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Uss Forrestal Blaze 1967
Description
Sea of Tonkin, Vietnam.
Various shots aboard the American aircraft carrier USS Forrestal with crew fighting to save her from dying by fire after aircraft explosion on launching. We see the crew fighting the fire as planes explode about. Other planes are pushed overboard into the sea. Some of...
Data
- Cataloguer:
- Sanja
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Sound:
- Mute
- Media URN:
- 93563
- Sort Number:
- UN 4290 C
- Time in/Out:
- 01:31:40:00 / 01:33:04:00
- Canister:
- UN 4290 C
- Film ID:
- 3198.09
- Issue Date:
- 1967
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