Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe.

An injured survivor of the Hindenburg disaster calmly smokes a cigarette as he is moved to a hospital from the field at Lakehurst, New Jersey; May 6, 1937

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Primary source footage that explains the event and info about the Hindenburg here:

Also live commentary of the event, “Oh, the humanity!”:

This entry was posted on January 15, 2015 by . It was filed under History, Human History, Images of History, Photography, The Drama Of It All, Weird and was tagged with , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , .

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