English subtitles for clip: File:1937-05-10 Special Release - Zeppelin Explodes Scores Dead.ogv

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[Universal Newsreel
Zeppelin Explodes Scores Dead]

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[Lakehurst, N. J.]

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The German zeppelin Hindenburg,
Queen of the skies, seen here

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from a Universal newsreel camera plane,

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as it sped over New York to its tragic
end at Lakehurst, New Jersey,

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now lies at the Naval Air Station,
a twisted mass of metal.

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Shortly after these pictures were taken,

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showing the great skyliner
saluting the millions

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watching it from below
on its first trip of the season,

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the huge craft exploded while docking
and blazed to a fiery end,

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taking the lives of almost half
its 99 passengers and crew.

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Hours late on its trip from Hamburg
because of headwinds,

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the zeppelin had to ride out
a thunderstorm along the Jersey coast

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before heading for the Air Station
and nosing its way to the mooring mast.

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The wind is bad
and the docking is a ticklish one,

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but it's all a thrill for the crowd
of happy passengers,

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eager to land after
their transoceanic trip.

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Slowly the big ship warps in

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and the ground crews
rush for the mooring lines.

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In another ten minutes or so the great
aircraft would have been snugly docked.

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But as the passengers crowded
the windows to watch,

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a roar and a burst of flame
near the big tailfins

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turned the ship into a flaming inferno.

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(Dramatic music)

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(Screams)

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Passengers and crew, the fortunate
among them, fell or jumped

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and were dragged to safety
before the fiery furnace took their lives.

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Heroic work by Navy and Army men,

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risking their lives around
the white-hot skeleton,

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snatched more than one dazed
and half-burnt passenger

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from the blazing wreckage.

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But for the most of those trapped
in the incandescent tangle,

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there was no hope!

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It's the greatest of miracles that anyone
came out of the disaster alive.

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Seven million cubic feet
of inflammable hydrogen gas

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blazed up in less than a minute.

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The hundreds of tons of fuel oil
burns for an hour or more,

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with its dense black smoke
making a pall over the tragic scene.

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In all the history of air disasters,
this is the worst, the most terrible.

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Hailed as the luxury liner of the air,

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the Hindenburg's horrible end
has shocked the entire world.

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The pride of the skies
reaches its journey's end.

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[Universal Newsreel]

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[Zep Survivors Fight for Life
as Inquiry Begins]

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[Lakehurst, N. J.]

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A twisted, tangled mass of seared girders
and bits of blackened fabric

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are all that remains of the proud
luxury airliner Hindenburg

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that lies at the Lakehurst Naval Station.

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The death list is now 35, with ten,
including Captain Pruss,

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still on the critical list.

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With the next morning's first light,
a naval inspection board

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headed by Captain Haines,
inspects the wreckage,

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as others search the still-smoking
ruins for a possible clue

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that might yield a key
to the mysterious disaster.

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The remains of the Hindenburg
will not be moved

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until the arrival of Germany's
expert, Dr Hugo Eckener,

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who heads a commission that will
conduct an investigation simultaneously

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with the Department of Commerce.

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German ambassador, Hans Luther,
was the first Reich observer to arrive.

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Visiting the injured at the hospital
in nearby Lakewood,

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but refusing to comment on anything
connected with the disaster.

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As soon as is possible,
the injured who can be moved

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are carried to ambulances were transferred
to New York, 60 miles away,

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so as to receive everything
that medical science can offer.

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Swathed in bandages, they may be more than
thankful for their miraculous escape

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from the blazing inferno
of the Hindenburg.

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Members of the crew not seriously injured

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were housed in the officer's
mess at the Naval Station.

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13-year-old Werner Franz,
the cabin boy, is the youngest survivor,

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will appear before the Department
of Commerce investigation board

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that calls Commander Rosendahl, head
of the Naval Station, as first witness.

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But experts believe the exact cause
of the greatest of air disasters

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will never be known.

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Over the Hindenburg will loom a question
mark that can never be forgotten!