Hindenburg
It was on this day 70 years ago that the Hindenburg was destroyed in Lakehurst, NJ. Looking back, it seems strange that humans could consider compressed gas airships a plausible means of transportation in the theoretical presence of lightning, or that at that time there were direct zepplin flights from Nazi Germany to the US, but I’m sure 70 years from now things in our modern lives will seem screwy.
Below is some archival footage of the flight, with some great overhead shots of tiny and quaint New York city. Music by a friend’s band the DP3.
I can’t think about this tragedy without thinking about this.