Stock Footage of Apollo 13 Recovery Ships, Various Locations

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TMENT OF NEWSFILM RELEASE OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE (PUBLIC AFFAIRS) UNITED AMERICA WASHINGTON, D.C. - 20301 STATES OF PLEASE NOTE DATE IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 16, 1970 OXford 76161 Number 59-70 Footage: 80 16mm Color A Wind Pring Room 2E 773 Time: 2:13 STOCK FOOTAGE OF APOLLO 13 RECOVERY SHIPS (Official U. S. Navy Film Released by the Department of Defense) This film shows four of the recovery ships for the APOLLO 13 operation scheduled for Friday, April 17, 1970. The ships are the USS IWO JIMA (LPH-2), USS BENJAMIN STODDERT (DDG-22), USS KAWISHIWI (AO-146), and the USS ESCAPE (ARS-6). Recovery is planned to take place approximately 1200 miles northeast of New Zealand, in the Pacific Ocean. SEQUENCES FOOTAGE VIDEO 26 (a) Aerial views of the USS IWO JIMA (LPH-2) underway with helicopters on deck 17 (b) The USS BENJAMIN STODDERT (DDG-22) underway 12 (c) USS KAWISHIWI (AO-146) in middle of carrier and destroyer 25 (a) Various views of the USS ESCAPE (ARS-6)underway NOTE TO EDITORS: PLEASE CREDIT DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE IN TITLE OR COMMENTARY. This motion film released to CBS-TV is for duplication and distribution to interested TV and newsreel pool members. It is to be forwarded within 72 hours to: DeLuxe Laboratories, 850 Tenth Ave., New York City 10019, telephone CIrcle 7-3220, where it will be available to non-pool members and other authorized agencies which make satisfactory financial arrangements with DeLuxe Laboratories. The original release film must not be cut in any manner.

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Filmed News Releases