Secrets Of The Dead: What Happened To The Hindenburg?

Record ID: 112000
  • Title: Secrets Of The Dead: What Happened To The Hindenburg?
  • Date: 6th July 1999
  • Summary: The Hindenburg airship disaster of May 1937. This Nazi icon - Germany's answer to Transatlantic travel - burst into flames just minutes before landing in New Jersey killing 37 people. This programme asks: was this one of the biggest cover-ups of the 20th century? Retired NASA scientist Addison Bain suggests that the outer cover,ppained with highly inflammable chemicals,was to blame.
  • Description:The Titanic of the air - A Scientific analysis of the real reason why the Hindenburg airship blew up.
  • Broadcaster:Channel 4
  • Collection: Channel 4
  • Genre:Documentary and Factual
  • Producer:Unspecified
  • Programme Episode:Episode 1
  • Transmission Date:06/07/1999
  • Rights:On Request
  • Decade: 1990s
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