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Newsreels 1961 January 9
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keywords: oil tanker collision, environmental disaster
Synopsis: Two tankers collied causing an explosion of fire with the flaming oil engulfing a nearby passenger ship and a final death toll of 61 victims...(read more)
- Date: 1961
- Duration: 00:00:44
- Sound: Yes
- Color: Monochrome
- Type: Public Domain
- Language: English
- Location: Turkey
61 Perish As Tankers Collide In The Bosporus Straits
Maritime disaster in the Bosphorus Strait, just off Istanbul, as two tankers collide. Fire and explosion send flaming oil spreading over the busy sea lanes, engulfing a Turkish passenger vessel anchored nearby. At least 61 die as all three ships are destroyed.
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- Newsreels: 1961 - January 9
