Hindenburg disaster at Lakehurst, 1937
Still image from newsreel footage of the fire outbreak on LZ 129 Hindenburg during landing maneuvers at Lakehurst, New Jersey, on May 6, 1937.
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On May 6, 1937, the German passenger airship LZ 129 Hindenburg caught fire during its mooring maneuver at Naval Air Station Lakehurst. The hydrogen-filled airship burned completely within approximately half a minute. The photograph documents the moment of spreading fire and rising smoke and flame clouds – one of the phases of the disaster most intensely captured by newsreel cameras. 36 people lost their lives; the accident marked the end of commercial passenger airship transportation.
