Скачать или смотреть The Saga of the USS Franklin

I decided to start a new series where I feature an older documentary or newsreel on Friday nights. This week's feature is "The Saga of the Franklin".

Shot in 1945, "The Saga of the Franklin" is a 16-mm Kodachrome color documentary film produced about the Essex class aircraft carrier USS Franklin. Nicknamed "Big Ben", she was hit by a Japanese dive bomber on March 19th, 1945, while conducting offensive operations about 50 miles off the coast off Japan, the results of which are shown in the film. The film chronicles Franklin's fight and subsequent return to the United States.


US National Archives (unrestricted access under public domain)
Department of the Navy. Office of the Chief of Naval Operations. Naval Observatory. (1942 - 09/18/1947)

ARC Identifier 13189 / Local Identifier 80-MN-9156