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USS INDIANAPOLIS: THE FINAL CHAPTER

This scientific detective story details the discovery of the USS Indianapolis wreck site three and a half miles below the Philippine Sea.

The ship’s sinking in the final days of Second World War was the largest loss of life in US Naval history, and the harrowing survival story of 316 sailors drifting in failing life preservers is legendary. The programme combines never-before-seen archival footage and CGI with the moving accounts of the few remaining survivors, testimony of historians and spectacular footage of the well-preserved wreck.

DURATION

1 x 60

YEAR OF PRODUCTION

2018

PRODUCED BY

Vulcan Productions

BROADCASTER

PBS
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