The Hindenburg Author:Michael MacDonald Mooney May 6, 1937, the reporter yelled that this was the most terrible disaster in the world, and "Oh the humanity!" which became a famous phrase. How did this happen? This book gives the story as was known at time of writing in 1972. Some of this book was the basis of the 1977 movie, "Hindenburg", starring ... more »George C. Scott and Annie Bancroft ("The Graduate" and Mel Brooke's wife), with human drama and intrigue. During 2000 decade, PBS's NOVA updated the theories and concluded that static electricity zapped the iron oxide in the dope, igniting the canvas, since the flames were yellow and not blue or invisible and point of ignition. It is still a mystery.« less