How the Hindenburg killed an entire industry
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5 жыл бұрынA routine press photo-op in 1937 ended up recording the explosion of the greatest airship ever built.
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In May 1937, the airship Hindenburg burned up while approaching Lakehurst, New Jersey, on its first flight to the US that year. A flying symbol of pride for Nazi Germany, the Hindenburg was the biggest and most elaborate zeppelin ever built. At a time when airplanes were only carrying one or two people across the Atlantic Ocean, the Hindenburg was flying paid passengers, who enjoyed its dining room, reading room, passenger lounge, and even smoking room. It was an iconic luxury vessel, but it was filled with hydrogen, a flammable gas. And when it rushed its landing in New Jersey, it ended up exploding in front of a waiting group of newsreel cameras and becoming the first aviation disaster filmed as it was taking place. Sam Shere’s photo of the moment just before the ship was entirely engulfed is now an iconic snapshot that manages to perfectly frame the entire disaster.
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Previous headline: The first disaster caught on film
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@Vox 5 жыл бұрын
This is the second episode of Darkroom, our new series from producer Coleman Lowndes that digs into stories of the past, one photograph at a time. If you haven't seen it yet, you can watch the first episode here: bit.ly/2SAsmQL Happy Friday!
@FabledEnd 5 жыл бұрын
Loving this new Series! Keep up the good work!!
@ishaniddars 5 жыл бұрын
Absolutely love this new Series. Videos like this are very convincing to join the Video Lab! :)
@lawrence-yx1ew 5 жыл бұрын
Loving this series. Seems like a versatile format I'm looking forward to the rest
@snesaddicted 5 жыл бұрын
As a photographer who loves history, this series is instantly one of my favorites from Vox!!
@ForGlory1 5 жыл бұрын
Thank you
@bunnyfreakz 5 жыл бұрын
Hidenburg had a smoking room, Jesus Christ. It's like smoking room on top of gas tanker.
@abrahamwilberforce9824 5 жыл бұрын
The smoking room was specially build to not leak any spark of any kind. This is why they had one designated smoming room unlike smoking bascially everywhere, what was the standard at the time. Also the smoking room is below the hydrogen balloon so the quickly rising hydrogen would not reach it.
@rock3tcatU233 4 жыл бұрын
You only YOLO once.
@JazzFunk22 4 жыл бұрын
feel much better now
@rock3tcatU233 4 жыл бұрын
@@Rocco_loco Azul agma.
@sweetproject6337 4 жыл бұрын
Abraham Wilberforce still bad idea
@WEBBER_ 5 жыл бұрын
Something about the "smoking room" sounds sketchy.
@NicWalker627 5 жыл бұрын
Why? Due to the over-precaution of the crew, that one room was probably the most flame-retardant on the ship. More than likely also had people in it during the crash, considering cigarettes actually had paid advertisements, commercials and endorsements on television in those days.
@kozmo3688 4 жыл бұрын
@@NicWalker627 R/Whoosh
@sumbalsheikh9010 4 жыл бұрын
Yes
@Steppa_61 4 жыл бұрын
Hahaha
@explosivemodesonicmauricet1597 4 жыл бұрын
@@kozmo3688 This not a whoosh thing.The OP's "sketchy" mean "something is no right".
@napoleonibonaparte7198 5 жыл бұрын
*OH THE HUMANITY!*
@desp8161 5 жыл бұрын
That's where the term comes from
@WhirlwindandHeatburst 5 жыл бұрын
de sp A journalist on the scene screamed that and it became somewhat famous.
@virtuoso5265 5 жыл бұрын
Hoi 4?
@kj_heichou 5 жыл бұрын
I already did that comment dickweed
@desp8161 5 жыл бұрын
@@kj_heichou Newfoundland and Labrador?
@QUARTERMASTEREMI6 5 жыл бұрын
And imagine seeing this with _your own two eyes in colour._ Just looking at coloured photos and films makes this experience all the more terrifying, not to mention feels a whole lot closer.
@hilal_younus 4 жыл бұрын
Yeah black flames is all what we see...
@notyourmum7883 5 жыл бұрын
I know they explode and all but I still lowkey want to fly in one of these idk they look so weirdly futuristic
@ceooflettuce8768 4 жыл бұрын
Ikr
@finnsilva4514 4 жыл бұрын
ikr,if they still existed they would probably have been improved and would be extremely common and safe.
@sirpineapple2262 4 жыл бұрын
So true
@MrManfly 4 жыл бұрын
@toxic_cloud....but too time consuming when a jet gets you across the world in less than a day.
@rubenweijers8971 4 жыл бұрын
They have save versions, their just not with hydrogren i believe
@EightThreeEight 5 жыл бұрын
"Luckily, in the history of humanity, nothing bad has ever happened from lighting hydrogen on fire." - Mark Watney, The Martian
@JustAnotherAccount8 2 жыл бұрын
Man what a good movie
@laughsngasps 5 жыл бұрын
Still safer then United Airlines.
@UnstoppableEmpire 5 жыл бұрын
Still Better then United Airlines*
@botliukkone7303 5 жыл бұрын
Still safer than boeing 737 max
@stenolepis5252 5 жыл бұрын
Especially for asians
@sillygoose635 4 жыл бұрын
K I L L M E
@saubergt2390 4 жыл бұрын
@@botliukkone7303 That is true. The 737 MAX is the worst commercial airline ever. I would never take a flight on that defective piece of garbage.
@kendomyers 5 жыл бұрын
Watching that always makes my skin crawl. We have the distance of years behind us, but those people died horrible deaths on camera.
@ShePudding 5 жыл бұрын
Yeah... It was hard to watch. Thinking about how I would have reacted... Too afraid to jump. Others pushing past you; pushing you down. First the rooms, people and anything not nailed down turns sideways, and then, if you’re not lucky, the fire burns your skin off your bones and collapses your lungs. You can only hope these people suffocated suddenly, over mere seconds... And those deaths will be replayed for years for education... entertainment... profit. I mean, the video itself is morally neutral. Information in any form can always be useful, and the awareness over this tragedy may have saved countless lives. But the responses in the comments are... disheartening.I guess that’s how our history teachers might feel replaying the World Trade Center videos to their bored, wholly detatched students...
@kendomyers 5 жыл бұрын
@@ShePudding Led Zeppelin's first album is among my favorites and it uses this image as its cover art...never liked that fact
@kendomyers 4 жыл бұрын
@@srengammegod8884 Such edge
@kubaduce 2 жыл бұрын
yeah, it kind of reminds me of 9/11 footage.
@radamik Жыл бұрын
Still can’t believe so many people survived. How did they get out- the whole thing was only about 30 seconds - and not only did they get out, they had to run from the thing.
@AnnyPyjamas 5 жыл бұрын
Bloody hell, you're telling me that more than half of the people on board that giant ball of fire in the sky SURVIVED? I've always just assumed that everyone died. This might be the most amazing thing I learned all year.
@jaridkeen123 5 жыл бұрын
Am I the only one that wishes these would return? I want to take a cruise in the sky.
@cursedlava9518 5 жыл бұрын
No
@CalebKallimanis-le4zz 3 жыл бұрын
Yes
@sachinshah4594 3 жыл бұрын
Well yes but actually no
@sherls918 3 жыл бұрын
You need a time machine
@aetvrna 3 жыл бұрын
Airplane?
@slobodailismrt_ 5 жыл бұрын
USA: *produces helium* We have a super safe gas that can carry passengers without the danger to blow up? LET'S EMBARGO IT!
@haaachu2887 5 жыл бұрын
it was rare
@thysquid2157 5 жыл бұрын
US like with oil...*ALL OURS*
@fatassassin2493 5 жыл бұрын
Helium is also twice as dense as hydrogen
@shona5512 5 жыл бұрын
@@fatassassin2493 You're twice as dense as a normal assassin, Mr _Fat Assassin_
@fatassassin2493 5 жыл бұрын
Shona it’s hard work but somebodies gotta do it
@swaggy6122 3 жыл бұрын
I can’t imagine how deafening loud & terrifying that would be to see in person. I witnessed a car crash that flipped in the air multiple times & I was a football field length away & it sounded like it was right next to my ears
@ZyferWarriorPrime 2 жыл бұрын
It would have been excruciatingly loud. If you've ever seen fire rip through an area really quick. Combined with falling and twisting metal and people in panic. It was loud enough to be noisy on the antiquated recording equipment of the era.
@VengD 5 жыл бұрын
Its too bad... If it were safer, I'd totally pay to slowly float across the ocean for two days.
@ordenax 3 жыл бұрын
Its can be done with Helium. Unfortunately, is costlier. But yes, would be amazing
@cheyenne9081 5 жыл бұрын
I didn’t realize that “oh the humanity” came from a real world event. Very interesting video, as always. Keep it up, Vox.
@malpertuis. 5 жыл бұрын
The photos of the other exploded zepplins are (strangely, tragically) beautiful.
@tomstonemale 5 жыл бұрын
They looked like beached whales
@Pika-Chu64 5 жыл бұрын
🚁👀💥🔥
@juzeku 5 жыл бұрын
My Aunties Grandpa fought in WW2 (British) and witnessed the Hindenburg disaster in person ! He’s an amazing man and is still alive to day (93 Years old)
@cyrilio 5 жыл бұрын
Keep these mini docs coming. Love them
@agnihotri1994 5 жыл бұрын
*Important fact* : Indiana Jones left that plane with his father, _saved his and his father's life..._
@ketan3941 5 жыл бұрын
😬
@side_note 5 жыл бұрын
Lol
@TheJanvicgwaps 5 жыл бұрын
Fly? Yes! Land? NO!
@Spacekriek 5 жыл бұрын
Not quite.. :) I believe the production number of that zeppelin was LZ -138. Just a fictitious ship.
@MrBfiguero 5 жыл бұрын
Junior?!
@akorn9943 5 жыл бұрын
US: embargoes Helium so only they can use it Also US: makes airship out of Hydrogen anyways and blows it up
@alexsiemers7898 5 жыл бұрын
They literally said in the video that the Hindenburg was a German airship
@ninjaboy600 5 жыл бұрын
@@alexsiemers7898 He's not referring to that one.
@baruchben-david4196 5 жыл бұрын
Hydrogen was lighter than helium, cheaper, and easier to handle. Helium atoms are so small that they leak through most materials, including glass. 'Course, helium never caught fire...
@dbclass4075 4 жыл бұрын
Considering how limited is the technology at that time, how will you expect that? Also, while only producer, it is unknown if they can keep up with the demand when airships are a thing.
@knockhello2604 4 жыл бұрын
@@alexsiemers7898 smoker
@rushofblood994 5 жыл бұрын
4:05 origin of the phrase “oh the humanity”
@Xeonerable 5 жыл бұрын
Holy crap I had no idea that many people were able to jump off the hindenburg and run to safety as it was slowly crashing in a fireball.
@AmanKumar-jx8gm Жыл бұрын
Latest client of their work is Adani 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@raflamar4146 4 жыл бұрын
I think we should bring back Zeppelins. Though, you know. Without the flammable gases and extra safety precautions.
@blueofthelightanddark6273 4 жыл бұрын
Raflamar helium is much safer. It’s nonflammable. Better than hydrogen.
@kirishimaw3725 4 жыл бұрын
Galax Space Concorde*
@s_ame1135 3 жыл бұрын
@Ved Singh True. like an air cruise.
@leodellapietra 3 жыл бұрын
@@blueofthelightanddark6273 except: we have limited supplies. And there are premium buyers paying much more for it, as ultra-cooling systems (superconductors), birthday party balloons, ...
@wojciechmuras553 3 жыл бұрын
There are some really good concept airships using hydrogen. We can make them safe without helium.
@TheKNIGHTELFMOHAWK 4 жыл бұрын
Led zeppelin was like hey this would make a sweet album cover
@jimmypage5341 2 жыл бұрын
You bet they did
@Trx-ep7rg 5 жыл бұрын
4:23 Out of that we got a sick album cover
@tim8241 5 жыл бұрын
One of the most iconic photos of aviation history in the twentiest century to date!! Very educational video VOX❤️
@skyscreeper5637 4 жыл бұрын
with all due respect, the only thing I see when I look at that famous picture is the debut album of the greatest rock n roll band of all time. *"good times bad times" starts playing*
@joi7419 4 жыл бұрын
skyscreeper same here
@iplayroblox2317 3 жыл бұрын
Led zeppelin????
@michaelbianchi22 5 жыл бұрын
Man this still gives me chills. I wasn't around for it sure, but I've seen the video enough times.
@scrubmaster5153 5 жыл бұрын
I will forever associate that famous picture of the Hindenburg with the Led Zeppelin 1 album cover.
@camham650 5 жыл бұрын
Vox continually puts out engaging, informative, and well produced videos. Keep it up! 👍
@XIRTAEB 5 жыл бұрын
Please make more of this series!! It’s so interesting
@JammyBandStudios 5 жыл бұрын
Darkroom is my favourite series you guys are doing at the moment. Awesome stuff
@Rex-lg6co 4 жыл бұрын
Hindenburg: The Titanic of the skies
@santhoshkumarR2847 5 жыл бұрын
Great stories with amazing content to the point. Thanks for taking us back in history. Keep up the good work👍
@buickboy92 5 жыл бұрын
This is such a fantastic series Vox! Eager to see more!
@iangoldberg7453 5 жыл бұрын
I drive past the airfield where this happened frequently and the original hanger is still there
@PartnershipsForYou 5 жыл бұрын
Ian Goldberg that’s pretty cool
@hemipemi 5 жыл бұрын
I thought it only happened once!
@lugmacethnenn8836 5 жыл бұрын
If you are at the Bodensee near Friedrichshafen, you can fly a Zeppelin sightseeing tour. The feeling of flying with it is really nice.
@Coolmark123 5 жыл бұрын
Great production! Keep it up Vox!
@firstnamesurname2210 5 жыл бұрын
I love this series! I know you got more, Vox :D
@infinitesauce8206 5 жыл бұрын
Hold up. They used _hydrogen_ ?! Come on. You can literally just... light a match and it'll blow up. Sounds like a *very* bad idea to me. You can't necessarily take proper precautions.
@kelvin31272 5 жыл бұрын
No helium so.... what you gonna do?
@bigdick6225 5 жыл бұрын
The Us didn’t export helium to Germany so what should they do
@mercuryman7794 5 жыл бұрын
Gas is flammable but everyone drives cars
@mercuryman7794 5 жыл бұрын
Electricity can cause fires and zap people but we use it to power the world
@mercuryman7794 5 жыл бұрын
Planes are filled with flammable gas but we travel all around the world in them
@arlonmacasinag6075 5 жыл бұрын
*OH THE HUMANITY* FEW YEARS LATER: Bombs every city in german they can
@shona5512 5 жыл бұрын
The UK, USA, Russia continue to bomb cities to this day, what's your point?
@kh2b573 5 жыл бұрын
@@shona5512 im just saying how the allies really dehumanizes their enemies even though their enemy has already suffered they still bombed them to shreds just like dresden even after the ear the city was still bombed to supposedly "teach the germans a lesson" even though in this video they care soo much about the lives of a few and the 2 things i said are like 3 years apart
@GaetanDellaPietra 5 жыл бұрын
Excellent series! I hope you will make more episodes.
@projectearth6475 5 жыл бұрын
ABSOLUTELY AMAZING EDITING BRAVO!
@adityanayak2263 Жыл бұрын
Watching this after Hindenburg Research's Adani report.
@xxdricxxx3466 Жыл бұрын
Video title aged well
@crystallaxx3440 4 жыл бұрын
3:56 Watching this part with subtitles is much more understandable
@meghancosgrove7637 5 жыл бұрын
Keep 'em coming Vox, I love this type of content!!
@alexhartan 5 жыл бұрын
Well done Vox, I'm really enjoying this series.
@stephanieb7330 5 жыл бұрын
*My friends* : Dont do it *Me* : I hope this video... blows up
@NessieAndrew 5 жыл бұрын
4:06 "Oh, the humanity."
@datboiyamirami9661 5 жыл бұрын
This series is awesome! Keep it up!
@ServaHealth 5 жыл бұрын
At 54 I just discovered Vox. These are very well done videos. Keep up the great work. I may even join if the quality is as good as the first three videos I watched. Nice work!!!!
@goga.games18 4 жыл бұрын
this thing looks so advanced for 37 i wonder what could have been
@shevi7774 5 жыл бұрын
Great video as always, now please tell us about the last concorde flight caused by the Air France crash
@PabloGonzalez-hv3td 4 жыл бұрын
The Concorde flew for 3 years after the crash the downturn in aviation from 9/11 and Airbus' decision to stop factory support were also factors
@inferi9 5 жыл бұрын
I’m really enjoying this series! Keep it up 😁😁
@frogheart8440 5 жыл бұрын
I really enjoy this serie! Thank you for making it!
@bellztoll 5 жыл бұрын
"That's gotta hurt" -George Costanza
@machigiceb7788 5 жыл бұрын
5:41 "I'm looking at you insane the entire time" 😁 props to these gentlemen in making these wonderful, interesting and educational videos
@chechingg 5 жыл бұрын
Love this series. Keep up the great work!
@JasonLiTheAlmightyKing 5 жыл бұрын
New favorite series! Keep it up Vox ✊🏻
@shahbazsheikh3545 5 жыл бұрын
"Oh the humanity!" - Classic newsmanship.
@TPOrchestra 2 жыл бұрын
I never knew there were other zeppelin crashes just as deadly. When you consider the relatively small amount of flights compared to air travel now, zeppelins were incredibly dangerous.
@JonessJack 4 жыл бұрын
love this channel. keep up the great work
@aditya.tanniru 5 жыл бұрын
Awesome Video Vox Team.
@dazed4377 5 жыл бұрын
Am I the only the one that realized that I haven’t seen a blimp in the sky in forever?
@MildMisanthropeMaybeMassive 5 жыл бұрын
Dazed They fly over ball games.
@microdisturbia 5 жыл бұрын
The last time ive seen one was in like 2010
@MildMisanthropeMaybeMassive 5 жыл бұрын
I used to see helicopters, blimps, and plane ads over highly populated areas such as tourist destinations and sports stadiums all the times back in the 90’s when the economy and fuel prices were better.
@BammerD 5 жыл бұрын
Last time I saw a Goodyear blimp over my city was almost 20 years ago. Now they have the new Zeppelin NTs.
@emanuelcamacho1809 5 жыл бұрын
0:00 Nah that ain't an airship Hindenburg its the album cover for Led Zeppelin 1
@punchline43 5 жыл бұрын
Whose "genius" idea was that I wonder?
@saku577 2 жыл бұрын
The "Oh the humanity!" guy is so excited, yet so well-spoken even while everything is going down.
@glennquagmire4236 5 жыл бұрын
Love this new series!
@LockwoodE3 5 жыл бұрын
I was a actually just thinking about this event today
@MrFlexNC 5 жыл бұрын
When something is on tape people care so much more
@kimono38 5 жыл бұрын
Nice video. I like the part where you introduce each ship and show the before and after picture of them :D
@tanman1986 5 жыл бұрын
Love this new series. Really well done Coleman Lowndes. Brings to light a simple, but awesome idea: Unless you have video / pic, people aren't going to pay attention. Side note: The "ohh the humanity" audio is also a key (if not equally important) ingredient to this disaster being hugely impactful-------remember, radio was big back then too.
@iamradith2834 4 жыл бұрын
Zeppelin: *exist Hindenburg disaster: i'm about to end this man whole career
@aryorekso7856 5 жыл бұрын
"We learn little from victory much from defeat"
@monicaandal1631 5 жыл бұрын
Finally! Ive been waiting for the second ep
@LostMySauce 5 жыл бұрын
These dark room episodes are great. Keep it up!
@anomalunadota2 5 жыл бұрын
We come from the Land of the ice and snow From the midnight sun where the hot springs blow
@tamarakluver 5 жыл бұрын
Wrong Led Zeppelin album
@AlphaRP 3 жыл бұрын
timeless?
@roguesherlock 5 жыл бұрын
I've loved all the series' produced by Vox. And, this is no exception!
@lexthanexpected 5 жыл бұрын
i really like this series. keep up the good work folks
@starcherry6814 5 жыл бұрын
Well you know I had no idea that the ship had a swastika on it! That's uncomfortable!
@carlhyldborglundstrm9807 5 жыл бұрын
Lol
@nevinjacob2572 5 жыл бұрын
a ww2 emblem makes you uncomfortable?
@daveha4445 5 жыл бұрын
@@nevinjacob2572 a mark of genocide? Um yeah, they SHOULD
@Coxy002605 5 жыл бұрын
@@daveha4445 So the majority of national flags make you uncomfortable?
@ReelLYFE_TV 5 жыл бұрын
Coxy002605 i believe he’s thinking in the context that Hindenburg (with a swastika) is heavily associated with American history and there’s almost an endearment factor. Plus it made intercontinental flights. Kinda weird since there the root cause of ww2
@fingernailclipper2152 5 жыл бұрын
I guess that plan didn’t fly...
@closeby3268 5 жыл бұрын
The plan *flew away*
@mayonnaise1271 5 жыл бұрын
Hydrogen and it's risks of flammability *flew over* their heads.
@HighRollerYT 5 жыл бұрын
i hate all of you
@andybaldman 5 жыл бұрын
No, but this vid is gonna blow up
@TheBull1988 5 жыл бұрын
That plan *blew up in their face*
@jakeyankee5446 5 жыл бұрын
This series is awesome!
@hafidzrazman5365 5 жыл бұрын
im loving these series..
@damar1967 Жыл бұрын
Glass Onion, anybody?
@sanapushkar4052 Жыл бұрын
Yeah 😂
@professionalcommenter483 5 жыл бұрын
I would have *loved* to travel in one of these. They are so majestic
@airron5698 5 жыл бұрын
love this series!
@lhamadopagode 5 жыл бұрын
it is my favorite Vox Series already.
@saudiprince6532 5 жыл бұрын
Tbh I’d like to fly around in one of these
@Troll_troll_troll 4 жыл бұрын
4:05 *OH THE HUMANITY*
@kuri7154 5 жыл бұрын
absolutely loooooove this series!
@RJ-zx3vf 5 жыл бұрын
omg you guys keep 'em comin' 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
@baronvg 5 жыл бұрын
Just like scandals today, when there’s video of it, forget it! Game over.
@light_rrr 5 жыл бұрын
"oh, the humanity."
@enricopersia4290 5 жыл бұрын
These historical videos are among your best ones
@Mobill1551 5 жыл бұрын
I'm loving the series!
@StyxYRenegade 5 жыл бұрын
I thought this was a Led Zeppelin video for a sec
@HenrikoMagnifico 5 жыл бұрын
I still think they look really awesome and very comfortable compared to airplanes. Maybe bring them back but with helium?
@PabloGonzalez-hv3td 4 жыл бұрын
They don't carry enough passengers to make them financially viable and they're quite slow it was a different time
@kellym2005 5 жыл бұрын
This is one of my favourite vox videos
@jamesmorgan2064 2 жыл бұрын
I've become addicted to these videos
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