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Catalog Number	11-002
Format	Standard Play CAV
MPAA Rating
Running Time	125 minutes
Release History

Standard Play Version

Mono Pressing Location DiscoVision Carson Label Color Blue Retail Price $15.95 Issued December 1980

Side Frames Running Time 1 35,202 24min 26sec 2 37,069 25min 44sec 3 35,252 24min 28sec 4 35,205 24min 26sec 5 40,820 28min 20sec 183,548 127min 27sec Dead Side Green Slime

Ratings Video Transfer Audio Transfer Replication

Packaging Large Open-Top Open-Top Side-Open Sticker Printed

Pressing Notes

The video transfer is sharp and detailed. Its only drawback is the excessive dirt which is present on the transfer print and it litters all bright scenes annoyingly. The audio, while recorded at slightly too high a level, is rich in range and clarity. It is no match, however, for the new Stereo transfer of the widescreen edition.

The fate awaiting The Hindenburg at the film's end very much parallels a collectors fate with a DiscoVision copy as well: Crash and burn. Almost all copies of this disc all have a troublesome side 5, experiencing LaserLock starting as early as 23 minutes into the side and continuing for the duration. Some speculate it is a by-product of the "green slime" deadside, but this cannot be confirmed. Rumors have stated that there are copies in Open-Top boxes, but none have actually been found. If an Open Top copy does exist, it may have normal dead side programming. All copies ever examined have the "Green Slime" dead sides.

I wonder how many viewers have caught the horrible continuity error during side 2. One passenger states "Next time, let's take the Titanic." Pity the great luxury liner sank 25 years before the Hindenburg disaster.

Release History