Goosebumps.. I first saw this movie as a kid and really affected me. It brought a taste of the human condition of war to me in my living room at the age of 11-22… I have seen this movie so many times I dare not guess at the number. Some would say I’m obsessed. I am.. with this America we live and the service men and woman that took the oath and wore the uniform fir the sake of our well being. I will watch this move another 100 times before my passing and forever believe it was one of Wayne’s and Douglas’s finer moments on screen. There is so much to learn from Premingers genius.. youth today will rarely understand the significance of such a production. Thank you all of you involved in this epic presentation.
Saw this movie with my parents and younger brother at a drive-in. In Harm's Way has grown in my esteem over the decades. To see the logistics behind the production, a mere glimpse, is mind-boggling. Seeing this feature has made me appreciate the movie even more.
I was there watching the filming of the destroyer exiting the harbor with the explosions. Otto had to film it twice as he used too much smoke the first time. We loved the explosions in the water because fish started coming to shore stunned. A bunch of us kids gathered the up and took them home. Hawaii in the 60's was lovely. Not so much now.
One of the most darkly themed war movies I ever saw. My best friend's younger brother had a tiny part in the movie as a sailor who announces the Duke arriving at the PT boat that his son is serving on. He wasn't an actor; he was just somebody standing around watching the filming. The actor who was playing the sailor couldn't render a decent salute, so he mentioned he'd served in the military and they picked him to replace the guy. Sadly, he was killed a few years later flying a crop duster.
My dad was serving aboard the USS St Paul when they filmed aboard her. He was the administrative officer at the time. The Hollywood crew spent about 2 weeks on board while they filmed. In the evenings, in the officers wardroom he got to play bridge with John Wayne and KirK Douglas several times.
I remember seeing this film when I was a teenager. I felt that way when I found a dvd copy on e-bay and relived the excitement of it all over again. The list of big stars and stars to be still amazes me to this day. The DUKE was and always will be my favorite actor!
What was interesting was I read about the production of this film during my tour in Vietnam in 1965. In many of the battle scenes where ships are being hit and sinking the ships were very large models with one to four men inside running things. The Yamato needed four several of the cruisers needed three and the destroyers one. I think they said the destroyers were about 15-16 feet long so that would have made the Yamato about 43-48 feet long. Quite a model
I was a crew member on Saint paul during the filming. We sailed 5 days to Hawaii and five days back staying only the week end in port. This is the first time I have seen footage of the filming. Brings back memories.
HollywoodGraham . I reported aboard a few months after the filming. Yes this video did bring back Some old memory’s. (I worked in B div.) I liked the frames where Kirk Douglas was on the bridge and he just about jumped out of his pants when the cut loose with an 8” round. They were very loud and shook the ship a lot when fired.
Jkdm 76 The forward twin mount was removed to accommodate the flag officer and his staff. They needed more room. It was 7th fleet flag ship for many years then it was in San Diego’s harbor and acted as flag ship from time to time. It used to anchor right at the end of Broadway. Didn’t move much some people used to call it building 73 (hull #73)in those days. All that changed in 1965 & 1966 as we had a yard period and got the ship ready for cruising of the coast of Vietnam. Lots of training along with sea trials. Hard work but the training payed off after we got on station.
Some really great scenes and memorable acting. Great casting and script. No CGI, but great props and filming. Lots of chemistry between the Duke and Patricia Neal, and everyone in the movie for that matter.
Thank you for this video. One of my all time favorite John Wayne movies. The “general quarters” scene still sends chills. God Bless the Armed Services and God Bless the USA
#206 Great Film! I and other sailors, saw it for the first time, aboard the SS City of Saginaw 31. This was a US Merchant Ship, a C&O, B&O, Railroad Carferry out of Ludington, Michigan. Many, many years ago. We watched it on our ship board TV in the Crew Lounge having popcorn and soda. It was a great film and some of the former Navy sailors related the war conditions.
Except for the 3in AA guns the ships looked a whole lot more realistic then the movie "Pearl Harbor", which had a much bigger budget. But then Preminger had an eye for authentic detail that some directors today lack. Which may be because he made films for the government during WW2? I had read the book so I was surprised at how faithfully the movie followed it. I always thought John Wayne was at his best when he acted modestly rather then the gung-honist of his earlier films from the 40s and early 50s. Watching his progression over the years from a brash young actor to the polish we see in films like this is a real eye opener and a lesson for today's actors.
And also, in the Pearl Harbor attack, none of the ships fired a gun, despite the simulated bomb splash in the water near them - shot in the harbor, and there was most likely a prohibition of firing their guns (even if only blanks).
I have seen that movie more than I can count. It's is one truly great movie. Seeing a bit of how it was made just makes me love it more and also proud of the men who served our country, including John Wayne, Henry Fonda, Otto Preminger and all the rest.
I could have watched background on this movie for 5 hrs. I loved Wayne, Patricia Neal, Preminger (still remembering him at Stalag 17!), Meredith, and those interesting shots of Ford Island's old (and now protected) Nob Hill neighborhood where the pool scene early in the movie occurred. last I checked that pool is still there. The house that Wayne and Meredith billeted was actually a CPO quarters dragged over from battleship row to this neighborhood (where I think it still is). Hugh O'Brian, Paula, Kirk always rocks, old Dana Andrews and his stooge, cameo by former navy man Fonda, George Kennedy, Shane's [my fav film ever] Brandon deWilde. The whole mood of this movie just struck me as so compelling (done in black and white, sense of desperation and frustration of those times palpable throughout, the soundtrack, Kirk dying, son dying, Hayworth dying...and that ending with the tide rolling up with dread-inducing music, wow). The movie gets bum rap because of those damned model ships but I (a model builder as a kid!) loved them and I didn't think it hurt the flick at all. And when he wakes up, he'll get the girl, despite his leg! Pat Neal always turned my crank...darned Tennessee sex pot! Fine actress, too. She never backed down whether it was Wayne or even Paul Newman in Hud.
Did you see the unnamed actor in the beginning clip with Beth Eddington (Barbara Bach - Mrs. Ringo Starr) dancing and then romancing on the beach? No mention is made of Hugh O'Brian. Perhaps he requested his name be removed after seeing the final cut.
I can't believe I stumbled upon this as this is one my favorites of all time~!! I have seen it many many times and never ever tire of watching such an outstanding film with lots of first class actors. Thanks so much for this quality upload~!!!
@@teevee2145 He did more good supporting the troops on the home front than he would have done in active service. You people that don't research the information and regulations of the time and then accuse a person of "skirting their military service" are incredible. You want to see a coward that lives amongst us, look in the White House. If daddy hadn't worked out a drug deal with a doctor that just happened to live in one of his apartment buildings, old Donny boy would have been fragged at the first chance smoking. Not saying that would have been a loss, but he wouldn't have been able to dance the night away in the clubs on his "bone spurred" deferment feet until the wee hours of the morning. All the while other less fortunate guys and gals were dealing with monkey butt, malaria, incoming, ambushes, pungi pits, torture and such in Vietnam and an assortment of other countries in the surrounding area.
I am born and raised Navy. Until I joined the Navy, at the age of 18 I always wondered if they had to teach the guys on the PA system that southern accent in order to pass the word. I know visiting aboard the Kitty Hawk and my dad's ship San Jose the same that everyone who got on the PA system had that big Southern drawl! I can still remember going aboard Kittyhawk for the transit down to San Diego from the Bremerton Navy Yard, and three times a day the big southern drawl pronouncing' sweepers sweepers man your brooms. Make a clean sweep down fore and aft. Dump all sinkable garbage off sponson 13!
Nice video! We saw the USS St. Paul in Bremerton, Washington in 1976 - she was tied up next to the USS Canberra, and the USS Missouri were all in the mothball fleet. We could not board the USS Missouri for they closed it to film part of the movie with Gregory Peck - MacArthur. We boarded Missouri a few years later but, you could only view the surrender and bow area. The Missouri still had all her 40 mm AA guns under the igloos. I love hearing those 8 inch 55 caliber guns firing. My dad was on the USS Louisville CA 28 in WW2 from 1943-46 and he just passed this year.
OMG -- my family visited the USS Missouri around Christmas-time, 1976! We lived in California but were visiting my grandparents in Seattle. Took the ferry from Seattle (Elliott Bay) over to Bremerton. Could only go on the forecastle of the Mighty Mo, from the bow to behind turret #2 where the plaque in the deck as mounted. I recall the mothballed cruisers tied up, but didn't know which they were. I believe there might have been an Essex class carrier nearby, as well? The number on the island structure was obliterated so didn't know which one it was. (But I also visited the Missouri in Summer of 1972, so I may be getting the visits mixed up).
Yes, you are right: Two ships of the United States Navy have been assigned the name USS Canberra, in honor of HMAS Canberra (D33), which in turn was named for Canberra, the capital of Australia.
God bless that hero, and you, too. Oh, how I'd have loved to have seen the things he saw...instead of my interesting but comparably to his...boring life.
One of my favorites.....there is a scene in the movie when they are at an airfield with the para marines..... and a jeep drives up......then backs up and drives away......I'm sure if you watch that scene closely the jeep backs up into some props on the side of the set.......they cut away from it.... and you don't see it... but I'm sure the driver backed into all that stuf...George Kennedy is in the scene......
I've seen highlining done, never did it myself (thank God!) All my ship to ship transfers were by helicopter. Neither the Saint Paul or Phillips were set up for helo operations. The old heavy cruisers like Saint Paul were mostly retired by the time I joined though there were a few of the old Cleveland class light cruisers still in service, modified to replace the aft 6" turrets with either Talos or Terrier SAM mounts. The very last survivor, USS Oklahoma City (I think) came through Pearl Harbor while I was stationed there, absolutely fascinating ship. She was on her way to San Diego to be retired before scrapping. The crew I talked with were proud of the fact that even as old and tired as she was they were still able to put gun rounds on target, both from 6" main turret and from the 5"/38 cal secondary batteries.
A well done movie, with good character development, a real plot, and some action to spice things up, plus set against a historical background. The book was a bit spicy when I first read it, I was 12 and it was my mom's book of the month club selection! LOL But remember, back then people hadn't know about the politics and mistakes that had been made in 1942 following Pearl Harbor, so it was a bit controversial at the time. America had a lot to learn after December 7th and this movie does a good job showing how it happened.
The costly engagement of guadalcanl early in the war cost the allies a few ships..but changed the way tin cans were "sacrificed" to protect main ships for the entire war. japanese torpedoes and night battle tactics were superior but that did not last too long thanx to a little known american indian naval commander who brought aggresive torpedo tactics to the enemy.
1:13 - 1:20 Ah, 'behind-the-scenes' of the carriage entrance of the lovely, iconic Ilikai Hotel where we're told the cast and crew from the Mainland was housed. In just three short years the hi-rise hotel would be prominently featured every week on the original "Hawaii Five-O" (1968 - 1980, CBS), in the quick-cut edited main title where Jack Lord as Five-O's head, the all-business, suite-and-tie attired Steve McGarrett stands and quickly turns his head to face the camera from atop its roof while photographed from afar with a split-second move of a film camera's zoom lens. Speaking of cameras if the young ladies in the all-star cast, Jill Haworth, Corinne Bouchet, Paula Prentiss, and older castmate, Patricia Neal, were sunning out by the hotel's pool or nearest stretch of Waikiki Beach on their day off, Sunday, the gift shop surely would be doing quite a bit of business selling Kodak film for the other guests, mostly male from 12 to 80,, eager to grab 'mementos'. Wow, did Barbara Bouchet so enthusiastically perform a sexually-charged dance with Hugh O'Brian with which to GRAB the audience's attention at the 'get-go!' Equal time for the female tourists and hotel staff: the females at the Ilikai, many of whom watched Hugh O'Brian as western lawman all those years on "The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp," would swoon over his bare-chested, well-proportioned poses poolside. Behind-the-scenes: interestingly, O'Brian goes un-billed as the lover of, dance partner to the adulterous Bouchet's role as the married officer Kirk Douglas''s wife. This was fun, so "mahalo, Nspirement.'"
This was back when Hollywood really worked hard at making movies. Today, a movie is just something that fills the time between going out and making political statements (which holds more interest for celebrities now).
Just watched this movie again this past week on Pluto TV. Can't figure out why, after going through all the trouble of making sure they get it as real as possible, especially in the beginning, did they revert to using toy boats. I'm talking about the scenes were what they designed, didn't even come close to looking somewhat real and looked like it was filmed in a swimming pool. Overlooking that, it was a very good movie.
Kirk Douglas said he complained to Preminger about the substandard model-work that featured in the battle scenes: the ships looked lifeless, toy-like Douglas also said that Preminger was a bully as a director: he was relentless with actors who wouldn't stand up to him.
About the ships in this film. They were all WW2 vets. Saint Paul was the last "all gun' cruiser. The rest that survived were converted to launch guided missiles. The destroyer was retired not too long after the movie as was Saint Paul. These ships were commissioned during the war and within a few years of this filming all of their type had left service or been highly modified except the Iowa class Battleships. When you watch try and keep in mind that this last time you will see how the Navy really looked then.
Actually the last "all" gun cruiser in commission was the USS Newport News CA-148 decommissioned June 1975. After this movie was made the USS Saint Paul CA-73 made five Westpac (Vietnam) cruises and was decommissioned April 1971. I was on the last two Westpac cruises in '69 and '70.
@@keithstudly6071 The ship used to have float planes and before the Korean War they were no longer carried and the two catapults were removed. Helicopter could now be landed there although the markings for the helo deck were not added until later. The crane was left and used for lowering liberty boats and the Captain's gig into the hanger bay. I think they originally had 11 quad 40mm Borors anti-aircraft gun mounts. Also before Korea they were changed for 9 dual gun mounts of of 3"/50. Radar changed quite a bit over the years. Sometime in the '50s the open bridge was closed in with those windows you see in the movie added and the 5" gun mount on the 01 level just in front of the bridge was removed. Probably at the same time the foremast was made a lot bigger, probably for new radar. The two 3" mounts on the main deck just forward of the bridge were removed. After this movie was made it went into the shipyards and the 3" on the stern removed and a two story deck-house added between the masts; upper level had the message center where I worked as a radioman, and main deck level had the OPS office and a meeting room (Church services were held there.) Maybe at this time the "beer can" was added which was a trussed antenna on the bow mounted on a cylinder hence the name "beer can." Last time in shipyards a room was added up high above the bridge with antenna's for ECM, electronic counter measures, and the signal bridge was blocked so it had to be moved to above the ECM. Out of the shipyards and to Vietnam, where the cruise was cut short by a month so the ship could be decommissioned.
@@porflepopnecker4376 I concur. I grew up in the 'black and white' era and maybe this aided in my being able to appreciate transitioning back and forth. In memory, I don't even notice. My mother used to say, "black and white with glorious shades of grey" which she may have heard on a TV program from my youth.
Biggest mistake Hollywood made in the 60s was to continue filming big movies in black and white when color was affordable. Though this is a big movie, it’s lost popularity bc no color makes it look dreary and cheap. I believe after 1960 no studio release should have been black and white
You have to wonder with all the CGI in movies nowadays, how many lost their jobs. It appears in this short documentary that it took an army of employees to produce these films
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Goosebumps.. I first saw this movie as a kid and really affected me. It brought a taste of the human condition of war to me in my living room at the age of 11-22… I have seen this movie so many times I dare not guess at the number. Some would say I’m obsessed. I am.. with this America we live and the service men and woman that took the oath and wore the uniform fir the sake of our well being. I will watch this move another 100 times before my passing and forever believe it was one of Wayne’s and Douglas’s finer moments on screen. There is so much to learn from Premingers genius.. youth today will rarely understand the significance of such a production. Thank you all of you involved in this epic presentation.
Watched it every time it came on TV. No matter if it was somewhere in the middle or towards the end. Just superb film making.
Saw this movie with my parents and younger brother at a drive-in. In Harm's Way has grown in my esteem over the decades. To see the logistics behind the production, a mere glimpse, is mind-boggling. Seeing this feature has made me appreciate the movie even more.
I joined the Navy in 1970, I had seen this Movie several times, I sailed on a Guided Missile Destroyer as a Corpsman.
Absolutely a terrific movie. "Best Years of Our Lives" another excellent movie earning 9 Academy Awards
My father loved this movie as he served on the USS ST.PAUL CA-73 as a BT during WW2. A BT was a boiler Tech. The FIGHTING SAINT as she was known.
Those cruisers where bad ass. At first look you think battleship.
I was there watching the filming of the destroyer exiting the harbor with the explosions. Otto had to film it twice as he used too much smoke the first time. We loved the explosions in the water because fish started coming to shore stunned. A bunch of us kids gathered the up and took them home. Hawaii in the 60's was lovely. Not so much now.
One of the most darkly themed war movies I ever saw. My best friend's younger brother had a tiny part in the movie as a sailor who announces the Duke arriving at the PT boat that his son is serving on. He wasn't an actor; he was just somebody standing around watching the filming. The actor who was playing the sailor couldn't render a decent salute, so he mentioned he'd served in the military and they picked him to replace the guy. Sadly, he was killed a few years later flying a crop duster.
I never will forget the first time I saw the ending credits of this movie.
The finest WWII film ever made. And the closing of the film was haunting to the reality of war. Preminger was flawless in this production.
Agreed!
There were better films
My dad was serving aboard the USS St Paul when they filmed aboard her. He was the administrative officer at the time. The Hollywood crew spent about 2 weeks on board while they filmed. In the evenings, in the officers wardroom he got to play bridge with John Wayne and KirK Douglas several times.
I remember seeing this film when I was a teenager. I felt that way when I found a dvd copy on e-bay and relived the excitement of it all over again. The list of big stars and stars to be still amazes me to this day. The DUKE was and always will be my favorite actor!
What was interesting was I read about the production of this film during my tour in Vietnam in 1965. In many of the battle scenes where ships are being hit and sinking the ships were very large models with one to four men inside running things. The Yamato needed four several of the cruisers needed three and the destroyers one. I think they said the destroyers were about 15-16 feet long so that would have made the Yamato about 43-48 feet long. Quite a model
You're saying you survive first official Battle of Vietnam I don't believe you
@@keithrelf8038 : No, he served a "tour in Vietnam". Doesn't mean he saw combat.
@@keithrelf8038 Snowflake
Check out the Model ships used in filming of "Tora tora tora " YOU will be STUNNED by the Magnificent models ....Some were 50 FEET LONG
I was a crew member on Saint paul during the filming. We sailed 5 days to Hawaii and five days back staying only the week end in port. This is the first time I have seen footage of the filming. Brings back memories.
That must have been awesome.
HollywoodGraham .
I reported aboard a few months after the filming.
Yes this video did bring back
Some old memory’s. (I worked in B div.)
I liked the frames where Kirk Douglas was on the bridge and he just about jumped out of his pants when the cut loose with an 8” round.
They were very loud and shook the ship a lot when fired.
Can you tell us why the twin 5" turret forward of the bridge was missing?
Jkdm 76
The forward twin mount was removed to accommodate the flag officer and his staff. They needed more room. It was
7th fleet flag ship for many years then it was in San Diego’s harbor and acted as flag ship from time to time. It used to anchor right at the end of Broadway. Didn’t move much some people used to call it building 73 (hull #73)in those days. All that changed in 1965 & 1966 as we had a yard period and got the ship ready for cruising of the coast of Vietnam.
Lots of training along with sea trials. Hard work but the training payed off after we got on station.
So did they build on ahead of the bridge? Nothing of that is shown in the movie footage. Thank you for your service Haskell!
Burgess Meredith said, when he dies he wanted his head stone to read: Not much of a plot but it's got Burgess Meredith in it
Now that's funny...
he should have been a writer for Dangerfield!
Otto Preminger was great. See him act in "Stalag 17" as the Kommenant of the camp, starring William Holden. Another great film.
Von Scheeeerbach!
Mr Freeze on Batman not long after this film.
My father was one of the Marine's on the USS St. Paul during the filming of this movie. Some really cool stories from him.
Some really great scenes and memorable acting. Great casting and script. No CGI, but great props and filming. Lots of chemistry between the Duke and Patricia Neal, and everyone in the movie for that matter.
They were also coupled in, Operation Pacific (1951)
One of my favorite John Wayne pictures!
One of my all time favorites. I often say I was born in the wrong decade. I love to see Hawaii in the early 60's before it was destroyed by tourism.
i was there in 1960 and it was screwed up then
You should have made it to the outer islands. Kauai was beautiful when I moved there in 88. Stayed 23 years.
@@jacobmcandles1745 I was there in 87...absolutely beautiful. went back a few years after hurricane Inoki it totally changed the Koloa Poipu area.
Nobody can say, “Carry on, Mister,” the way John Wayne can.
I had forgotten how absolutely hot Barbara Bouchet was!
I had forgotten it was her. Almost needless to say, she became a Star Trek guest babe!
otto had some good taste. I bet he ran a mean casting couch. Pat was hot, Paula was smoking in this one and little "Natalie" was off the charts.
Loved this movie....this is what we grew up on
Thank you for this video. One of my all time favorite John Wayne movies. The “general quarters” scene still sends chills. God Bless the Armed Services and God Bless the USA
god screw the militaristic war loving usa
#206 Great Film! I and other sailors, saw it for the first time, aboard the SS City of Saginaw 31. This was a US Merchant Ship, a C&O, B&O, Railroad Carferry out of Ludington, Michigan. Many, many years ago. We watched it on our ship board TV in the Crew Lounge having popcorn and soda. It was a great film and some of the former Navy sailors related the war conditions.
Thanks for sharing. One of my all time favorite movies brought some fond memories back for me.
Great Video and a Great Movie. One of the reasons my son is now a Master At Arms in the USN. Semper Fortis.....
Please give your son the respects of a retired Navyman, and thank him for volunteering his service.
This and “Tora tora tora” were two of my favorite WW2 pacific theatre films.
Agree Tora tora Tora was historically the apex. The new Midway movie is also a great one for historical accuracy.
Probably my favorite John Wayne movie of all time! A very interesting look into the making of this classic!
Except for the 3in AA guns the ships looked a whole lot more realistic then the movie "Pearl Harbor", which had a much bigger budget. But then Preminger had an eye for authentic detail that some directors today lack. Which may be because he made films for the government during WW2? I had read the book so I was surprised at how faithfully the movie followed it. I always thought John Wayne was at his best when he acted modestly rather then the gung-honist of his earlier films from the 40s and early 50s. Watching his progression over the years from a brash young actor to the polish we see in films like this is a real eye opener and a lesson for today's actors.
And also, in the Pearl Harbor attack, none of the ships fired a gun, despite the simulated bomb splash in the water near them - shot in the harbor, and there was most likely a prohibition of firing their guns (even if only blanks).
@@paulmoffat9306 Mustn't scare the locals, besides it's cheaper.
" In Harm's Way " Excellent!
I have seen that movie more than I can count. It's is one truly great movie. Seeing a bit of how it was made just makes me love it more and also proud of the men who served our country, including John Wayne, Henry Fonda, Otto Preminger and all the rest.
I could have watched background on this movie for 5 hrs. I loved Wayne, Patricia Neal, Preminger (still remembering him at Stalag 17!), Meredith, and those interesting shots of Ford Island's old (and now protected) Nob Hill neighborhood where the pool scene early in the movie occurred. last I checked that pool is still there. The house that Wayne and Meredith billeted was actually a CPO quarters dragged over from battleship row to this neighborhood (where I think it still is). Hugh O'Brian, Paula, Kirk always rocks, old Dana Andrews and his stooge, cameo by former navy man Fonda, George Kennedy, Shane's [my fav film ever] Brandon deWilde. The whole mood of this movie just struck me as so compelling (done in black and white, sense of desperation and frustration of those times palpable throughout, the soundtrack, Kirk dying, son dying, Hayworth dying...and that ending with the tide rolling up with dread-inducing music, wow). The movie gets bum rap because of those damned model ships but I (a model builder as a kid!) loved them and I didn't think it hurt the flick at all. And when he wakes up, he'll get the girl, despite his leg! Pat Neal always turned my crank...darned Tennessee sex pot! Fine actress, too. She never backed down whether it was Wayne or even Paul Newman in Hud.
I just bought it and received it on 8/9/2018.
Did you see the unnamed actor in the beginning clip with Beth Eddington (Barbara Bach - Mrs. Ringo Starr) dancing and then romancing on the beach? No mention is made of Hugh O'Brian. Perhaps he requested his name be removed after seeing the final cut.
Outstanding. The Greatest Generation.
This was an anti-war film.
One of John Wayne's greatest
"Burke, don't you think the Japanese know we're here by now?"
@@dermie52 wonder why they made Arleigh Burke an idiot?
gunsaway1 ...considering the asshole never served
@@teller1290 That was never intended to be Arleigh Burke.
@@MikeMike-jg2ue So, he still made patriotic pictures and loved his country.
Wow, in the opening footage you can actually see 'The Royal Hawaiian". Now buried among clusters of taller hotels.
saw that, too. liked it better then.
Kind of a sad picture, dwarfed by all those high rises.
Nice. Very nice. I will have to give this one a look at again. It's been a while.
Excellent film, thanks for posting
I can't believe I stumbled upon this as this is one my favorites of all time~!! I have seen it many many times and never ever tire of watching such an outstanding film with lots of first class actors. Thanks so much for this quality upload~!!!
Many don't like it but I'm in your camp for all kinds of reasons.
On of my favorite movies.
Today’s stars don’t even come close to these guys, and they were patriotic as well!
John Wayne skirted his military service..cowardly
@tee vee. He had bad eyesight and was too old. He did his part keeping up morale by making movies etc. Also stfu , commie.
@@teevee2145 He did more good supporting the troops on the home front than he would have done in active service. You people that don't research the information and regulations of the time and then accuse a person of "skirting their military service" are incredible. You want to see a coward that lives amongst us, look in the White House. If daddy hadn't worked out a drug deal with a doctor that just happened to live in one of his apartment buildings, old Donny boy would have been fragged at the first chance smoking. Not saying that would have been a loss, but he wouldn't have been able to dance the night away in the clubs on his "bone spurred" deferment feet until the wee hours of the morning. All the while other less fortunate guys and gals were dealing with monkey butt, malaria, incoming, ambushes, pungi pits, torture and such in Vietnam and an assortment of other countries in the surrounding area.
@@teevee2145 that's because in real life he was a coward
@@ernestpaul2484 I totally agree about Trump but a lot of people say John Wayne was just a loudmouth coward in real life
Great post, Thank you!! One of my favorites of Dukes films. Sure do miss his kind of movies...
from men three and even four generations ago.
One of my favorite
I am born and raised Navy. Until I joined the Navy, at the age of 18 I always wondered if they had to teach the guys on the PA system that southern accent in order to pass the word. I know visiting aboard the Kitty Hawk and my dad's ship San Jose the same that everyone who got on the PA system had that big Southern drawl! I can still remember going aboard Kittyhawk for the transit down to San Diego from the Bremerton Navy Yard, and three times a day the big southern drawl pronouncing' sweepers sweepers man your brooms. Make a clean sweep down fore and aft. Dump all sinkable garbage off sponson 13!
Nice video! We saw the USS St. Paul in Bremerton, Washington in 1976 - she was tied up
next to the USS Canberra, and the USS Missouri were all in the mothball fleet. We could not board the USS Missouri for they closed it to film part of the movie with Gregory Peck - MacArthur. We boarded Missouri a few years later but, you could only view the surrender
and bow area. The Missouri still had all her 40 mm AA guns under the igloos.
I love hearing those 8 inch 55 caliber guns firing. My dad was on the USS Louisville CA 28
in WW2 from 1943-46 and he just passed this year.
OMG -- my family visited the USS Missouri around Christmas-time, 1976! We lived in California but were visiting my grandparents in Seattle. Took the ferry from Seattle (Elliott Bay) over to Bremerton. Could only go on the forecastle of the Mighty Mo, from the bow to behind turret #2 where the plaque in the deck as mounted. I recall the mothballed cruisers tied up, but didn't know which they were. I believe there might have been an Essex class carrier nearby, as well? The number on the island structure was obliterated so didn't know which one it was. (But I also visited the Missouri in Summer of 1972, so I may be getting the visits mixed up).
USS Canberra ? That city's in Australia ! In fact, it's the capital !
Yes, you are right: Two ships of the United States Navy have been assigned the name USS Canberra, in honor of HMAS Canberra (D33), which in turn was named for Canberra, the capital of Australia.
Yes, you are correct: One was the USS Hornet CV 12.
God bless that hero, and you, too. Oh, how I'd have loved to have seen the things he saw...instead of my interesting but comparably to his...boring life.
This Film and all star CAST is in one word only " PERFECTION"
Very interesting. Thanks for posting this.
One of my favorite movies
Simply awesome.... thanks so much for your sharing..
God bless you
One of my top 5 favorite movies of all time!!
Awesome movie with real movie stars, actors today not the same.
One of my favorites.....there is a scene in the movie when they are at an airfield with the para marines..... and a jeep drives up......then backs up and drives away......I'm sure if you watch that scene closely the jeep backs up into some props on the side of the set.......they cut away from it.... and you don't see it... but I'm sure the driver backed into all that stuf...George Kennedy is in the scene......
Highlining. Been there; done that! Those old gun cruisers were awesome!
I've seen highlining done, never did it myself (thank God!) All my ship to ship transfers were by helicopter. Neither the Saint Paul or Phillips were set up for helo operations. The old heavy cruisers like Saint Paul were mostly retired by the time I joined though there were a few of the old Cleveland class light cruisers still in service, modified to replace the aft 6" turrets with either Talos or Terrier SAM mounts. The very last survivor, USS Oklahoma City (I think) came through Pearl Harbor while I was stationed there, absolutely fascinating ship. She was on her way to San Diego to be retired before scrapping. The crew I talked with were proud of the fact that even as old and tired as she was they were still able to put gun rounds on target, both from 6" main turret and from the 5"/38 cal secondary batteries.
In my opinion, the gun cruisers were the last of the real cruisers.
Still my favorite movie, regardless of genre, of all time.
really enjoyed this it was great to see the behind the scenes of this...I've seen it many times...this was the days when Hollywood respected America
This was an anti-war film by the left-wing Preminger.
Wayne and Preminger avoided talking politics during filming.
A well done movie, with good character development, a real plot, and some action to spice things up, plus set against a historical background. The book was a bit spicy when I first read it, I was 12 and it was my mom's book of the month club selection! LOL But remember, back then people hadn't know about the politics and mistakes that had been made in 1942 following Pearl Harbor, so it was a bit controversial at the time. America had a lot to learn after December 7th and this movie does a good job showing how it happened.
sounds like I'd enjoy the book. I love that movie and cannot turn it off whenever it is on. I bet the ladies back then were thrilled!
one of my favorite movies, it is in the dvd player in my semi right now!
All star cast, great naval action plus John Wayne and Kirk Douglas together again. What could be bad?
What a great movie!!!
I would have liked to see more of the models used for the big battle scene.
Fantastic movie seen it many times
I always liked the nice touch of seeing Navy crewmen wearing pre war British style helmets during battledriils instead of modern helmets.
The costly engagement of guadalcanl early in the war cost the allies a few ships..but changed the way tin cans were "sacrificed" to protect main ships for the entire war. japanese torpedoes and night battle tactics were superior but that did not last too long thanx to a little known american indian naval commander who brought aggresive torpedo tactics to the enemy.
A great movie chock full of great actor and actresses.
1:13 - 1:20 Ah, 'behind-the-scenes' of the carriage entrance of the lovely, iconic Ilikai Hotel where we're told the cast and crew from the Mainland was housed. In just three short years the hi-rise hotel would be prominently featured every week on the original "Hawaii Five-O" (1968 - 1980, CBS), in the quick-cut edited main title where Jack Lord as Five-O's head, the all-business, suite-and-tie attired Steve McGarrett stands and quickly turns his head to face the camera from atop its roof while photographed from afar with a split-second move of a film camera's zoom lens.
Speaking of cameras if the young ladies in the all-star cast, Jill Haworth, Corinne Bouchet, Paula Prentiss, and older castmate, Patricia Neal, were sunning out by the hotel's pool or nearest stretch of Waikiki Beach on their day off, Sunday, the gift shop surely would be doing quite a bit of business selling Kodak film for the other guests, mostly male from 12 to 80,, eager to grab 'mementos'. Wow, did Barbara Bouchet so enthusiastically perform a sexually-charged dance with Hugh O'Brian with which to GRAB the audience's attention at the 'get-go!'
Equal time for the female tourists and hotel staff: the females at the Ilikai, many of whom watched Hugh O'Brian as western lawman all those years on "The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp," would swoon over his bare-chested, well-proportioned poses poolside. Behind-the-scenes: interestingly, O'Brian goes un-billed as the lover of, dance partner to the adulterous Bouchet's role as the married officer Kirk Douglas''s wife.
This was fun, so "mahalo, Nspirement.'"
Thank you. for sharing
One of my favorite movies.
4:10 is a powerful scene. Would have loved to see more of the gunnery dril.
Fantastic movie!! It was often shown on TV until someone bought the rights to it so now it is a pay to view even on the net!
Just a great movie ..So real .and the Duke was wounderfull Rip Amen xxx
Part of this movie battlships was filmed in 1965 in Ciudad del Carmen Campeche Mexico. Wayne was here.
This was back when Hollywood really worked hard at making movies. Today, a movie is just something that fills the time between going out and making political statements (which holds more interest for celebrities now).
This was an anti-war film.
2:37, that really was the Lincoln Zephyr convertible, What a loss... I CRIED!
Watch closer, it turns into a Ford before it crashes and burns.
If you liked the movie, you should read the book. Great read.
Yes great movie John Wayne won again
love this movie highly recommend
check out the Oldsmobile Cutlass in the beginning
Otto rolling in style.
I met Otto Preminger at a very informal gathering when I was in college in the mid-70s. All the other students only wanted to talk about Laura....
One of my Favorite movies!
I always had a thing for Paula Prentiss ... I think she had a very sexy voice.
Mac...leave me with a baby...
1111pyramids1111 .... who the hell didn't have a thing for Paula Prentiss. Wowzer'
Very Classy Lady, still doing tv
Tom Tryon. )
I love her Texas accent.
The Marine escort was the silent drill team.
Just watched this movie again this past week on Pluto TV. Can't figure out why, after going through all the trouble of making sure they get it as real as possible, especially in the beginning, did they revert to using toy boats. I'm talking about the scenes were what they designed, didn't even come close to looking somewhat real and looked like it was filmed in a swimming pool. Overlooking that, it was a very good movie.
Budget, probably
Fantástico
I love that movie. The B&W film is great. I can actually vision myself there.
And that folks is how the world saw the USA, great movies that will never be made again. Classic films.
There is a BIG difference between "Films" and "Film's" But, thanks for the informative video.
No secret how Barbara got her role, as Otto was infamous for his casting couch, lol
Brilliant! I have it on DVD, movies & actors today don't measure up & stories are weak...
Kirk Douglas said he complained to Preminger about the substandard model-work that featured in the battle scenes: the ships looked lifeless, toy-like
Douglas also said that Preminger was a bully as a director: he was relentless with actors who wouldn't stand up to him.
good movie, always liked it.
Great movie.
Fantastic Movie.
I was stationed on the St.Paul in 1964 operating of Pearl harbor filming the movie
VISION TIMES : There is NO apostrophe in PLURALS. I recommend Junior College.
I love Patricia Neal in this.
Priminger's best. Stellar cast.
A great movie.
Great movie!
About the ships in this film. They were all WW2 vets. Saint Paul was the last "all gun' cruiser. The rest that survived were converted to launch guided missiles. The destroyer was retired not too long after the movie as was Saint Paul. These ships were commissioned during the war and within a few years of this filming all of their type had left service or been highly modified except the Iowa class Battleships. When you watch try and keep in mind that this last time you will see how the Navy really looked then.
Actually the last "all" gun cruiser in commission was the USS Newport News CA-148 decommissioned June 1975. After this movie was made the USS Saint Paul CA-73 made five Westpac (Vietnam) cruises and was decommissioned April 1971. I was on the last two Westpac cruises in '69 and '70.
@@WhaleGold What kind of changes were made to St. Paul from WW2? I assume that radar was changed and usually some anti-aircraft mounts were removed.
@@keithstudly6071 The ship used to have float planes and before the Korean War they were no longer carried and the two catapults were removed. Helicopter could now be landed there although the markings for the helo deck were not added until later. The crane was left and used for lowering liberty boats and the Captain's gig into the hanger bay. I think they originally had 11 quad 40mm Borors anti-aircraft gun mounts. Also before Korea they were changed for 9 dual gun mounts of of 3"/50. Radar changed quite a bit over the years. Sometime in the '50s the open bridge was closed in with those windows you see in the movie added and the 5" gun mount on the 01 level just in front of the bridge was removed. Probably at the same time the foremast was made a lot bigger, probably for new radar. The two 3" mounts on the main deck just forward of the bridge were removed. After this movie was made it went into the shipyards and the 3" on the stern removed and a two story deck-house added between the masts; upper level had the message center where I worked as a radioman, and main deck level had the OPS office and a meeting room (Church services were held there.) Maybe at this time the "beer can" was added which was a trussed antenna on the bow mounted on a cylinder hence the name "beer can." Last time in shipyards a room was added up high above the bridge with antenna's for ECM, electronic counter measures, and the signal bridge was blocked so it had to be moved to above the ECM. Out of the shipyards and to Vietnam, where the cruise was cut short by a month so the ship could be decommissioned.
I'm curious to know why Preminger chose to film an epic of this scale in black and white during 1965.
Possibly to emulate 1953's "From Here To Eternity" which "In Harm's Way" is frequently compared. FHTE was Army, IHW was Navy.
It was a poor attempt to copy that film.
Black and white often looks better and is more effective than color, as in this case.
@@porflepopnecker4376 I concur. I grew up in the 'black and white' era and maybe this aided in my being able to appreciate transitioning back and forth. In memory, I don't even notice. My mother used to say, "black and white with glorious shades of grey" which she may have heard on a TV program from my youth.
Biggest mistake Hollywood made in the 60s was to continue filming big movies in black and white when color was affordable. Though this is a big movie, it’s lost popularity bc no color makes it look dreary and cheap. I believe after 1960 no studio release should have been black and white
You have to wonder with all the CGI in movies nowadays, how many lost their jobs. It appears in this short documentary that it took an army of employees to produce these films
Just watched this film on the free and legal streaming service Pluto TV.
Best scene in the movie: Kirk Douglas bitch slaps Patrick O'Neal.