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202626 minGdocumentary

Oh Whale

202626 minGdocumentary

News anchor Paul Linnman reported on an unusual incident in Florence, Oregon, in 1970 involving a whale that would shape his career.

“One man. One whale. Twenty cases of dynamite.”

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Winslow Crane-Murdoch

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News anchor Paul Linnman reported on an unusual incident in Florence, Oregon, in 1970 involving a whale that would shape his career.

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Winslow Crane-Murdochdirector

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Doug Brazilcast

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When news anchor Paul Linnman arrived in Florence OR on November 12th, 1970, he had no idea that the story he was about to tell would forever define his career. Following a small Oregon town, an exploding whale, and the man who made the story famous, Oh Whale is about how we don't get to choose our fate, only what we make of it.

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