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Clip was filmed on a Cine-Kodak 8, Model 20 camera by amateur photographer Harold Schenck Disaster unfolded at Naval Air Station in Lakehurst, New Jersey, on May 3, 1937 after flight from Frankfurt Existing newsreel footage shows a close-up view of the airship as it burned while falling from the sky New film shows a wider shot of the airship as it burned and also reveals moment landing ropes were lowered 

UpdatedSat, May 15, 2021 at 11:36 am ET Replies(11) Footage by amateur filmmaker Harold N. Schenck that has not been aired publicly is part of a "Nova" documentary that takes a fresh look at was caused the spark and fire that destroyed the famed airship on May 6, 1937. (Shutterstock / Everett Collection) LAKEHURST, NJ — For more than 80 years, investigators have tried to figure out what caused the spark that led to the Hindenburg going up in flames as it prepared to land at Lakehurst Naval Ai...