Saga of the Franklin

Saga of the Franklin

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"Saga of the Franklin" (1945) was a Kodachrome color documentary film produced about the aircraft carrier USS "Franklin" which was hit by a Japanese dive bomber on March 19, 1945. "Franklin" was the most heavily-damaged carrier to survive WWII.

The film traces the career of the "Franklin" from construction to commissioning, and then follows her out to sea and combat. Some of the most harrowing footage in the film shows the aftermath of the Japanese bombing, when ammunition dumps aboard the carrier caught fire and began to explode. A sequence depicting a priest wearing a steel helmet while administering the last rites to a dying sailor is one of the most enduring images of WWII in the Pacific.

The film ends as a badly damaged "Franklin", against all odds, reaches New York City for repairs.

See also

*List of Allied Propaganda Films of World War 2

External links

* [http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000ICMEZY/ Amazon summary]


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