The Hindenburg's First Season - 1936
The Hindenburg started the first-ever scheduled transatlantic passenger air service between Europe and North America on May 6, 1936, a year to the day before the tragedy at Lakehurst.
In this first crossing, the German dirigible also set a new record for crossing the Atlantic, making the journey in just over 61 hours from Friedrichshafen, home of the Zeppelins on Germany's Lake Constance, and Lakehurst. During the 1936 season, the Hindenburg made 10 round-trips between Germany and the United States of America.
This newsreel footage documents the arrival of the giant airship in Lakehurst, and in the only part with sound, shows some brief comments in English from Dr. Hugo Eckener, the man behind the great zeppelins. He had taken up the reins of the Zeppelin enterprise following the death of Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin in 1917.
In this first crossing, the German dirigible also set a new record for crossing the Atlantic, making the journey in just over 61 hours from Friedrichshafen, home of the Zeppelins on Germany's Lake Constance, and Lakehurst. During the 1936 season, the Hindenburg made 10 round-trips between Germany and the United States of America.
This newsreel footage documents the arrival of the giant airship in Lakehurst, and in the only part with sound, shows some brief comments in English from Dr. Hugo Eckener, the man behind the great zeppelins. He had taken up the reins of the Zeppelin enterprise following the death of Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin in 1917.
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