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The Hindenburg is a 1975 American Technicolor disaster film based on the 1937 Hindenburg disaster. The film stars George C. Scott . 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 name by Michael M. Mooney.
There is one known amateur film of the disaster, a 25-second 8mm home movie by Harold N. Schenck, [12] [21] giving a side-rear view of the disaster. [11] While it was known by the Lakehurst Historical Society for many years and shown at an event for the 50th anniversary of the disaster, it was not publicly broadcast until May 2014 by NBC.
The Hindenburg disaster was an airship accident that occurred on May 6, 1937, in Lakehurst, New Jersey, United States.The LZ 129 Hindenburg (Luftschiff Zeppelin #129; Registration: D-LZ 129) was a German commercial passenger-carrying rigid airship, the lead ship of the Hindenburg class, the longest class of flying machine and the largest airship by envelope volume. [1]
Hindenburg is a 2011 made-for-TV film starring Maximillian Simonischek, Lauren Lee Smith, Stacy Keach and Greta Scacchi. It was initially aired on RTL dubbed in German as a two-part series and later released as a DVD in English. It was aired in US in 2013 on Encore. Similar to the 1975 film, it focuses on the sabotage theory, though much of the ...
Hindenburg disaster. Hindenburg disaster newsreel footage; Hindenburg Kaserne, a former military base near Würzburg, Franconia, Germany; Hindenburg light, form of lighting used in the trenches during World War I; Hindenburg Line, a German defensive line on the Western front during World War I; Hindenburg-Oberrealschule, a former school in ...
Dova was a passenger on board the LZ 129 Hindenburg during the Hindenburg disaster and escaped using his acrobatic skills. [2] [3] The FBI investigated him as a possible saboteur but found no evidence and cleared him from wrongdoing. [4] He was played by Robert Clary in the motion picture The Hindenburg (1975). [5]
Castle's first home movie was a newsreel of the Hindenburg explosion. [1] That same year, Castle launched his "News Parade" series, a year-in-review newsreel; travelogues followed in 1938. Castle also eventually compiled sports films, animal adventures, and "old time" movies excerpted from silent theatrical films.
Werner Franz (May 22, 1922 – August 13, 2014) was the cabin boy aboard the ill-fated LZ 129 Hindenburg which crashed on May 6, 1937. At the time of the crash he was only 14 years old. He was the last known surviving crew member of the Hindenburg as of his death in 2014. On the airship his duties included serving all of the ship's officers and ...