WWII - 1945, Pacific Naval Battles: The Sea Epic of Carrier Franklin

WWII - 1945, Pacific Naval Battles Main title: Movietone News 03:00:59 Titles: “The Sea Epic of Carrier Franklin” - “Spectacular Films: Heroic US Warship Survives Blazing Holocaust Caused by Jap Air Attack.” 03:01:14 Carrier leaving Hawaii port w/ many tugs; aerial of task force w/ aircraft carrier at sea w/ fighter planes flying alongside. 03:01:23 19Mar45 Japanese planes attack Task Force 58 at sea. Japanese planes shot down; heavy flak, plane hit, parachute seen as plane spirals down w/ into water. Kamikaze thru tracers, explodes in fireball. View of Kamikaze plane low onto carrier. 03:01:53 CU Bomb explosion & firefighting shot from aboard carrier. 03:02:12 LS Huge explosions on carrier & black smoke. Fighting fire intercut w/ more explosions seen from other ships. VERY GOOD. 03:03:42 Carrier USS Franklin (CV-13) listing heavily; Light Cruiser USS Santa Fe (CL-60) alongside fighting fire & taking / rescuing crew. 03:04:39 Wounded tended by medics. Chaplain Joseph O’Callahan says prayer over dead man. GOOD 03:04:59 Injured transferred on stretcher by ropes to CL-60. Sailors jump onto other ship - one falls & others jump into sea & rescued. Men on rubber raft & pulled on board. 03:06:03 Devastated smoking deck of USS Franklin. Carrier keeps sailing back to USA. 03:06:23 Shipboard religious services. 03:06:41 Franklin thru Panama canal, past Statue of Liberty & skyscrapers of lower Manhattan, New York. 03:07:13 Vice-Admiral A.W. Fitch aka VADM Aubrey W. Fitch presents medals on docked carrier at Brooklyn Navy Yard. Family & friends of sailors watch seated on deck. MCU Chaplain & Captain Gehres of carrier. 03:07:48 CU tattered flag in breeze. The End. WW2; Damage; Heroism; Heroes; Military Awards; Navy;