USS Forrestal fire off the Gulf of Tonkin during the Vietnam War. Time moving on a clock. An RA-5C aircraft is on fire. A man is seen in lower foreground of the footage. Crewmen spraying water on the plane in flames in the foreground. A large fire is seen in the background, as more planes around the vicinity catch fire. Smoke begins to get very heavy in the area filled with parked aircraft. A small explosion from a plane in the background. Debris shot up in the air. Personnel putting water over many aircraft in flames. Many Damage Control (DC) personnel among aircraft in the background. Vast area of the deck on fire, heavy smoke in the background. Fire spreading all over the USS Forrestal. An RA-5C being moved in the foreground to the right. DC personnel move toward main fire in the background. Burned out aircraft in the original area of the beginning of the fire. Men fighting fire in the background. Some units attempting to contain fire. Another RA-5C is moved away from the fire, after heavy sprays of water are put on the aircraft. Deck is filled with DC personnel using fire hose to put out fire. A forklift moves up to the starboard wing of an RA-5C. Forklift lifting the aircraft, with the nose of aircraft seen on the deck. Aircraft is seen with burns and heavy damage. Firefighters spraying with fire hoses. A heavy cloud of smoke obscures much of the background in the fire.
Massive damage on board USS Forrestal (CV-59) in the Gulf of Tonkin, Vietnam. A burned and damaged helmet lies on the deck, swaying in the wind. Several men from damage control teams and naval officers walk on the damaged deck area. They examine gaping holes due to rocket and bomb explosions. Twisted metal and scorched areas visible. The port side of the flight deck is partially sheared off, with rubble and twisted metal.
Bomb handled aboard USS Constellation (CVA-64) at Gulf of Tonkin, Vietnam. Ordnance men wheel Snakeye bombs. RA-5A aircraft parked in the background. Auxiliary power unit (APU) parked by aircraft. Aviation Ordnance men walk on flight deck. Snakeye bombs wheeled. A-4C aircraft spotted by a tractor. Aviation Ordnance men wheel Snakeye bombs on a cart. Pylon contains a bomb. A bomb cart wheeled under wing. A large rod is screwed in nose of bomb. Snakeye bombs attached to bomb. Steel rod is then unscrewed. Aviation Ordnance men use tools in tightening nuts on bombs. A fuse is screwed. Missile men wheel bomb cart carrying Sidewinder Missiles. A-4C aircraft loaded with bombs. A-4C aircraft stand in rows on the deck.
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.
Group of A-6A aircrafts in formation taking VIPs out to the USS Enterprise (CVAN-65), in the Gulf of Tonkin for awards presentation by Air Vice Marshall Nguyen Cao Ky, to pilots aboard the ship. Four A-6As in formation. Two A-6As in flight over clouds. A-6As in flight. Four A-6As in formation. Two A-6As in flight in close formation. Four A-6A's in formation. Three A-6A's in formation. Rear view, two A-6As in formation over the water.
Four A-6A aircraft in diamond formation are seen from behind as they escort VIPs to the USS Enterprise. View of nose of Grumman A-6A Intruder as camera is pointed through it canopy to get shots of A-6As in formation.