THE HINDENBURG IN FLAMES

When the Hindenburg went down in flames in a disastrous explosion on May 6th, 1937, the era of airship travel ended. Sam Shere’s photo of the Hindenburg in flames has been called the most famous news photograph ever taken. The entire episode from first flash to destruction took less than a minute. It happened so fast that Shere, who could feel the heat of the burning airship, had no time to raise his camera to his eye. His famous photo, which was the first ever to show a major air disaster as it happened, was shot from the hip.