Break Apart the Reel and Put Together the Pieces of the Mystery
Harold Schenck was standing with the crowd waiting for the Hindenberg to arrive. He took out his wind-up camera and started shooting footage 2 minutes at a time. After he took the footage of the airship’s arrival, he put away his camera, but once the explosion began, he started shooting again, and his being a wind-up camera helped a lot.
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In the particular footage captured by Mr. Schenck, a peculiar feature is brought to the eye of the researchers – Ropes. Before the landing and four minutes before the explosion, ropes were lowered onto the ground. Though this footage captured a critical piece of information, even this footage couldn’t capture the exact moment when the explosion was set off.