The Hindenburg (1975 Movie)
The Hindenburg (1975) is a movie based on the disaster of the German airship Hindenburg. The film was produced and directed by Robert Wise, and was written by Nelson Gidding, Richard Levinson, and William Link based on the novel by Michael M. Mooney. The movie has an ensemble cast, including George C. Scott, Anne Bancroft, Burgess Meredith, and Charles Durning.
A highly speculative thriller, The Hindenburg portrays a conspiracy leading to the destruction of the airship. The story is based on some real facts. One member of ship crew was Eric Spehl, a rigger who had photography as his hobby.
His girlfriend had connections with anti-nazists. So Spehl had motive, expertise, and opportunity to plant an explosive device, which in the movie was constructed of dry-cell batteries and a flashbulb, in "Gas Gell 4," the location of the initial explosion. And we also know that dry-cell batterys were discovered among the wreckage.
