Hindenburg Zeppelin Disaster: NEW footage shows start of fire (reverse angle)

Recently unearthed footage of the Hindenburg Zeppelin disaster shows how the fire ignited at the back of the airship. All the other footage of the disaster was shot from the front of the ship, where the newsreel cameramen were positioned. This footage was shot by amateur filmmaker Harold N. Schenck. It was digitised and restored for the PBS Documentary "Hindenburg: The New Evidence".

[JoeLikesTrains]

This really shows just how fast it happened. Like, the passengers onboard really only had a few seconds and quick thinking skills necessary to escape its a wonder that 2 thirds of the passengers and crew escaped alive

[NMTWOFIVE]

85 Years ago today, Rest in Piece to all the victims.

[Spacekriek]

Fascinating footage. Around 0:38 you can actually see one of the gas cells explode and suddenly catch fire.

[than]

Never in my life did I think I'd see new video of an event that happened 87 years ago. It's crazy how long people can sit on historical footage without telling a soul.

"Wait, grandpa you just said you saw the Hindenberg crashing AND filmed it?"
~Yeah, guess I forgot to mention that to anyone for decades. I had a busy day that day... I just forgot about it.

[janesaints]

Never seen the disaster footage from this angle.
Probably static electricity from the lines hitting the ground.

[dahawk]

Vid description needs to be corrected:

"This footage was shot by amateur filmmaker Harold N. Schenck"

[conscience-commenter]

As soon as the grounding cable touched ground the explosion starts . Proof that a circuit was made that started the explosion .

[junglejin]

Literally in twenty seconds it was gone

[Mysteriousmaster]

I think the scariest part is where he is holding the camera facing to nose of the Hindenburg and immediately brings the camera up with such force as soon as it explodes

[kevinkerns]

I had seen another video seeming to suggest that the photography had to rewind the motor in the camera for the next set of footage after filming the landing lines and returned to filming once he saw the explosion. But as I go frame by frame, it certainly appears (to me at least) that this film is continuous and not two different shots.

[ShinawaDoesStuff]

The way flames started blowing out from the front was pretty scary to watch.

[WonderfulDay]

It is safe to fly, they said. More chances to die in a car accident, they claimed.

[RM-ovgk]

Seems like as soon as they drop the tie downs, and they hit the ground, the craft this have been caused by a ground fault? Just curious?

[jgrab]

The video 1) Does not show the start of the fire. No camera, motion picture or still, caught the moment the fire burst out of the hull; 2) This is not a "reverse angle." It's the same angle as every other image of the Hindenburg, albeit it from a more profile spot, as the news crews were at the 3/4 angle and spectators were at the side of the ship.

Only three witnesses were on the "reverse" (starboard) side of the ship, and none of them had cameras. Beware of clips on YouTube that claim they have "rare footage" of the disaster from "the other side." It's just the standard footage flipped. 🙄

But anything for a click, eh?

[TheIntruder]

There was static electricity in the air because of the rainy stormy weather. It was said that a bracing wire tore open the fabric, and she was leaking gas.
But we will never really know, will we?

[miguelangelc.a.]

Why the crash is cut Just before when fire from below is going engulf the nose? If is it one shoot ¿why? Where is the rest?

[iamvampyrnow]

@0:37 strange that the people watching the explosion don’t react to these secondary blasts

[KinggDawgg]

That one guy seemingly just standing there not moving at 0:35.

[JazzfireflyNZ]

Was it the grounding of the cables at fault?

[arnoldfishman]

I want to know where is the mooring mast? from the standard angle everyone has seen, it looks like the mast is within 50 to 100 feet from the ship, but somehow in this angle, it not visible at all. Any takers?