The disaster was the subject of spectacular newsreel coverage, photographs, and Herbert Morrison's recorded radio eyewitness report from the landing field, which was broadcast the next day. The actual cause of the fire remains unknown, although a variety of hypotheses have been put forward for both the cause of ignition and the initial fuel for the ensuing fire. The incident shattered public confidence in the giant, passenger-carrying rigid airship and marked the end of the airship era.
Read more on Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindenburg_disaster
Video of The Hindenburg Burning:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H47x9q5-C2k
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