Posted on 05/21/2021 6:58:02 PM PDT by White Lives Matter
Previously unseen video footage has been helping scientists learn more about the fate of the airship.
One of the 20th Century's most infamous disasters, the destruction of the Hindenburg - a large German passenger airship - occurred following its arrival at Naval Air Station Lakehurst in Manchester Township, New Jersey in May 1937.
The huge hydrogen-filled airship was carrying 97 passengers at the time, of which 37 lost their lives when the vessel inexplicably burst into flames and crashed to the ground, bringing with it any remaining confidence in airship travel in general.
Although it is obvious that the gas inside the ship provided the fuel for the blaze, the exact reason why the airship went up in flames in the first place has remained a topic of debate for decades.
One of the most popular theories suggests that the fire started when the buildup of static electricity on the airship's exterior came into contact with a special type of 'dope' ( a mixture of iron oxide and aluminum-impregnated cellulose ) that had been painted all over the canvas.
It wouldn't have taken much of a fire to set the hydrogen inside burning and for the blaze to consume the whole ship.
Fast-forward to the present day and now new clues have surfaced in the form of previously unseen video footage captured by a bystander who had been standing at a different location to the cameras that recorded the most widely distributed clips.
Thanks to this new angle, experts have been able to learn more about how the fire spread.
(Excerpt) Read more at unexplained-mysteries.com ...
If the film is unedited and original how did the typed event frame descriptions get in there including the copyright notice? Who would copyright a blank film on an event that didn’t happen until after the copyright information was recorded?
Early 8mm movie camera.
Vtg circa 1937 Agfa Movex 8 Gold Movie Camera, 8-mm, M1791 w/cartridge - Germany
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Exactly.
Watch the video. The film expert lady explains why it was done.
“I think film is a kind of video recording….”
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Is film that tape used in those old typewriters?
Powdered iron oxide primer, powdered aluminum paint.
Powdered iron oxide + powdered aluminum = Thermite.
That took a special kind of 'dope'...
Sure, the technology is different but you are still recording a moving image. An animated visual or video recording.
Audio can be recorded on wax or foil cylinders, shellac or vinyl disks, magnetic tape, CDs, electronic storage....
Its true! He caught it on his cell phone! I just read about it on Thomas Jeffersons blog.
helping scientists learn more about the fate of the airship.
Scientists? Really?
Whatever for?
Historians maybe...but it’s not like there’s a fleet of them grounded until there are answers.
At 5:12 they claim it is a digital copy of the original film, no mention of other post editing.
They start with a copyright statement. How did that get there if they didn't do it? Who would copyright a blank film waiting for content to be added?
“... theories in search of the theoretical hydrogen leak that no one has yet found a shred of evidence of. “
Hmmmm, wonder were all those possible shreds of evidence could have gone ?
The Hindenburg fire was caused by a gunshot striking the metal frame. It was a gang initiation (Rolling Crips).
Who cares? Just asking.
My father was fishing with his uncle when the Hindenburg flew over about 20 minutes before it crashed.
And ?
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Just sayin’. He watched the airships. Ya know the whole six degrees thing. How close was your old man to such an historic event?
Is that a flare gun I see?
Back when “footage” was the real deal.
We should update that to “bittage” for today’s cameras.
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