That PBS special was pretty good, yes. I noticed though that yet again (like many other documentaries) it neglected to mention that the Hindenburg was intended to utilise Helium, which would have prevented such a conflagration from happening. The US was just about the sole supplier of Helium at that time, but refused to supply Germany (presumably to show their distaste for what was happening in Germany at that time).
A case of high principles having disastrous consequences?
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