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Actual war footage of the 1945 bombing of the U.S.S. Franklin – Sailors fighting for their lives.

The USS Franklin was bombed in March 1945 near Okinawa, Japan with a considerable loss of life. She was badly damaged by a Japanese air attack in March 1945, with the loss of over 800 of her crew, becoming the most heavily damaged United States carrier to survive the war. The remaining crew members gained control of the fires and ultimately brought the ship back to the U.S. mainland for repairs, missing the rest of the war; she was decommissioned in 1947.

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World War II 1942 – This film documents why the US entered World War II with actual scene footage

Portrayal of the steps that led up to Pearl Harbor and total mobilization of World War II. Nothing has been staged. Every scene in this film is authentic. This film represents an attempt to record history in the making. The Editors are Americans, and therefore partisans, but every effort has been made to let the facts speak for themselves.

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