German zeppelin Hindenburg lands at Lakehurst Naval Air Station, New Jersey on the morning of 9 May 1936, after the airship's maiden voyage across the North Atlantic Ocean. People gather to watch the zeppelin after a successful transatlantic flight in 60 hours. The zeppelin enters a waiting hangar as a huge crowd gathers to watch. A Nazi swastika on the airship. Dr. Hugo Eckener thanks American government for their cooperation and talks about the successful flight across the North Atlantic. (This is the only portion of the clip that includes audio). People look at the zeppelin in the hangar.
Inquiry board probes into the reasons for the burning of German zeppelin Hindenburg at Lakehurst, New Jersey. Head of Luftschiffbau Zeppelin, Dr. Hugo Eckener, smokes a cigar during a meeting of the inquiry board into the airship disaster. He testifies before the board.
Hindenburg LZ 129 airship in flight near Lakehurst Naval Air Station, New Jersey, arriving on its first flight to the United States. The Hindenburg being moored at Lakehurst. Ground crew under the airship's huge tail fin. Nazi swastika emblem on tail fins. Distant view of the airship from different angles.
Crowd assembled to see German zeppelin airship, LZ-129 Hindenburg, descending to land, upon arrival on its first flight to the United States, at Lakehurst Naval Air Station in New Jersey. Mooring tower and U.S. Navy dirigible LZ-126 the USS Los Angeles (ZR-3) are seen on the field. A DC-2 aircraft takes off in front of the Hindenburg as it approaches. Ground crew secures the Hindenburg to the Mooring tower. Officers of the Hindenburg look out from the control room.Officials gather underneath the airship. Passengers look out windows of the cabin. A tractor,built into the mooring tower, travels along a track to move the hindenburg, while ground crews hold lines to stabilize the air ship.
Staged scenes in lounge of zeppelin Hindenburg (LZ 129) while moored at Lakehurst Naval Air Station, New Jersey. A man seated and woman at piano. Close view of woman playing piano and two men relaxing in chairs. Man walks down promenade toward camera and looks out of the airship's observation windows.
Interiors of airship LZ 129 Hindenburg while moored at Lakehurst Naval Air Station. In the reading and writing room, the airship's Captain Ernst Lehman answers questions from an interviewer about their flight to Frankfurt, Germany and future flights planned for the Hindenburg. View of dining room with chairs and tables and open window. In a staged scene, two men look out the observation windows and talk of seeing America outside. A man walks up staircase from B-deck. A little girl is seated on a dining room chair at the observation windows. She smiles, gets up, and demonstrates that the chair is so light that she can pick it up with one hand.
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