"Battle of the Coral Sea" (1959) - Cliff Robertson WW2 Submarine War Film!

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  • In 1942 submarine commander Jeff Conway (Cliff Robertson) secretly photographs Japanese aircraft carriers in the Coral Sea.When his submarine is damaged Conway is forced to surrender to the Japanese.Taken to a Japanese interrogation camp Commander Conway and his submarine crew plan their escape.Their mission is dangerous but staying in the Japanese POW camp could be worse.
    Film debut of George Takei. Originally released on November 6, 1959.
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Комментарии • 144

  • @terrykeil6751
    @terrykeil6751 4 дня назад +4

    I really enjoy these old films...better than the new ones made today!

  • @skorpio156
    @skorpio156 19 дней назад +15

    As a former 11B, I appreciate the Can Do attitude, the willingness to sacrifice oneself, and the leadership of the Captain

    • @lawrencewiddis2447
      @lawrencewiddis2447 16 дней назад

      @@skorpio156 and I appreciate all 11Bs. I was one and an 11A.

  • @gscop1683
    @gscop1683 19 дней назад +12

    As a Boomer whose Dad was a WWII Pacific Marine I love these movies. Ive always liked Cliff Robertson and it is a shame his career was often overshadowed by the plethora of big stars of his era.

    • @keithad6485
      @keithad6485 18 дней назад

      Think I remember seeing Cliff Robertson in the 1970s Redford movie - Three Days of the Condor, though it is many years since I have seen that movie.

  • @TheSports50
    @TheSports50 18 дней назад +12

    At the coral ,we sank a light carrier the Shoho.
    Lost the Lexington .
    However the invasion of Port Moseby and Australia was stopped.
    At Midway , destroyed all 4 Japanese carriers which was the turning point of us gaining control of Pacific.
    Another major Battle of Leyte Gulf allowed us the recapture the Philippines.

    • @Leviyahyah
      @Leviyahyah 2 дня назад

      Battle of Midway was turning point of the Pacific War

  • @thetdchannel
    @thetdchannel 17 дней назад +6

    Just fun to watch people-relax! All those old war movies are fun to watch.
    I’m a former Navy jet carrier pilot…Top Gun wasn’t accurate but a fun movie. Some of my shipmates from VF-1 were in the movie.

  • @dpa3505
    @dpa3505 19 дней назад +26

    Why is this called "battle of the coral sea"? Its just a movie about a prisoner camp.

    • @mikebennett3812
      @mikebennett3812 14 дней назад

      Oh what a limited understanding ,and poor appreciation, of a dramatic composition offering that some persons possess.

  • @larrywiddis470
    @larrywiddis470 19 дней назад +8

    The best this film could do is a quote from Public Relations officer John Bergen? "On May 18, 1942, was called to active duty. He was soon promoted to Commander and assigned to the Secretary of the Navy's office. After completing a course at the Naval War College, he reported to Commander Fleet Air, South Pacific. From December 1943 to March 1944 he served at the Naval Station Puget Sound. In April 1944 he was made Chief of Staff and Public Relations Officer to the Commandant of the Base. He was detached for terminal leave on August 27, 1944, and released on inactive status three months later."

  • @haroldeckert7927
    @haroldeckert7927 20 дней назад +11

    Remember this film when a kid

  • @givenfirstnamefamilyfirstn3935
    @givenfirstnamefamilyfirstn3935 18 дней назад +6

    All the crew who survived the loss of U.S.S. Lexington must have despised this abomination.

  • @Calbeck
    @Calbeck 14 дней назад +5

    "Battle of the Coral Sea": 10% pre-battle submarine fanfiction, 85% POW schlock, 5% Battle of the Coral Sea (frenetically slamming models together in a bathtub).

  • @frankmccann29
    @frankmccann29 21 день назад +7

    This is good one and looking forward to it ❤

  • @phoebebrown2883
    @phoebebrown2883 20 дней назад +29

    My uncle died in a prisoner of war camp in Singapore.

    • @barrierjohn6528
      @barrierjohn6528 19 дней назад +1

      @phoebebrown2883…..To be a prisoner of the Rising Sun was not an enviable place to find oneself. I’m sorry for you and your family to lose your uncle this way. Was he Australian or British? Many thousands from those countries ended up POWs in those locales. Take care.

    • @kabbey30
      @kabbey30 19 дней назад +1

      I consider your Uncle a hero, sir. Could you tell us his first name so those of us can say a prayer for him?

    • @phoebebrown2883
      @phoebebrown2883 19 дней назад +3

      @@kabbey30 William (or Willie) I never met him he died before I was born. He is buried in Singapore.

    • @phoebebrown2883
      @phoebebrown2883 19 дней назад +3

      @@barrierjohn6528 British. He is buried in Singapore.

  • @kenjohn487
    @kenjohn487 18 дней назад +2

    thanks guys ... and gals

  • @KEB129
    @KEB129 16 дней назад +2

    The Battle of Jutland in WW1 was even bigger than this battle!

  • @GordonTechno
    @GordonTechno 20 дней назад +73

    Interesting movie. As a former submariner, I can say this film is the most technically inaccurate piece of fiction I've ever seen.

    • @PercyPruneMHDOIFandBars
      @PercyPruneMHDOIFandBars 20 дней назад +8

      I agree. Wasn't the truth quite interesting enough?

    • @ooyginyardel4835
      @ooyginyardel4835 19 дней назад +2

      But considering the year that it was made, what did you think of it?

    • @SkeeterDunn
      @SkeeterDunn 19 дней назад +1

      😂😂

    • @PercyPruneMHDOIFandBars
      @PercyPruneMHDOIFandBars 19 дней назад +5

      ​@@ooyginyardel4835"The Cruel Sea" was made a few years earlier. I know which I prefer.

    • @frankcherry3810
      @frankcherry3810 19 дней назад +4

      Hollywood can do anything they want

  • @gf8650
    @gf8650 16 дней назад +4

    Must have been a special on German MP40 sub machine guns for Japanese POW camp guards that history forgot to tell us.

    • @mikefleming8352
      @mikefleming8352 13 дней назад

      Yeah, it was a special weapon exchange program.

  • @Thinker2-truth
    @Thinker2-truth 3 дня назад

    Billy Jack (Tom Laughlin) 5:45 "Lieutenant, it just seems if the Navy wanted a periscope camera, they would have invented one."

  • @mikel1483
    @mikel1483 5 дней назад

    thanks for the movie

  • @GeraldMiller-mp8fc
    @GeraldMiller-mp8fc 16 дней назад +2

    Before he has the Captain of PT 109, he was the Captain of a submarine.

  • @andrewnaylor3965
    @andrewnaylor3965 17 дней назад +15

    Scuba equipment wasn't invented till late in the war by the British / Americans the regulator was much later by the French man Jacque Custo

    • @rogerstlaurent8704
      @rogerstlaurent8704 17 дней назад +1

      The Undersea world of Jacque Cuto 1966 - 1976 Mr Aqua - lung Mr Andrew TY for the Blast from the PAST BTW Mr Jacque Cuto passed 25th of June of 1997 at 87 the DUDE was a legend

    • @georgehaeh4856
      @georgehaeh4856 16 дней назад +2

      Jacques Cousteau

    • @orvjudd1383
      @orvjudd1383 14 дней назад +1

      I am glad you caught that, the Japanese never had it.

  • @timsmith9169
    @timsmith9169 20 дней назад +1

    Wow very nice,I just found this channel 👍🇺🇸

  • @shuntguy
    @shuntguy 19 дней назад +6

    An attempt to humanize the Japanese. Japan was now an ally. Depp mistrust and animosity still existed among the American people and military towards Japan. Something needed to be done to convince the public to forget the brutality of the Japanese solders towards the Allies. This was part of it.

    • @redfields5070
      @redfields5070 18 дней назад

      How was this supposed to change anything?

    • @shuntguy
      @shuntguy 18 дней назад

      @@redfields5070 It showed Japanese leadership as sane, rational and only willing to uses violence as a last resort. The Japanese military was still the "enemy" but it's leadership could be trusted. Just what the US wanted in 1959.

  • @youdhagarnacharry4026
    @youdhagarnacharry4026 14 дней назад

    looks better than some present film movies.

  • @marckg6950
    @marckg6950 19 дней назад +4

    Good Saturday afternoon mindless movie

  • @streamofconsciousness5826
    @streamofconsciousness5826 19 дней назад +1

    "There is only one way this war can end Commander". Basically the truth even when America was off balance. Even Yamamoto knew they had Six months or a Year.
    Love the "Get to the point commander you're wasting time" said by the prisoner to the warden. And hot girls at a Japanese prison camp.
    That woman's reversal in fortitude, she went from being pushed where ever the world took her to commando.

  • @nordan00
    @nordan00 19 дней назад +3

    Young Billy Jack!

  • @larryehrlich57
    @larryehrlich57 6 дней назад +2

    America forced Japan to surrender via two Atomic Bombs detonated in the north western part of Japan. America had very recently perfected the Atomic bombs. Unfortunately Japan did not surrender after the first Atomic bomb exploded...so America was forced to drop the second Atomic bomb. After the second Atomic bomb exploded...Japan surrendered.

  • @ColinVanderheide
    @ColinVanderheide 19 дней назад +3

    That was a great movie ... I love the black and white movies.

  • @rodpettet2819
    @rodpettet2819 19 дней назад +5

    Not much submarine action. The movie switched to good old cowboys and Indians! That said it was quite an enjoyable movie.

  • @GrantWaller.-hf6jn
    @GrantWaller.-hf6jn 19 дней назад +2

    And our New Zealand friends who fought with the sreening forces

  • @glocke380
    @glocke380 16 дней назад +2

    They really didn't want to weigh down this movie with many facts. lol

  • @johnredding1243
    @johnredding1243 19 дней назад

    great job

  • @jonathanchalk2507
    @jonathanchalk2507 17 дней назад +1

    Do some research...! The "Battle of the Coral Sea" was between 4th - 8th May 1942. A simple Google search confirms this.

  • @scratchdog2216
    @scratchdog2216 19 дней назад +3

    19:50 A young Mr. Sulu I believe seated on the right operating the radar.

    • @rogerstlaurent8704
      @rogerstlaurent8704 17 дней назад

      Damn good catch you could be 100% correct it should look like him

  • @garynorris8492
    @garynorris8492 3 дня назад

    Cliff Robertson...Mosquito Squadron/Too Late The Hero/Three Days Of The Condor.

  • @martinbrode7131
    @martinbrode7131 18 дней назад +3

    US-Submarines. So important in WW 2 as italian tanks. 😂

    • @pjwesteinde
      @pjwesteinde 15 дней назад

      Yep, torpedoes did not work till late 1943

  • @PaulMcCartGuitarTracks
    @PaulMcCartGuitarTracks 13 дней назад +2

    This movie had nothing to do with the battle of the Coral Sea.

  • @MT-gv8ns
    @MT-gv8ns 20 дней назад +2

    Time 9:54 - "Flashing Light" - sailors don't use the term "Blinker"

  • @cotton-Dave
    @cotton-Dave 18 дней назад +1

    5 and 1/2 minutes in and I question whether they were allowed to SMOKE in a submarine?

  • @bmcc12
    @bmcc12 4 дня назад

    Interestingly, the aqualung was not invented to until 50s as far as I know!

  • @williamhatmaker2202
    @williamhatmaker2202 15 дней назад

    My dad was on the destroyer in the battle of the Coral Sea and Midway he join the military in 1939

  • @user-lk9sb1ld1p
    @user-lk9sb1ld1p 19 дней назад

    Solid film. Thanks

  • @hamshackleton
    @hamshackleton 19 дней назад

    A good mix of studio shots and real battle footage. Worth watching, bearing in mind it is a propaganda film.

  • @victorfinberg8595
    @victorfinberg8595 15 дней назад

    this was a clear strategic victory for the allies. yes, in some sense it might be considered a "pyrrhic" victory ... except the us could replace losses, and japan couldn't.

  • @user-um8ox4ug3c
    @user-um8ox4ug3c 18 дней назад +1

    日本語の字幕付きでお願いします。

  • @GeraldMiller-mp8fc
    @GeraldMiller-mp8fc 16 дней назад +2

    Japanese military was not this good in any prison camp.

  • @paddyodriscoll8648
    @paddyodriscoll8648 19 дней назад +3

    Ok, I watched 10 minutes and it’s too stupid to keep watching…. Sad.

  • @victorfinberg8595
    @victorfinberg8595 15 дней назад

    14:30
    there are some serious errors here, and in 1960, there was no good reason for this.
    - the only carrier with a displacement of 38 kt was the KAGA
    - shoho was a MUCH smaller carrier, only 1/4 as big.
    - a japanese carrier division was only TWO carriers.
    - there were THREE japanese carrier divisions in the pearl harbour attack.
    and more

    • @victorfinberg8595
      @victorfinberg8595 15 дней назад

      and again, at 81:40
      ships involved included zuikaku, shokaku, and shoho, NOT "3 carriers of the shoho class". that's a REALLY BAD mistake.
      i suppose, in those days, people like me (who know the material) did not exist, so there was no need to bother with small things like historical facts

    • @victorfinberg8595
      @victorfinberg8595 15 дней назад

      and again, at 86:00
      "all 3 of the largest enemy carriers were destroyed or disabled"
      completely WRONG

  • @johnharrop5530
    @johnharrop5530 12 дней назад

    Saved Australia my arse ,No mention of Pearl Harbour revenge 😊

  • @Jim-ic2of
    @Jim-ic2of 7 дней назад

    I don't like Chop Suey !😂

  • @lanetatom2701
    @lanetatom2701 19 дней назад +1

    "We need weapons." "I can't possibly do that. And you must tell me your new pronouns."

    • @RebeccaTurner-ny1xx
      @RebeccaTurner-ny1xx 19 дней назад +1

      "But don't worry, you'll not be prosecuted for committing war crimes against the poor, and the military budget will continue increasing endlessly for you to enjoy."

  • @justdoingitjim7095
    @justdoingitjim7095 17 дней назад

    Yep.

  • @paddyodriscoll8648
    @paddyodriscoll8648 19 дней назад

    Why did they post 1959 across the screen?

  • @stevesutton1991
    @stevesutton1991 19 дней назад +7

    So many things wrong with this movie. Rubbish, typical American how we won the war trash.

    • @Calbeck
      @Calbeck 14 дней назад

      well in all fairness we did -:3

  • @ernestobongabong
    @ernestobongabong 19 дней назад +2

    There was no "Battle of the Coral Sea".... a misleading title... 😡😡😡waste of time

    • @garywagner2466
      @garywagner2466 17 дней назад

      Put your bong down. The Battle of the Coral Sea was fought from May 4, 1942 - May 8, 1942.

  • @Thompson-xp1mk
    @Thompson-xp1mk 5 дней назад

    I watch later

  • @richardhatton4478
    @richardhatton4478 19 дней назад +1

    I like these movies, but the commercials every five minutes are too often. Maybe double them up every fifteen minutes to spare your viewers.

  • @georgehaeh4856
    @georgehaeh4856 16 дней назад

    Heavily Hollywoodized. The battle footage in the last few minutes might even be real, but so much else is fantasy that I'm not sure.

  • @oldguy8177able
    @oldguy8177able 19 дней назад

    1942 pretty sure their torpedoes' weren't working

  • @lanetatom2701
    @lanetatom2701 19 дней назад +1

    Gasp! Cigarettes!

    • @RebeccaTurner-ny1xx
      @RebeccaTurner-ny1xx 19 дней назад

      Showing the huge success of the tobacco industry in persuading millions to take up a potentially lethal and highly addictive product.

  • @user-pi8ih4ds5v
    @user-pi8ih4ds5v 8 дней назад

    It’s a movie.

  • @aspenrebel
    @aspenrebel 18 дней назад

    Why would they surface, pull out and inflate their own raft, paddle way the hell over to the other raft, put the people onto their raft, and paddle all the way back to the sub? Instead of just moving the sub right up to the raft? Now that made no sense at all. Then they lost the sub's raft.

    • @garywagner2466
      @garywagner2466 17 дней назад

      Builds suspense. That’s how films were made then.

  • @Great-v2q
    @Great-v2q 14 дней назад

    And what about this movie. May be you know the content but I do not know. Let’s see.

  • @WalterLinthicum-vf7qq
    @WalterLinthicum-vf7qq 19 дней назад

    😊 my dad was 25 years in the Navy he was in world war II he was a 20 mm gun on a 10 can

  • @garybee858
    @garybee858 15 дней назад

    Dumb part was when they shot the bag with the camera and pictures out the torpedo tube,, should had smash the camera and burnt the pictures on deck

  • @johanneswinkels401
    @johanneswinkels401 18 дней назад

    👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

  • @Great-v2q
    @Great-v2q 14 дней назад

    And actually Iam disappointed because whatever I see that is seen and analysed by the peer group.

  • @MrRuaAyengin
    @MrRuaAyengin 20 дней назад

    Minute 11 Patty officers are always runs behind the money and officers are behind the career, Why?

  • @larrylewis6771
    @larrylewis6771 20 дней назад +1

    Would a skipper risk his crew and ship, with many torpedoes, for a raft rescue?

    • @edwardmyers8782
      @edwardmyers8782 20 дней назад

      Yes that was the standing order during the coral sea

    • @larrylewis6771
      @larrylewis6771 20 дней назад

      @@edwardmyers8782 ok thanks I understand they would rescue in broad daylight and not wait for dusk. Surprisingly.

  • @pjwesteinde
    @pjwesteinde 15 дней назад +1

    Was this movie written by Tramp ?

  • @animaltvi9515
    @animaltvi9515 17 дней назад

    It's not a bad film . But what has it got to do with the coral sea ? . There's nothing from the battle in it. It's just a prison break film.

  • @marckg6950
    @marckg6950 19 дней назад

    Pappy bouy ington

  • @michaelferri6790
    @michaelferri6790 5 дней назад

    There’s someway that I can avoid having to see any more commercials with Barack Obama in every time I think about the fact that I voted for that guy in 2008 in 2012 because Union told me to do it I want to throw up my guts

  • @garywagner2466
    @garywagner2466 17 дней назад

    Not a very good movie. There’s a reason why it wasn’t popular. If you don’t mind shallow characters, borrowed special effects, and holes in the plot you can sail a submarine through, you may enjoy it. Good luck!

  • @jimlaguardia8185
    @jimlaguardia8185 9 дней назад

    This movie is misnamed.

  • @rwhitehouse8806
    @rwhitehouse8806 3 дня назад

    I stopped watching this drivel at the point when the American commander refused to shake the hand of the obviously humane Japanese intelligence officer. The gung ho garbage in these old films is just so hard to watch.

  • @domenicozagari2443
    @domenicozagari2443 15 дней назад +2

    The Japanese never attacked pearl harbor.

  • @williamhatmaker2202
    @williamhatmaker2202 15 дней назад

    Balch DD 363 my dad was on a porter class destroy your leader like I said in the battle of the coral Seas Midway is Destroyer came into Pearl after Pearl was bombed it was with the aircraft carriers doing escort Duty

  • @urbanfox53
    @urbanfox53 19 дней назад +4

    Usual cheesy hero worship movie.

  • @rickmartin2944
    @rickmartin2944 8 дней назад

    Well i cant even say how far fetched this movie propaganda is. At least they didnt jack it up worse by chucking in a love story. Simply, dont waste your time with this no action movie.

  • @veritas41photo
    @veritas41photo 19 дней назад +4

    I think these apres-WW2 1950-70 Hollywood "War Films" are disgusting... Hollywood at its absolute worst.

  • @southerneruk
    @southerneruk 19 дней назад +3

    Too many errors to be historical

    • @themightywookie351c3
      @themightywookie351c3 19 дней назад

      It’s Hollywood. Can you please make a more accurate movie.

  • @gerardlinehan3547
    @gerardlinehan3547 16 дней назад

    A nasty fantasy, Nothing to do with The Battle of the Coral Sea. Rubbish

  • @fifthbusiness1678
    @fifthbusiness1678 19 дней назад +2

    I’m sorry, but this film is utterly ridiculous and wholly unbelievable. Could only stand it for 20min. Someone else in the lead role would likely have been better than Cliff Robertson and possibly made it bearable; he always struck me as one trying to hard to be “cool” and taciturn in almost every role he played. Two thumbs diving down …

  • @user-kl1ij3vz2m
    @user-kl1ij3vz2m 19 дней назад

    Bloody adds.

  • @thunderbirdone8126
    @thunderbirdone8126 18 дней назад

    They could not have surfaced and positioned themselves further away from the raft?

  • @dopefiendlarz133
    @dopefiendlarz133 18 дней назад

    Pretty cheap service picture. Best groomed sub mariners except for Cliffs moustache

  • @castlerock58
    @castlerock58 8 дней назад

    This is garbage.

  • @hardworker1957
    @hardworker1957 18 дней назад

    What an embarrassingly stupid movie.

    • @missiavu
      @missiavu 18 дней назад

      And above all, where is the "Battle of the Coral Sea" in that movie ?..... Ah, OK, just at the end of the movie....

  • @aspenrebel
    @aspenrebel 18 дней назад

    I guess I got my history mixed up a little bit. The Battle of the Coral Sea took place in early May 1942, one month before the Battle of Midway in early June 1942? I thought the Battle of Midway was the first thing that happened after Pearl Harbor, 6 months after Pearl Harbor. That was the beginning of the end for the Japs, they only had the upper hand on us for 6 months.