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Originally Posted by KeybdFlyer
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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Actually the Hindenburg was in the US to get a supply of helium. Much of the reluctance to give Germany helium however was over their use of zeppelins to bomb England and Paris during the 1st world war.