Witness History: Archive 2012 - The Torrey Canyon disaster

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Forty five years ago it was the biggest oil spill the world had ever seen.

It happened when an oil tanker hit rocks off the south-west coast of England.

The air force tried to burn up the oil by dropping bombs on it.

Photo: AFP/Getty Images.

Published on Monday, 19th March 2012.

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