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1929 USA / DEFENCE: Aircraft carriers Saratoga and Lexington scrapped
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0:20Now PlayingDate: 7th March 1929
Location: USA, United States
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: EMPIRE NEWS NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
SLATE INFORMATION: Floating aerodromes. U.S. authorities have decided to scrap, as "too expensive", the mighty aircraft carriers - the Saratoga
USA:
EXT / AT SEA
USS Saratoga (aircraft carrier) along
SLATE INFORMATION: ...and the Lexington
USS Lexington (aircraft carrier) along
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