The Hindenburg burns at Lakehurst, 6 May 1937
Flames and black smoke pour from the airship as its bare framework sinks onto the field; men stand and run before the fire.
Beside the mooring mast the airship lies burning on the ground, its covering gone and its rings outlined against a wall of fire; a column of black smoke rises above the wreck; small figures run across the field towards it, a man in a peaked cap stands in silhouette before the flames, and men in dark coats and caps gather on the grass in front of the burning framework.
At about 7.25 in the evening of 6 May 1937, as the landing lines were being taken up, fire broke out near the tail and the hydrogen-filled ship burned out within about half a minute. Of the 97 people on board, 35 died, together with one man of the ground crew. The fire ended the era of passenger airships.
