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Newly Analyzed Footage Helps Solve Hindenburg Mystery

Clip: Season 48 Episode 6 | 6m 45s | Video has closed captioning.

Newly analyzed amateur footage of the crash shows the airship’s final seconds from a fresh angle—allowing historians for the first time to see the airship from nose to tail just after the fire breaks out.

Aired: 05/19/21

Rating: NR

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