It was the pinnacle of luxury travel - the German airship Hindenburg offered passengers a $7,000 ticket to glide above the Atlantic in unmatched comfort. But on May 6, 1937, that dream turned into a ...

A rarely seen video showing a different angle of the Hindenburg airship disaster in New Jersey has been released to the public for the first time in 77 years. The video, which was found decades ago by ...

For decades, airships were treated as a failed technology buried by the Hindenburg disaster and the rise of modern aviation.

Only 75 years ago Herbert Morrison gave the country it’s first taste of “live reporting” when his emotional account of the German passenger airship LZ 129 Hindenburg disaster was aired on WLS Chicago ...

Whether for tourism, advertising, geological surveys or cargo shipping, the humble balloon has always had a reason to stay ...

As we near the 75th anniversary of the Hindenburg disaster, the Smithsonian shares its discovery of the sole surviving map of the airship's final voyage. "Found: Letters from the Hindenburg," a ...

Describes the last voyage of the zeppelin, or airship, Hindenburg, which crashed in flames on a New Jersey airfield in 1937, and examines some possible causes for the ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This collection consists of a copy of ...