One of the designers/builders of the giant steam powered machine in the film was Albert Sammt. Sammt, by trade, was a rigger and elevatorman in the airship industry. Surprisingly, many airshipmen like Sammt who were looking for work at the time, took positions as technical crew in the motion picture industry. Upon returning to work in the German airship industry, Sammt was eventually promoted to captain. Captain Albert Sammt, under the command of Captain Maximilian Pruss, served as first officer of DLZ-129 Hindenburg. Sammt was amongst the surviving crew of the 1937 disaster.

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