camera to shoot some scenes of lakehurst naval air station. The last flight the drama based on the air disaster concludes. The following recording is arguably the most famous radio broadcast of all time. Staring pierre besson, maximilian simonischek, christiane paul and wotan wilke mohring. A reporter from chicagos wls, herbert morrison, and a chicago radio engineer, charlie nielsen, went to new jersey to cover the arrival of the lz 129 hindenburg zeppelin on may 6, 1937. Werner gustav doehner was 8yearsold when he departed frankfurt, germany on may, 3, 1937. In 1936, the hindenburg had completed ten successful trips 1,002 passengers and was so popular that they had to turn away customers.
Learn more about lauren lee smith at with exclusive news, full bio and filmography as well as photos, videos, and more. Hindenburg survivors and deaths names of passengers and crew aboard the hindenburg airship lz 129 during its last voyage on may 6, 1937. The hindenburg is a 1975 american technicolor film based on the disaster of the german airship hindenburg. Then, in 2011, rtl in germany ran a documentary on the last hindenburg flight which included an image of the menu for may 5, 1937. This year marks the 75th anniversary of the hindenburg disaster, when on may 6th, 1937 the zeppelin caught fire while docking at the lakehurst. See how the last flight of the hindenburg could have been by listening to interviews and seeing video footage before, during and after the disaster. With martin armknecht, pierre besson, marvin bockers, megan gay. The film is far from perfect, but is much better than most disaster films. The hindenburg with the assistance of nasa experts, this compelling documentary follows the course of the hindenburgs last flight and unravels the mystery of one of the greatest disasters this century. The film i saw was only about two hours including adverts so must have been cut from the three hours mentioned in the listing. Following the hindenburg national air and space museum. Hells kitchen a new season of this unscripted cooking competition begins.
After only a few test flights, the hindenburg was ordered by the nazi propaganda minister, dr. On may 6th, 1937, the worlds largest passenger airship was attempting to dock near lakehurst, new jersey when it suddenly erupted in flames and crashed to. Funeral services for the 28 germans who lost their lives. After making the first south american flight of the 1937 season in late march, hindenburg left frankfurt for lakehurst on the evening of 3 may, on its first scheduled round trip between europe and north america that season. Blurays and dvds this 2011 madefortv encore miniseries is now available on dvd. In new york city, funeral services for the 28 germans who lost their lives in the hindenburg disaster are held on the hamburgamerican pier, on may 11, 1937. On may 6, 1937, it arrived at its american terminus, the lakehurst naval air station, at the end of the first flight of the 1937 season. I think this movie is a good mix of mainly fictional plot, history, politics, relationships, romance, drama, some suspense and surprise, photography and special effects but one character that didnt work for me was the lead man who was too wooden and passive, yet could. A pioneer of transatlantic air service at 803 feet in length and 5 feet in diameter, the infamous german passengercarrying rigid airship, the hindenburg lz129 was the largest. The zeppelin, which crashed on may 6, 1937 and claimed the lives of 36 people, actually flew over the island just one day before the infamous disaster in the northeastern united states. The hindenburg the most famous german airship of them all, has an interesting connection to newfoundland.
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