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Video: New footage shows Hindenburg disaster in stunning detail

The exact cause of the airship’s fiery demise is still a mystery

LAKEHURST, N.J. — Newly released video shows an intimate birds-eye view look of the moments leading up to the explosion of the Hindenburg in New Jersey on May 6, 1937.

The footage includes clips of the Hindenburg floating over Manhattan with a swastika on its tail. Some passengers and crew managed to jump out of the airship in time, but 35 people onboard the Hindenburg died in the explosion.