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  • This year marks the 75th anniversary of the Hindenburg disaster. The German passenger airship caught fire and exploded on May 6, 1937 killing 35 people and shocking the world.
  • The German zeppelin Hindenburg, its nose hooked to a mooring mast, is guided into a U.S. Navy dirigible hangar in Lakehurst, NJ, May 9, 1936, after the first leg of 10 scheduled round trips between Germany and the U.S.(AP Photo/Joe Caneva)
  • The German zeppelin Hindenburg, displaying the German Nazi swastika symbol, is pulled to a nearby hangar in Lakehurst, N.J. on May 9, 1936. The Hindenburg landed at the U.S. Navy field after its record breaking flight for a lighter-than-air craft across the North Atlantic. (AP Photo)
  • German airship 'Hindenburg' photographed from a plane, is seen flying over Manhattan Island, New York, USA in the 1930s. (AP Photo)
  • The fabric-covered walls in the main lounge aboard the zeppelin Hindenburg are decorated with a map of the world showing the routes of famous explorers, seen in this undated photograph. The luxurious aircraft is scheduled to land the night of May 8, 1936, in Lakehurst, New Jersey, on the first of ten rounds between its home base in Germany and the United States. (AP Photo)
  • A modern, electrically equipped kitchen aboard the zeppelin Hindenburg provides for the passengers and crew, seen in this undated photograph. The huge aircraft was scheduled to land the night of May 8, 1936, in Lakehurst, New Jersey, on the first of ten rounds between its home base in Germany and the United States. (AP Photo)
  • The zeppelin Hindenburg floats past the Empire State Building over Manhattan on Aug. 8, 1936. The German airship is en route to Lakehurst, N.J., from Germany. (AP Photo)
  • This May 6, 1937 file photo, taken at almost the split second that the Hindenburg exploded, shows the 804-foot German zeppelin just before the second and third explosions send the ship crashing to the earth over the Lakehurst Naval Air Station in Lakehurst, N.J. The roaring flames silhouette two men, at right atop the mooring mast, dangerously close to the explosions.The Associated Press and Corbis Images are teaming up Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2011, in an attempt to make more money from a stockpile of photography that includes some of the world’s most famous pictures. (AP Photo) B/W ONLY
  • The disaster was the subject of spectacular newsreel coverage, photographs, and recorded radio eyewitness report from the landing field, which was broadcast the next day. This year marks the 75th anniversary of the Hindenburg disaster. The German passenger airship caught fire and exploded on May 6, 1937 killing 35 people and shocking the world.
  • Several theories exist over what caused the fire, including; a lightning strike, sabotage & an electric spark caused by a buildup of static electricity on the ship. The Hindenburg zeppelin hits the ground after an explosion in mid-air destroyed the hydrogen-inflated German airship over Lakehurst, N.J., on May 6, 1937. The crew was preparing to land at the U.S. Naval base station when the explosion occured. Thirty six of the 97 persons on board were killed. (AP Photo/Murray Becker)
  • Of the 97 people on board (36 passengers, 61 crew), there were 35 fatalities, including one death among the ground crew. This year marks the 75th anniversary of the Hindenburg disaster. The German passenger airship caught fire and exploded on May 6, 1937 killing 35 people and shocking the world.
  • Clouds of smoke rise from the twisted metal frame of the German airship Hindenburg as rescue workers arrive to look for possible survivors, May 6, 1937, in Lakehurst, N.J. The Hindenburg exploded as it was mooring at the Lakehurst Naval Air Station. (AP Photo) This year marks the 75th anniversary of the Hindenburg disaster. The German passenger airship caught fire and exploded on May 6, 1937 killing 35 people and shocking the world.
  • Black smoke rises from the skeleton of the burning Hindenburg airship at Lakehurst, N.J., May 6, 1937. The German-built zeppelin caught fire and exploded mid-air as it was landing after its transatlantic voyage, carrying 97 passengers and crew. Thirty-five people on board and one ground crew member were killed. (AP Photo/Murray Becker)
  • An unidentified woman survivor is being led from the scene of the Hindenburg disaster at the U.S. Naval Station in Lakehurst, N.J., May 6, 1937. (AP Photo/Murray Becker)
  • Ambulances line up to transfer hospitalized victims of the Hindenburg disaster to other area hospitals from Paul Kimball Hospital, Lakewood, N.J., May 7, 1937. The German airship Hindenburg exploded yesterday as it was being moored at Lakehurst Naval Air Station. Thirty-six people were killed. (AP Photo)
  • Horribly burned when his ship went up in flames, Capt. Max Pruss of the ill-fated airship Hindenburg, is shown in an ambulance en route to a New York hospital, May 7, 1937. He was reported
  • The Hindenburg zeppelin burns after it exploded during the docking procedure at Lakehurst Naval Air Station, N.J., on May 6, 1937. The hydrogen inflated dirigible burst into flames, killing 36 of the 97 persons on board. (AP Photo)
  • Adolf Fisher, a mechanic of the German airship Hindenburg, is transferred from Paul Kimball Hospital in Lakewood, N.J., to an ambulance going to another area hospital, May 7, 1937. The Hindenburg exploded yesterday after mooring in Lakehurst Naval Air Station, killing 36 people. (AP Photo)
  • Members of the U.S. Navy Board of Inquiry inspect the wreckage of the German zeppelin Hindenburg on the field of the Lakehurst Naval Air Station in New Jersey, May 8, 1937. The Hindenburg exploded after morning on May 6, killing 36 people. (AP Photo)
  • This is an aerial photo of the wreckage of the German Hindenburg airship at Lakehurst, N.J. on May 7, 1937. The airship exploded prior to landing on May 6. (AP Photo/Murray Becker)
  • Two men inspect the twisted metal framework of the crashed dirigible Hindenburg at the U.S. Naval Air Station in Lakehurst, N.J., May 1937. (AP Photo)
  • The remains of the wreckage of the German Zeppelin Hindenburg are removed from the U.S. Naval field in Lakehurst, N.J., on May 15, 1937. The airship exploded mid-air prior to landing May 6. (AP Photo/Murray Becker)
  • German Nazis give the salute as they stand beside the casket of Capt. Ernest A. Lehmann, former commander of the zeppelin Hindenburg, during funeral services held on the Hamburg-American pier in New York City, May 11, 1937. The caskets of the 28 Germans who lost their lives in the Hindenburg disaster May 6 were placed on board the Hamburg for their return to Europe. (AP Photo/Anthony Camerano)
  • Surviving members of the crew aboard the ill-fated German zeppelin Hindenburg are photographed at the Naval Air station in Lakehurst, N.J., May 7, 1937. Rudolph Sauter, chief engineer, is at center wearing white cap; behind him is Heinrich Kubis, a steward; Heinrich Bauer, watch officer, is third from right wearing black cap; and 13-year-old Werner Franz, cabin boy, is center front row. Several members of the airship's crew are wearing U.S. Marine summer clothing furnished them to replace clothing burned from many of their bodies as they escaped from the flaming dirigible. (AP Photo)
  • Funeral services for the 28 Germans who lost their lives in the Hindenburg disaster May 6 are held on the Hamburg-American pier in New York City, May 11, 1937. The swastika-draped caskets will be placed on board the Hamburg for their return to Europe. About 10,000 members of German organizations line the pier. (AP Photo/Anthony Camerano)
 

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