Picture No | 10007137 |
Date | 6 May 1937 |
Description | Hindenburg airship disaster, New Jersey, USA |
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Scene at the Hindenburg airship disaster. The German passenger airship explodes into a ball of fire as it lands in New Jersey, USA. Of the 97 people on board, 35 people died in addition to one fatality on the ground. The cause of the explosion is still unclear, but this event marked the end of the airship era.
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Source | Unattributed photograph |
Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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