Security camera footage of the 1967 USS Forrestal fire. An airplane takes off from the aircraft carrier USS Forrestal off the Gulf of Tonkin during the Vietnam War. A second aircraft takes off from USS Forrestal. Another plane is about to take off when the camera shifts view to a airplane burning after its fuel tank has been ruptured by a Zuni rocket. Fire grows stronger as it engulfs the other planes parked nearby. Thick smoke envelopes the USS Forrestal. Location: Gulf of Tonkin Vietnam. Date: July 29, 1967.

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Tonkin, Vietnam. <br/> <br/>Aerial view of the ships of the American Seventh Fleet including the aircraft carrier USS Forrestal in Gulf of Tonkin off coast of Vietnam. Various shots aboard the carrier Forrestal towards the end of eighteen hour fight showing smouldering fighter planes and general wreckage on the deck. <br/> <br/>(F.G.) <br/> <br/>Date found in the old record - 01/08/1967.

PREMIUM RATE FOOTAGE - aerial around Navy aircraft carrier 360 degrees - middle of ocean - Airplanes - Planes - Ocean - Naval - Military - Chopper - Helicopter - War - Details of all decks - People on decks - Antennas - zoom in deck - details on deck - USS Forrestal

THE USS FORRESTAL. #268 (*REPEAT see P-213-60*) THE USS FORRESTAL. (1954) #268 (16MM AVAILABLE GARAGE SHELF B)

The USS Forrestal goes on a five-day test cruise prior to her official commission. The giant supercarrier could hold 40,000 people on her enormous flight deck and is under the command of Navy Captain E.D. Edwards.

THE USS FORRESTAL SHIPPED OUT OF MAYPORT NAVAL STATION IN JACKSONVILLE TODAY ON WHAT THE NAVY DESCRIBES AS A ROUTINE TRAINING EXERCISE. HOWEVER SPECULATION IS THAT THE FORRESTAL WILL BE DEPLOYED, PERHAPS TO THE PERSIAN GULF AS THE PENTAGON REPORTED EARLIER THIS WEEK. THE SHIP'S COMMANDER, HOWEVER, SAYS THEY ARE SCHEDULED TO BE BACK IN A WEEK BUT WILL BE READY FOR ACTION SHOULD THEY GET A NOTICE OF DEPLOYMENT.

(SOUNDBITE) (English) CAPTAIN, USS FORREST SHERMAN CAPTAIN, NICHOLAS H. HOLMAN, SAYING: "Our focus has been developing partnerships with countries that are here to help develop relationships to improve security in the oceans of this part of the world.

BLACK & WHITE PRINT 50 FT. SIL SHOTS ON DECK OF THE USS FORRESTAL - MEN FIGHTING SMOKE IN A FEW MORE AREAS. MOST OF THE FIRE SEEMS TO BE UNDER CONTROL. CI: DISASTERS - SHIP, USS FORRESTAL. MILITARY - SHIPS, CARRIERS: USS FORRESTAL.

!!U.S.S. FORRESTAL NEARS COMPLETION

Tragedy - Fire Ravages USS Forrestal

Dating to 1959, this program about the USS Forrestal shows the U.S. Navy's most modern aircraft carrier operating in peacetime, but on a war footing. Rear Admiral James Lloyd Griffin is seen discussing the tactical purposes of the carrier, and Captain Allen M. Shinn, who commanded the ship in 1958-59, is seen in command. The ship's complement of aircraft in this era includes the Skyhawk (including a nuclear-armed version shown releasing a dummy bomb at the 13 minute mark), Corsair II, Douglas Skywarrior, and more.<p><p>USS Forrestal (CV-59), formerly AVT-59 and CVA-59, was a supercarrier named after the first Secretary of Defense James Forrestal. Commissioned in 1955, she was the first completed supercarrier, and was the lead ship of her class. Unlike the successor Nimitz-class, the Forrestal and her class were conventionally powered. The other carriers of her class were the USS Saratoga, USS Ranger and USS Independence. She superseded the World War II Japanese carrier Shinano as the largest aircraft carrier ever built in terms of full load displacement and was the first to specifically support jet aircraft.<p><p>The ship was affectionately called "The FID", because James Forrestal was the first ever Secretary of Defense, FID standing for "First In Defense". This is also the slogan on the ship's insignia and patch. She was also informally known in the fleet as the "USS Zippo" and "Forest Fire" or "Firestal" because of a number of highly publicized fires on board, most notably a 1967 incident in which 134 sailors died and an additional 161 were injured.<p><p>Forrestal served for nearly four decades in the Atlantic, Mediterranean, and Pacific. She was decommissioned in 1993, and made available as a museum. Attempts to save her were unsuccessful, however, and in February 2014 she was towed to Brownsville, Texas to be scrapped. Scrapping was completed in December 2015.<p><p>We encourage viewers to add comments and, especially, to provide additional information about our videos by adding a comment! See something interesting? Tell people what it is and what they can see by writing something for example like: "01:00:12:00 -- President Roosevelt is seen meeting with Winston Churchill at the Quebec Conference."<p><p>This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD and 2k. For more information visit http://www.PeriscopeFilm.com

USS Forrestal (CVA-59) underway in the Atlantic Ocean during a Fleet Review for President Kennedy who is aboard the USS North Hampton (not seen). USS Forrestal is seen firing 8 times during her gun salute as she sails past the North Hampton. View of several destroyers (DD) underway in the review column, including USS John Paul Jones (DD-932), USS Rooks (DD-804), USS Miller (DD-535), USS Hood (DD-655),USS Remely (DD-688), USS Barton (DD-722) and others. Location: Atlantic Ocean. Date: April 14, 1962.

00:21:41:16 [Barbara bush addresses families &amp; personnel at mayport Naval Air Station] LS soldiers listen to Adm Ready introduce Bush, US flag drapes side of USS Forrestal, folks clap :17/ SOT ...

Newport News, Virginia, USA. A Warner Pathe News story <br/> <br/> LS. GV's of the U.S.S. Forrestal during the course of construction. (F.G.) <br/> <br/>(Used in A.K.C.)