The Hindenburg (1975) is a movie based on the disaster of the German airship Hindenburg. The film was produced and directed by Robert Wise, and was written by Nelson Gidding, Richard Levinson and William Link based on the novel of the same name by Michael M. Mooney (The Hindenburg [1972]). A.A. Hoehling, author of a previous book also about the sabotage theory, Who Destroyed The Hindenburg? (1962) sued Mooney along with the film developers for copyright infringement as well as unfair competition. However, Judge Charles M. Metzner dismissed his allegations.

A highly speculative thriller, The Hindenburg depicts a conspiracy leading to the destruction of the airship. In reality, while the Zeppelins were certainly used as a propaganda symbol by the Third Reich, and anti-Nazi forces might have had the motivation for sabotage, the theory of sabotage was investigated at the time and no firm evidence for such sabotage was ever put forward. The possibility of Boerth's (i.e. Spehl's) deliberate sabotage is one theory of the fire that had been the subject of Mooney's book, published around the time of the film's development. It has never been proven definitively. Although sabotage may be only a theory to the disaster, the sequence in the beginning about a bomb threat from a Kathie Rauch of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is fact.

This documentary series tells the story of the development and use of the airship, lighter than air vehicles such as blimps and more rigid designs. The film documents their invention, their use in World War As an observational and bombing platform, the development of a potentially prosperous passenger trade and how this all ended with a series of accidents in various countries culminating in the spectacular Hindenburg explosion. Written by Kenneth Chisholm

This film is a compendium of the facts and fiction of the events leading up to the disaster. For dramatic effect, Sabotage was chosen as the cause, rather than electricity lashing out at a couple of tons of hydrogen. Written by Charles Holland