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26th Nov 2024

BONUS - Movie Recap & Review: The Hindenburg (1975)

"Remember - there are 7,000,000 cubic feet of hydrogen at the end of a fishing pole!" A slightly different bonus episode today - my film nerd husband and I recap the plot of the 1975 disaster movie The Hindenburg, starring Anne Bancroft and George C. Scott! My husband knows a lot about films but not much about airships (although he helps me produce these podcasts, so you'd imagine that by osmosis some knowledge has crept through). After a few drinks, we go back over the story scene-by-scene, discussing the characters, the story, the effects and the recreation of the airship itself. At the end, we discuss the film as a whole and our thoughts on it. Let me know if you agree or disagree with our opinions... This episode contains spoilers from the very beginning!! PS - this was originally uploaded on my Patreon account, since shut down, so ignore references to that.

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About the Podcast

Up Ship! The Airship History Podcast
Welcome to Up Ship! The Airship History Podcast. I'm Nick Rogers and I will be your captain on this long-haul flight through the fascinating history of the most awe-inspiring and ethereal aircraft ever conceived – the airship.

We will navigate from the earliest days of airships, through the violent days of the First World War into the Golden Age of the great airships of the 1920s and 30s, and beyond.

We'll fly around the world on the Graf Zeppelin, travel to the North Pole with Roald Amundsen, escort World War 2 convoys in US Navy airships and much, much more. And of course, we will examine in the depth the tragic crashes that bedevilled airship history, such as the Hindenburg Disaster.

On our journey we will encounter courageous pilots, crazy inventors, ambitious politicians, visionary engineers; a whole cast of colourful characters. We'll look at how airships influenced the way we travel now, and at the companies trying to bring them back into regular use.

Subscribe now as we voyage back to a time when giant airships ruled the skies!

Up Ship! The Airship History Podcast is produced by Story Circle LLC.

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