Uss Forrestal Disaster 1967

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Tonkin, Vietnam.

Aerial view of the ships of the American Seventh Fleet including the aircraft carrier USS Forrestal in Gulf of Tonkin off coast of Vietnam. Various shots aboard the carrier Forrestal towards the end of eighteen hour fight showing smouldering fighter planes and general wreckage...

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Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
93556
Sort Number:
UN 4289 B
Time in/Out:
01:06:08:00 / 01:06:52:00
Canister:
UN 4289 B
Film ID:
3198.02
Issue Date:
1967

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