'USS Franklin: Honor Restored' Acquired by Czech Broadcaster
Janson Media anounnced today that it has licensed the documentary USS Franklin: Honor Restored(1 x 60') to Czech Television (Ceska Televise) of the Czech Republic. The film chronicles the dramatic campaigns of the class aircraft carrier and the brave United States Navy crew that serviced it through World War II, earning four battle stars in total.
USS Franklin: Honor Restored brings to life the compelling saga of USS Franklin. Directed by award winning director Robert Child (Silent Wings), and narrated by actor-director Dale Dye (Platoon, Saving Private Ryan, Band of Brothers, The Pacific),USS Franklin: Honor Restored constitutes the most extensive and vivid visual account of USS Franklin and the Carrier War in the Pacific. Coupled with these striking images are interviews ofFranklin survivors. You will hear and see the battle as seen through the eyes of the men who were there, as they share their most intimate and emotional memories of the disaster and reveal the anguish from accusations that linger still.
The USS Franklin (CV-13). The men in the American Pacific fleet knew her as &'Big Ben.&' She is known throughout history as &'The Ship That Wouldn"t Die.&' Even now, more than six decades after the end of hostilities in World War II, the very name Franklinspawns a tidal wave of emotion for her crew and thousands of men in the fleet caught up in what the name represents.
Launched in 1992, Ceska Televise (Czech Television) is the premier public television broadcaster of the Czech Republic. Ceska Televise has 4 channels (CT1, CT2, CT4 Sport and CT24) that includes a wide range of news, sports, film, and documentary programming.
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