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Full Circle

A 2008 documentary on the INS Dakar, the Israeli submarine lost in 1968, and a son's search for his father.

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Photo: Bamahane photographer (Israel Defense Forces), via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0

Full Circle is a 2008 documentary film about the INS Dakar, an Israeli submarine that disappeared in 1968, the wreckage of which was found in 1999. Full Circle tells the tale of a son's unrelenting investigation to find his lost father and 68 fellow submariners. “The Men of the INS Dakar – Never Forgotten”.

In 1968, submariner Dan Manor was lost at sea with 68 fellow submariners. Dan was returning home to Israel aboard the INS Dakar to see his newborn son Arnon, when tragedy struck.

Photographs, via Wikimedia Commons. Cover: the INS Dakar, 1968, by a Bamahane photographer (Israel Defense Forces), CC BY-SA 3.0. The Dakar's masts in the western Mediterranean on 18 January 1968, probably its last photograph, from the Clandestine Immigration and Naval Museum, CC0. The Dakar's emblem, Israel Defense Forces, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Photo: Clandestine Immigration and Naval Museum, via Wikimedia Commons, CC0 · Emblem: Israel Defense Forces, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0

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