 "The Saga of the Franklin" was photographed originally in 16-mm as a silent film by the Department of the Navy, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations.Combat footage including aerial battles and gun camera views were employed, as well as personal accounts of sailors and aviators.A sequence in "The Saga of the Franklin" showing the ship's chaplain, Lieutenant Commander Joseph T. O'Callahan, wearing a steel helmet while administering the last rites to a dying sailor, is one of the most enduring images of World War II in the Pacific.