(CBSNewYork) --On May 6, 1937, a German zeppelin called the ... we look back with some fast facts on the Hindenburg Disaster: 1.Before the crash, travel on the Hindenburg was quite luxurious ...

The Hindenburg disaster took place on Thursday, May 6, 1937, as the German passenger airship LZ 129 Hindenburg caught fire and was destroyed during its attempt to dock with its mooring mast at the ...

On May 6, 1937 an errant spark turned the hydrogen-filled airship Hindenburg into a fireball and sent it crashing to the ground, killing 36 people. News cameras filmed the fiery crash and live ...

Tragically, on May 6, 1937, the Hindenburg made its final flight landing ... checked since only 36 people ended up perishing in the disaster. Werner Doehner was just 8 when the airship suddenly ...

New York Daily News covers the Hindenburg disaster on May 7, 1937. The cause of this disaster, the fourth on American soil, was either static or sparks from the engine. F.W. von Meister ...

It was a horrifying disaster which was caught on film and shown on newsreels across the world. The hydrogen-filled Hindenburg airship exploded in New Jersey on May 3, 1937 after travelling nearly ...

But they took it down in 1937.” As for the certain cause of the Hindenburg disaster, Crouch says, we will likely never know. “People thought it was sabotage for a long time,” he says ...

On May 6, 1937, the Hindenburg caught fire and was destroyed ... Recommended Videos The disaster marked the end of the rigid airship era of air travel. The hydrogen-floated Hindenburg was sparked ...

wrote The Associated Press in the Worcester Telegram the morning after the disaster ... Finally, in July 1937, several months before the Hindenburg’s final flight, the first transports of ...

The Hindenburg disaster at Lakehurst, New Jersey, which marked the end of the era of passenger-carrying airships. (Photo by Sam Shere/Getty Images) EDITOR'S NOTE: On May 6, 1937, the German ...

On May 6 in 1937 the German passenger airship Hindenburg ... was the victim of an anti-Nazi act of sabotage. The Hindenburg disaster marked the end of the use of rigid airships in commercial ...