Hindenburg Disaster Harold Schenck Footage Filmed On May 6th, 1937

[@RJMarkey]

Amazed that this still existed and was rediscovered so many decades later.

[@xavierbott2363]

Really shows how fast it was destroyed

[@Famix]

I'm extremely curious about this footage. Was this a hand crank camera and he stopped because he was shocked? Does the footage skip, or was that really how fast it burned? I personally have been leaning towards the Nazi bomb theory for awhile.

[@oriontaylor]

8mm Cine-Kodak, manually-wound spring. I have one that belonged to an uncle. You wind up a key that works on a sort of clock spring internally, then press the record button for however long you want to, within the two minutes of film and the tension of the spring. The manual recommends always cranking up to full tension after shooting for a few seconds. Schenck had the Kodak down at his side turned it on and brought it up as soon as the fire caught his attention.

[@i.b.640]

The film roll was less then 2 minutes long. Filming was a big thing back then, especially for non-professionals. According to a documentary I saw, the guy who owned the camera was a huge technophile and didn't have time to watch the landing, so he asked his wife and his brother to make some video of it. Because they were not press, they had a different Point of View then the other camera-men. The documentary also made a good case for the everything is wet and salty and electrically charged theory.

[@franciscoornelas7672]

How can you find this footage

[@thatsinteresting126]

It is on a few download sites.

[@franciscoornelas7672]

Oh

[@GT-ms7pv]

@@thatsinteresting126 Is it available anywhere in the original 16fps? I am trying to use it in an experimental project

[@thatsinteresting126]

@@GT-ms7pv I am honestly not sure.

[@rtc2002]

Perfect landing

[@rickkkclunk9799]

wow.