USS FORRESTAL FIRE - PLAT FOOTAGE Tonkin Gulf Part 1

Description

1) HA MS General view o the blazing inferno on the after part of the flight deck of the FORRESTAL; many a/c ablaze, explosion goes off in the R shooting smoke and fire to the BG; parked helicopter in lower FG plus RA- 5C; heavy black pall of smoke which covers the entire BG; various little counters are seen at the top of the scene giving the hour, seconds and other information on all these rolls due to it being PLAT footage; unmanned fire hose on deck in R BG with water spraying over the flight deck; A-4C type a/c burning in the R BG on the port side of the deck; explosion goes off within the black smoke in the mid-BG: no personnel are seen on the flight deck area; an occasional explosion is seen throughout the area of the fire with several a/c being consumed, water is being sprayed on the helicopter in the lower FG by a team out of the scene to the R; BG looks similar to a burning junk yard. ft.

Collection

General Records of the Department of the Navy

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities