The Hugo site uses HTTPS but the video link was HTTP, which made chrome block the video
<div class="video-container">
-<iframe class="youtube-player" type="text/html" width="100%" height="auto" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/{{ index .Params 0 }}" allowfullscreen frameborder="0">
+<iframe class="youtube-player" type="text/html" width="100%" height="auto" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/{{ index .Params 0 }}" allowfullscreen frameborder="0">
</iframe>
</div>