Emals maker general atomics and the engineer 's at the naval air engineering station in lakehurst , n. j. , where the tests were conducted , still have a lot of proving to do if they are going to deliver their electromagnetic slingshot on time .
Assembled as part of a massive pr campaign by the hindenburg 's parent company in germany , no fewer than 22 photographers , reporters , and newsreel cameramen were on the scene in lakehurst , n. j.when the airship went down .