Thirty-six of those aboard had been killed. The Hindenburg was to have been the flagship of what was envisioned as a fleet of dirigibles. At the time of the disaster--the $3-million airship’s 37th crossing of the Atlantic--bigger and more expensive dirigibles were on German drawing boar...
The crash was the first massive technological disaster caught on film, and the scene became embedded in the public's consciousness. A horrified radio reporter's exclamation — "Oh, the humanity!" — has since become somewhat of a catchphrase. Speculation about the cause of the crash has been...
The entire disaster was captured on newsreel and was also narrated by a radio news reporter named Herb Morrison, who uttered the infamous phrase “Oh, the humanity!” as the Hindenburg crashed. While the exact cause of the tragedy isn’t known for certain, the most likely theory is that ...