Saga of the Franklin (1945)

Genre

war film, propaganda film

Country

United States

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How it feels

A documentary about the USS Franklin aircraft carrier and its survival of a Japanese attack in 1945. The film shows the ship's crew and the damage the carrier sustained.

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What happens

The Saga of the Franklin (1945) is a 16-mm Kodachrome color documentary film produced about the aircraft carrier USS Franklin, nicknamed "Big Ben", one of 24 Essex-class aircraft carriers built during World War II. The aircraft carrier was hit by a Japanese dive bomber on March 19, 1945. The USS Franklin was the most heavily damaged carrier in World War II to survive an attack. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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