Actual Zeppelin Crash! AKA Hindenburg Airship… 1937

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Unused / unissued material - no paperwork - dates unclear or unknown.

New York, United States of America (USA).

Nice shots of the German airship Hindenburg flying over New York (the Swastikas on her tail fin are clearly visible). Ground shots of the airship passing overhead. The airship...

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
58194
Sort Number:
UN 0063 B
Time in/Out:
01:28:36:00 / 01:33:36:00
Canister:
UN 63 B
Film ID:
528.21
Issue Date:

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