[SFDXA] MAY 19 at 9PM on PBS NOVA

[Bill]

This might be interesting...  Please spread it around!
A note from Pete, NL7XM...
73
Don
W4WJ

You may recognize the name of my friend and colleague from SNJ, *Bob 
Schenck / N2OO* as the editor of CQ Magazine’s monthly “DX” column, and 
QSL Manager extraordinaire for the most famous of DXpeditions.

A while ago he mentioned he was part of a TV documentary being made 
about the Hindenburg disaster and was interviewed in Hangar #1 at 
Lakehurst Naval Air Station in 2019. (Filming was later halted due to 
COVID19 but it has finally been finished.)

Bob’s mother and uncle were in Lakehurst when the Hindenburg exploded on 
May 6, 1937. His uncle took film footage of the explosion using his 
father’s Kodak 8mm movie camera. Bob kept the original film which his 
parents preserved all these years. Authenticated and researched, it is 
now finally being made public, and will prove to be an eye opener. This 
spectacular artifact is what’s highlighted in this new PBS NOVA 
documentary.
MAY 19 at 9:00 PM on PBS NOVA. (WHYY and PBS13) titled, “Hindenburg; The 
New Evidence.” Check your local provider’s listing.

Preview here:
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/video/hindenburg-the-new-evidence/ 
<https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/video/hindenburg-the-new-evidence/>
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 Air Station in 1937.
On Wednesday, a new "Nova" documentary is set to air on PBS that digs 
into the question and offers some scientific insights. "Hindenburg: The 
New Evidence" is set to air at 9 p.m. Eastern on PBS, and will be 
available for streaming online, according to the network.
The new look at the May 6, 1937, disaster was prompted by a conversation 
at the 80th anniversary commemoration outside Hangar One of the fire and 
crash that killed 35 people on board and one person on the ground. Dan 
Grossman, a renowned expert on airships including Hindenburg, was 
approached at the commemoration by Robert Schenck, a New Jersey resident 
whose uncle, Harold N. Schenck, had filmed the disaster.
Though Harold Schenck tried to share his amateur film, (which shows the 
disaster from a different angle than the newsreel films) with government 
investigators at the time, it was largely overlooked, his nephew says in 
the "Nova" film.
The "Nova" documentary not only shares the footage, which provided new 
clues to re-examine the cause of the explosion, but the scientific 
experiments that helped investigators come to a fresh understanding of 
what set off the fire.
The original investigations into the Hindenburg crash concluded the fire 
was a result of leaking hydrogen ignited by a spark, but no one had been 
able to determine what caused the spark. Eyewitness accounts suggested 
the fire started near the tail of the airship, but supporting evidence 
was hard to find until the unseen Schenck footage was examined. Newsreel 
recordings of the disaster begin after the fire is well underway, and 
most physical evidence was destroyed immediately in the blaze.
Grossman had the footage authenticated as part of the investigation. 
Then he and Jason O. Harris, a retired U.S. Air Force lieutenant colonel 
and commercial airline pilot trained in accident investigation, along 
with Konstantinos Giapis, a professor of chemical engineering at 
Caltech, examine clues provided by the Schenck footage to reach new 
theories about why and how the explosion happened the way it did.
"Thanks to this stunning new footage, we were able to revive a cold case 
investigation surrounding one of the most iconic disasters of the 20th 
century," said Gary Tarpinian, the film's executive producer.
“This film not only reveals new insights into how this tragic event 
unfolded, but also illustrates the enormous scale of the disaster," said 
Kirk Wolfinger, the director. "The Hindenburg remains vivid in our 
collective memories all these years later because of the searing images 
and film of the explosion," said Chris Schmidt, the co-executive 
producer of "Nova." "We feel honored to share this new footage with the 
world and to bring the 'Nova' audience behind the scenes of this pivotal 
new investigation into the crash.”
Don’t miss this incredible presentation made possible by yet another 
amazing Radio Amateur.

de Pete / NL7XM


























































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