The Hindenburg Disaster, Sam Shere, 1937
Zeppelins were majestic skyliners, luxurious behemoths that signified wealth and power. Sam Shere of the International News Photos service was waiting in the rain at the Lakehurst, N.J., Naval Air Station on May 6, 1937, for the 804-foot-long LZ 129 Hindenburg to drift in from Frankfurt. All of a sudden, the giant ship’s flammable hydrogen caught fire and everything went up in yellow flames. The death toll was at 36 and Shere’s picture was the one that was able to capture the immediate shot of the tragedy.