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Hindenburg burning, 1937

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Hindenburg burning, 1937 — archival photograph
FILE--This photo, taken during the initial explosion of the Hindenburg, shows the 804-foot German zeppelin just before subsequent explosions sent the ship crashing to the ground at Lakehurst Naval Air Station in Lakehurst, N.J., 6 May 1937. The roaring flames silhouette two men, at right atop the mooring mast, dangerously close to the blasts. The scene stimulated NBC radio broadcaster Herbert Morr

The year

1937
Photographer
Gus Pasquarella
Date
1937
Licence
Public domain
Source
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hindenburg_burning,_1937.jpg
Licence URL
https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

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