THE SAGA OF THE CARRIER USS FRANKLIN (CV-13) - HOW IT GOT THROUGH THE FIRE - WWII COLOR DOCUMENTARY

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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.

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