Goodfellas (1990) The History Behind The Lufthansa Heist

The movie Goodfellas follows the story of a New York Mafia crew who robs an airport hangar at JFK airport. Here we present the real story behind Jimmy Burke and Henry Hill’s Lufthansa Heist.

I know the sound is rough on the History Channel part. I cleaned it up the best I could but if I lowered the volume to match the other clips, background sounds were then audible.

0:31 News report from 1978 about the robbery
2:52 History Channel documentary about the heist
26:17 Vincent Asaro is charged in 2014

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