| Navy Hospital Ship Sunk In Collision | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1550 |
| Catalog #: | 350794 | |
| Clip Number: | 350794-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 023-382-02 | |
| Timecode: | 00:40:07 - 00:41:12 | |
| Location: | San Francisco, California | |
| Year Shot: | 1950 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | DISASTERS: Boating accident, Shipwreck DISASTERS: Victims LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA, California, San Francisco TRANSPORTATION/BOATS & SHIPS: Hospital Ships TRANSPORTATION/BOATS & SHIPS: Military | |
| Description: | Navy Hospital Ship Sunk In Collision Eighteen are dead and fourteen are missing in the tragic sinking of the Navy Hospital Ship 'Benevolence' off the fog-shrouded golden gate. Miraculously, hundreds were rescued when the mercy vessel was rammed by a freighter and sank in fifteen minutes. Ship had recently been de-mothballed for Korean service. MS of hospital ship sitting in the water. MCU of the crew and patients on the ship being transfered from the sinking ship to a place of safety. MS of the smiling faces of the rescued military men. All they have on is a blanket wrapped around them and a hot cup of coffee. | |
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