The notation on the screen at the beginning of the show indicates May 6th 1937, New Jersey. The baseball glove shown in the picture is a Greg Maddux Wilson-brand baseball glove. Greg Maddux played baseball from 1986 to 2008.
The film depicts steward Heinrich Kubis having sympathetic attitude towards Joseph Spah, insisting he was "alright" and that he was just "feeding his dog". In reality, Kubis believed that the Hindenburg was sabotaged by Spah.
The film starts stating four newsreel cameras were present to document the ship's arrival. There were four newsreel teams (Hearst News of the Day, Pathe, Movietone and Paramount) present when the Hindenburg made its final approach, but in the case of Movietone, there was a second cameraman and assistant alongside main cameraman Al Gold. Additionally, not all the cameras were positioned on the ground - Al Gold of Movietone and William Deeke of Pathe News had their cameras positioned atop of the newsreel vans.
First Officer Albert Sammt did not testify to the inquiry until after Eckener gave his testimony about what he believed caused the disaster. Additionally, many of the surviving crew members, including Werner Franz, had already returned to Germany on the ship Europa by the time Eckener testified, and would not be present as seen in the documentary.
The US Flags throughout the re-enactment are all 50 state flags with 50 stars. The US had only 48 states at that time therefore the flags had only 48 stars. You can tell by the staggering offset of alternating rows of stars. The 48 star flag had a perfect rectangular alignment.
The main characters that appear in the film are real, but some of the background extras are not accurate. For example, a young girl can be seen walking around the passenger decks during the landing.