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Restored broadcasts from 1937, in original transmission order.
- 1. Herbert Morrison at Lakehurst — “Oh, the humanity” · 6 May 1937
- 2. The Hindenburg disaster — archive transfer · 6 May 1937
Herbert Morrison at Lakehurst — “Oh, the humanity”
6 May 1937 · 1 min
Herbert Morrison's eyewitness description of the Hindenburg's destruction at Lakehurst, New Jersey, recorded to disc for WLS Chicago on 6 May 1937 and broadcast the following day — the first recording of a news event ever aired on an American network.
The Hindenburg disaster — archive transfer
6 May 1937 · 1 min
A second surviving transfer of the Lakehurst disc recording, held by the Internet Archive.
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