Last survivor of Hindenburg disaster: 'The air was on fire'

[Disir]

Wind and thunderstorms had delayed the Hindenburg's arrival in New Jersey from Germany on May 6, 1937. The father of 8-year-old Werner Doehner headed to his cabin after using his movie camera to shoot some scenes of Lakehurst Naval Air Station from the airship's dining room.

"We didn't see him again," recalled Doehner, now 88 and the only person left of the 62 passengers and crew who survived the fire that killed his father, sister and 34 other souls 80 years ago Saturday.

Doehner and his parents, older brother and sister were returning from a vacation in Germany and planned to travel on the 804-foot-long Hindenburg to Lakehurst, then fly to Newark and board a train in nearby New York City to take them home to Mexico City, where Doehner's father was a pharmaceutical executive.

The kids would have preferred the decks and public rooms of an ocean liner because space was tight on the airship, Doehner said in a rare telephone interview this week with The Associated Press from his home in Parachute, Colorado.

Their mother brought games to keep the children busy. They toured the control car and the catwalks inside the hydrogen-filled Hindenburg. They could see an ice field as they crossed the Atlantic Ocean, he remembered.
Last survivor of Hindenburg disaster: 'The air was on fire'

Here is the broadcast:





Oh the Humanity! Herbert Morrison and the Hindenburg

Newsreel:
HINDENBURG CRASH, 05/06/1937 (Disc 2) : National Archives and Records Administration : Free Download & Streaming : Internet Archive

And pictures:
Hindenburg Disaster Stock Photos and Pictures | Getty Images

Hindenburg disaster | Wikiwand

This was a tragic disaster.

 

[whitehall]

Wow, a Hindenburg disaster survivor lived to the 21st century, amazing. An interesting thing is that the Hindenburg disaster virtually ended the era of lighter than air luxury travel but the Titanic disaster didn't end the era of luxury ocean going cruse ships. People are still killed on cruse ships but the only time you see Blimps is during a sports show.

 

[skye]

Very interesting thank you for posting!

I knew the Hindenburg was big but never imagined it was THAT big! It was huge!






Hindenburg size comparison with Boeing 747

 

[HenryBHough]

"Oh The Humanity" is probably the most abused phrase ever broadcast!

 

[skye]

Wow, a Hindenburg disaster survivor lived to the 21st century, amazing. An interesting thing is that the Hindenburg disaster virtually ended the era of lighter than air luxury travel but the Titanic disaster didn't end the era of luxury ocean going cruse ships. People are still killed on cruse ships but the only time you see Blimps is during a sports show.

The main reason why blimps aren't used anymore is that they are very , very , very slow if you compared them to a jet. They're also limited in lifting power.

 

[skye]

but oh my....it was beautiful and romantic inside.....

 

[skye]

There were sleeping cabins

 

[skye]

in the bar there was an aluminium piano

 

[skye]

photo of passengers in Hindenburg's Reading and Writing Room

 

[skye]

inside the dining room

 

[Wyatt earp]

inside the dining room

Thanks Skye it was bigger

 

[skye]

Nice!!!! thank you for that! ^^^

 

[skye]

I'm loving this thread!



A passenger has his Opel car transported on a flight to the USA in the Hindenburg

 

[Wyatt earp]

Nice!!!! thank you for that! ^^^

This is in German but ok tour

 

[yiostheoy]

Wind and thunderstorms had delayed the Hindenburg's arrival in New Jersey from Germany on May 6, 1937. The father of 8-year-old Werner Doehner headed to his cabin after using his movie camera to shoot some scenes of Lakehurst Naval Air Station from the airship's dining room.

"We didn't see him again," recalled Doehner, now 88 and the only person left of the 62 passengers and crew who survived the fire that killed his father, sister and 34 other souls 80 years ago Saturday.

Doehner and his parents, older brother and sister were returning from a vacation in Germany and planned to travel on the 804-foot-long Hindenburg to Lakehurst, then fly to Newark and board a train in nearby New York City to take them home to Mexico City, where Doehner's father was a pharmaceutical executive.

The kids would have preferred the decks and public rooms of an ocean liner because space was tight on the airship, Doehner said in a rare telephone interview this week with The Associated Press from his home in Parachute, Colorado.

Their mother brought games to keep the children busy. They toured the control car and the catwalks inside the hydrogen-filled Hindenburg. They could see an ice field as they crossed the Atlantic Ocean, he remembered.
Last survivor of Hindenburg disaster: 'The air was on fire'

Here is the broadcast:





Oh the Humanity! Herbert Morrison and the Hindenburg

Newsreel:
HINDENBURG CRASH, 05/06/1937 (Disc 2) : National Archives and Records Administration : Free Download & Streaming : Internet Archive

And pictures:
Hindenburg Disaster Stock Photos and Pictures | Getty Images

Hindenburg disaster | Wikiwand

This was a tragic disaster.

It is the 100 year anniversary of the US entry into WW1.

Not the Hindenburg.

 

[anotherlife]

It was the start of the end of the United States, when globalists took control over it and forced it to enter ww1. The American interest was that all auropean countries annihilate each other, and then the United States creates a new Europe. This is not what happened, because globalists need mathematical selectivity in order to control and destroy both Europe and the United States. Already accomplished in people's minds in the 21st century.

 

[anotherlife]

Wow, a Hindenburg disaster survivor lived to the 21st century, amazing. An interesting thing is that the Hindenburg disaster virtually ended the era of lighter than air luxury travel but the Titanic disaster didn't end the era of luxury ocean going cruse ships. People are still killed on cruse ships but the only time you see Blimps is during a sports show.

That is because airships were not an entente technology. The entente has destroyed much freedom that the human mind had, especially inventiveness.

 

[esthermoon]

Passengers dining room

 

[esthermoon]

Relaxing in music room

 

[esthermoon]

Baby was crying