Factual error: Two passengers play a piano/vaudeville routine in the lounge for the officers and passengers. During its initial season (1936) Hindenburg had a lightweight aluminum baby grand piano on board. However, passenger accommodations were expanded over the winter of 1936/37 and the piano was removed. There was no piano aboard Hindenburg on her fatal flight in May 1937.
Hindenburg (1975)
Directed by: Robert Wise
Starring: Anne Bancroft, George C. Scott, William Atherton, Roy Thinnes
Factual error: In Berlin, you see a Citroen HY. The car was introduced in 1947, more than a decade later.
Trivia: The Hindenburg explosion and fire towards the end of the movie combines filmed footage with actual newsreel footage of the disaster.
Trivia: The Universal Studios logo at the beginning of the movie is a silent variant of the 1936 logo.
Mrs. Channing: Sugar, next time, let's take the Titanic.
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