History's Greatest Mysteries: The Hindenburg Disaster
06:55 am - 07:50 am, Tuesday, December 30 on Sky History (353)
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The Hindenburg Disaster
Season 5, Episode 9
Actor Laurence Fishburne explores the Hindenburg airship disaster of May 1937, when the craft caught fire while landing in New Jersey. The cause of the blaze, which burst out of the nose, was never fully determined and 35 out of the of 97 people on the airship died. Most of the survivors were severely burned
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Did You Know..
Laurence Fishburne
(Presenter)
Born:
July 30, 1961
in
Augusta, Georgia
Best Known For:
His role in The Matrix
Early-life:
Laurence John Fishburne III was born in Augusta, Georgia, in 1961. His mother, Hattie, was a teacher, and his father was a correctional officer. They divorced when he was a youngster and Laurence was raised in Brooklyn by his mother. He began acting at the tender age of 12, landing a role in the soap opera One Life to Live.
Career:
Laurence lied about his age to ensure he got a part in the epic Apocalypse Now, and enjoyed a minor role in Steven Spielberg's acclaimed The Color Purple. Since then, Fishburne has established himself as a character actor of some note - with roles in School Daze, Boys N the Hood, What's Love Got to Do With It? (for which he received an Oscar nomination) and The Matrix films. In 2008, he returned to TV work, accepting a lead role in CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, but is also due to appear in the upcoming movies Predators and 4Chosen.
Quote:
"It's not that I take myself seriously, I take what I do seriously.
Trivia:
Away from acting, Fishburne is a Unicef ambassador.
