The Hindenburg Explodes

A dramatic reconstruction of the famous German airship’s disastrous flight across the Atlantic in 1937, propounding the theory that the disaster was sabotage. The action focuses on a Luftwaffe colonel who reluctantly agrees to take charge of security on the ill-fated aircraft following reports of foul play. Newsreel footage of the 7 million cubic feet of hydrogen going up in flames is cut into the film’s fiery climax., The Nazis assign Colonel Ritter to keep an eye on the Hindenburg airship on its trip to America. Ritter suspects everyone, but is unable to avert a tragedy when the zeppelin is downed in New Jersey. Thriller which won Oscars for its technical effects., Fictionalized, and rife with conjecture, suspense tale about the transatlantic maiden voyage of the lighter-than-air German zeppelin, which exploded over New Jersey on May 6, 1937., Robert Wise’s dramatic retelling of 1937’s ill-fated transatlantic flight suggests conspiracy and cover-up were at the heart of the tragedy. Following a swirl of rumours about sabotage, Colonel Franz Ritter is assigned to the airship’s flight as chief of security. He travels from Europe with an interesting set of passengers: from Anne Bancroft’s countess to scheming businessmen, an entertainer, a Gestapo man and others with potentially suspicious reasons for being on that particular flight. The film’s conspiracy theory hints that the full facts will never be known, as its story builds to its dramatic conclusion in the airspace over New Jersey., Dramatic reconstruction of the famous German airship’s disastrous docking after a flight across the Atlantic in 1937. Following reports of foul play, a Luftwaffe colonel reluctantly agrees to take charge of security. Newsreel footage of the seven-million cubic feet of hydrogen igniting is cut into the film’s fiery climax., Dramatic reconstruction of the famous German airship’s disastrous docking after a flight across the Atlantic in 1937. Following reports of foul play, a Luftwaffe colonel reluctantly agrees to take charge of security. Newsreel footage of the seven million cubic feet of hydrogen igniting is cut into the film’s fiery climax., Robert Wise’s dramatic retelling of 1937’s ill-fated transatlantic flight suggests conspiracy and cover-up were at the heart of the tragedy. Following a swirl of rumours about sabotage, Colonel Franz Ritter is assigned to the airship’s flight as chief of security. He travels from Europe with an interesting set of passengers: from Anne Bancroft’s countess to scheming businessmen, an entertainer, a Gestapo man and others with potentially suspicious reasons for being on that particular flight. The film suggests that the full facts will never be known, as its story builds to its dramatic conclusion in the airspace over New Jersey., Fictionalised tale about the transatlantic maiden voyage of the lighter-than-air German zeppelin, which exploded over New Jersey on May 6, 1937., A Luftwaffe colonel and a gestapo agent are given charge of security aboard the ill-fated German zeppelin’s 1937 transatlantic trip.