Combat Footage of the Battle of the Eastern Solomons: Analysis
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- Опубликовано: 23 авг 2023
- Originally uploaded on April 7, 2023 as unlisted. Made Public on the anniversary of the Battle.
Footage of the USS Enterprise receiving 3 Hits during the Battle of the Eastern Solomons.
Sources:
Hammel, E. M. (2009). Carrier clash: The invasion of guadalcanal and the battle of the eastern solomons, August 1942. Pacifica Military History.
Lundstrom, J. B. (2005). The first team and the Guadalcanal Campaign: Naval Fighter Combat from August to November 1942. Naval Institute Press.
Rivet, E. (2017, January 11). Naval battle of the Eastern Solomons. The National WWII Museum Blog. Retrieved April 6, 2023, from www.nww2m.com/2012/08/naval-ba...
Shepherd, J. (n.d.). USS enterprise cv-6the most decorated ship of the Second World War. Battle of the Eastern Solomons: August 24, 1942. Retrieved April 6, 2023, from www.cv6.org/1942/solomons/solo...
This is like a present inside, a present, inside a present.
Ikr I was thinking he may have stopped uploading I was so happy when I see all this
🤣🤣🤣🤣
it's a matriochka Kinder!
him coming bback was already a great present and he gives us two other videos! we are not worthy
Agree 100%!
Additional Notes: The first bomb was a 250-kilogram “ordinary” (semi-AP). I believe this one caused the most damage since it exploded inside the Enterprise. The second and third bombs were 242-kilogram high-explosive “land” bombs with contact fuses. These are the two explosions you see in the film. They caused extensive fires and loss of life, not to mention two holes on the flight deck and rendered the number 3 and number 2 elevators inoperable. But as I mentioned, within an hour the fires were contained, and flight deck operations resumed. So, the takeaway is that while the explosions and subsequent damage may look significant, the hits were not critical. I think it could have been worse if those last two bombs had also been delayed action bombs like the first one, since they would have exploded deep inside the Enterprise. 75 Men were killed and 95 wounded in this Dive-bombing attack.
What I mean by "This clip is Edited" is that the wider perspective shot comes a newsreel. They shortened the time from when you see the sailors running from the deck and disappearing offscreen to when the third Bomb hits. It makes it seem as if they barely got out of the way before the third explosion. 2:26 to 2:45 is the real time sequence that's not edited.
This footage was so interesting and germane it could have been included.
first time to know that japanese squad use ordinary and high-explosive to attack ship. Is it they prepare to attack airport or this mix attack is normal tactics on anti-ship?
Another of your Outstanding video reports , Montemayor, and your spot-on narration is likewise perfect.
Thank youvery much for such great work .
And we salute all those who served including the gallant sailor lads , who perished that day. 🇺🇸
When one considers that another flight of Japanese planes were in the air searching for the wounded Enterprise and didn't find her, one gets the sense that Fate is a real thing.
Fantastic footage...thank you for posting and for your excellent analysis.
The amount of content you provide to us is nothing short of amazing man.
🎉
The amount?? I think you meant to say, the quality. Because you can't be serious if you think that some 12 vids over the course of five and a half years is "amazing". Don't get me wrong though, I have appreciated every single minute of it thus far. And I was quite ecstatic to say the least, upon spotting that a new vid from *THE MAYOR!!* had just dropped! But precisely because it's been over a year since his last one! Not because he uploads frequently ; )
I know exactly what I said.
RUclips notified me that monte uploaded a new video and it says 2 hours ago but there are comments 4 months old!?
typical bot comment
Thanks for sharing this as a separate clip.
It still strikes me as a great shame that the Big E wasn't spared being scrapped after the war. 😢
Especially when so many Essexes found their way into museums.
Yeah, what an incredible museum and war monument the Enterprise could've been.
I take comfort in the fact that some of the steel and furnishings from the Gray Ghost have been incorporated into the successor USS Enterprises. She may not be around anymore, but some part of her is still sailing the waves and protecting America.
Given her history and contributions, that scrapping is a stain on the US Navy and Congress.
To compensate them for scraping the enterprise, they named the first nuclear carrier enterprise. That was ordered to be a museum ship also. Of course, Obama didn't want to finish the payments to museum her and now she sits waiting for scraping.
This is a reward for all people that stay until the end of the videos. This video and the other one about japanese perpective.
This is actually a very cool idea. I really enjoy this.
I do hope they all get listed eventually. I often come back to his videos later, would be nice not to have to click through other videos to get back to these.
@@fakecubed Monte sayed he will list them, in 1 week i think, more or less.
@fakecubed
Really fakecubed?
You must be the kind of guy that doesn’t wipe because it’s inconvenient to reach for the toilet paper.
Then, after complaining about the effort it takes, you stop buying toilet paper and your whole family has to be crappy like you.
I love your myth-busting details, as in the photographer taking this footage was NOT killed. It is remarkable how such misinformation endures decades after the event. And thanks so much for posting this!
I specifically enjoyed making this video. all the research was fresh in my head when I saw this footage so it was easy to add some commentary on it. And I agree, lots of misinformation still continues to this day. Thanks Brian O'Neill!
@Redhand1949
What was the photographer's name?
You will be able to get plenty when China takes out half your carrier fleet
@@ThisHandleFeatureIsStupid The info came from Montemayor. That's what I know. Can't recall if he mentioned the man's name.
Similar footage that includes more background images also exists. Seeing just how fast The Big E is turning, how far she is leaning in the turns is amazing. You end up seeing the escorting ships just wiz past from one side of the screen to the other as she heels over in her evasive turns and you see the black flak clouds in the sky from the 5"/38''s.
That’s at Santa Cruz.
@@ph89787 It is and it is crazy to watch.
What is exactly the videos name that has the extended footage on the Big E during this battle ?
@@thomaslowery2380 It is actually US National archive footage. I had it once, don't remember where I found it. Sorry.
@@kpdubbs7117 catalog.archives.gov/id/79580
It's so interesting to see video of the deck of the carrier with people running around on it. It really lets you realize how small these early carriers were back then.
I was on USS Midway 1973-76, and have been on Essex and Forrestal carriers. The Midway and Essex hangar bays are the same height, but the Essex feels incredibly narrow by comparison, makes you wonder how they could even maneuver planes past each other. The Forrestal hangar bay is one deck taller and it makes it feel gigantic; I'm sure it is wider too, but the extra width was hard to notice in comparison to the height.
@@grizwoldphantasia5005 I believe the Forrestal had the first angled landing/flight deck, and certainly it was much bigger. Four acres? I remember that note on the plastic scale model of this ship and what it said in the little manual.
@@Armis71 Forrestal was the first one designed with an angled deck, but several of the Essex's had received the SCB-27/125 mods, and were in commission with angled decks prior to Forrestal entering service in Oct 1955.
Damn man.
This footage is surreal. Didn't knew they had camera footage of the attack like that.
Thank you for all your content.
It's... rather haunting to think that, if you were flight crew that day, you were expected to promptly and efficiently perform damage control operations despite the knowledge that the remains of 30+ men you served with just moments ago were spread about below deck. Grisly.
One minute, 30+ of your buddies are loading a gun, the next, you're washing away their blown up and burnt corpses while still under fire.
I'd like to think that in a situation like that, your body just goes on automatic and it only dawns on you later just what happened. It really is haunting.
Also more weapons may be inbound while out there in the open and you may not see them coming. Definition of courage is not the absence of fear, it's the ability to overcome fear and continue to do your duty.
I wonder if those guys at 2:22 who turned back after seeing a bomb falling made it. The guy looks up and apparently sees what was a near miss. But a subsequent bomb hits right near where they were. I hope they were not nearby.
Judging by the brief pixelation of that area of the footage, I'd wager it was pretty visibly gruesome.
Perhaps our modern comforts have made us less accustomed to gruesome injury and death, but it shakes me to my very core to hear survivors of some battles discuss the things they witnessed so matter-of-factly. I remember listening to the account of a survivor of an engagement between Royal Navy and Kriegsmarine capital ships, and he bluntly describes how his buddy was cut open by a shell splinter and had his entrails spilled out, while still alive and conscious. I can't imagine the mental damage that would have done, and yet they soldiered on.
@@cplpuddingpop We understand and treat PTSD a lot differently now as well. But being able to work efficiently , or mostly efficiently, while in harrowing situations like that is why discipline and training are so integral to the military.
Wow. On that third bomb hit you can see that guy running while looking up right before it hits. Crazy.
The footage appears to be spliced. If you look at the first clip, you can see the same guys running for cover, and there's a good 10 second gap before the third bomb hits. I think this is why Montemayor put the "This clip is edited" in the corner.
@@Keldor314 I believe the editing part is that censored part on top left corner. In unedited video it shows gun crew dying in 2nd bomb blast.
How can one find the unedited footage?
@@DriveLaken It very likely doesn't exist any more. We just know the clip was edited because we have that other clip with different timing, and because if you go through the edited clip frame by frame, you'll notice that the first frames of the explosion are outright missing.
The navy did this sort of splicing for the simple reason that there weren't very many cameras on the ships, and so it was rare to actually catch full events on film. You'd have a lot of near miss footage, since misses were much more common than hits, so in the very likely event that the camera man hadn't seen the bomb falling in time to bring the camera around, they'd splice together the bit the cameraman did get with footage from a separate near miss that was representative of what the real event would have been.
As for this video, the edit was more about dramatic effect, but perhaps not entirely uncalled for. Even if the men on the deck were actually safe, it's pretty likely that there were more men beneath the deck that were in fact killed by the explosion. Ships are crowded places, after all.
@@Keldor314 So, best case scenario is that the unedited film is collecting dust in some archive, perhaps degrading with no way to find, convert, or analyze it?
For some reason that almost feels MORE insulting. Like, if my death is going to be caught on camera I don't want it to be forgotten, edited out for sensibilities' sake. You catch my death on film I want every son of a bitch that watches it to see me in their nightmares later that night. I want it to mean something.
Three videos in a single day and with a hint of more to come? Wow! Thank you!!!
Everyone is actually giddy at the prospect of more to come!
Thank you for the third unexpected clip - I profess to have never seen this before, and the commentary was quite illuminating. I can't imagine the fear and dread those men on the carrier deck would have felt as they saw bombs flying towards them - not know if they'll hit.
"Oh, s**t, another dive bomber!"
Many years ago I met a veteran of the Enterprise in WW2. He was surprised I knew so much about its history. But I know so much more now thanks to your wonderful presentations.
My grandfather was on the Enterprise (and the Hornet) in WW2.This channel does a fantastic job of presenting that period of history.
In 1996, I met a Hornet (CV-8) survivor. He was a plank owner, and with her at Santa Cruz! I shook his hand, thanked him for his service, and bought his lunch.
I served on a flattop in the late 80s. But I wanted to hear his stories. He was happy to talk about it.
I'm glad this happened on my day off. I would NOT have returned to work!🤣 We talked over three hours! It was great!!!
He said he wasn't that scared during the battles. Mostly they worried about sub attacks (subs had damaged Saratoga twice in 1942, sank Wasp, etc.)
But when they had to abandon ship, the men not wounded had to swim over three hundred yards to the destroyers. That's a long slog, especially being exhausted after the battle!
But none of them were afraid of the swim! They were afraid of sharks getting them before they reached the destroyers! (As did happen to Wasp's crew!)
Then he smiled and said, _"God loved us. Not one man drowned, or got attacked by sharks."_
The ones lost died during the air attacks against Hornet.
To this day, this remains one of my favorite memories. I don't remember his name, unfortunately. But I enjoyed listening to his story. He was surprised I knew so much about his ship, and the others. Even the ships escorting Hornet at Santa Cruz, and their fates too.
I told him about my Great Uncle who served aboard the USS San Francisco (CA-38).
While Hornet had NOT operated with Frisco, he knew her! And knew her fights at Guadalcanal! He had only praise for Frisco.
Later, he would serve on the new Essex class Lexington (CV-16). He had lots to say about that ship too!
I knew her WW2 battles as well.
Great Ships All.
I am German and thank you very much for these pictures which I have never seen before.
75 dead and 95 injured.
What these incredible images don't show is the horror below decks that await the rescue crews.
The dead are silent but the screams of the injured, it must be indescribable... 🙏
Marion Riley was a friend of mine in Jacksonville Florida, 1971.
He told me that he was a naval combat photographer. He recognized a lot of his footage in the Victory at Sea series. He filmed a bomb blast when a piece of shrapnel destroyed his camera. It would have killed him if the camera wasn’t in front of his face.
Until now I didn’t know time or place. I had assumed it would have been a kamikaze strike later in the war.
I really love that you have a third surprise video today, and at the same time I also agree that the last two videos work better as independent from the main one.
Considering when you uploaded this, I suppose you could call this an Easter egg.
I appreciate you using video footage like this to get a good idea what a bomb hit actually looked like and the amount of damage inflicted. American damage control crews cannot get enough credit. Their skill (coupled with good ship design) saved hundreds of lives and the strategic benefit of keeping so many of these crucial early carriers in operation despite the obvious talent of Japanese pilots was decisive. The relative difference in damage control capabilities gave the American carriers an incredible capacity to "take a punch", while the Japanese carriers often proved to have a "glass jaw". Not to mention all the lives saved protected an invaluable pool of trained, veteran naval personnel, while Japanese losses created a qualitative, as well as quantitative "human capital" mismatch. Damage control was a huge tactical and strategic advantage that is so often underappreciated, so I'm happy you always take the time to highlight it.
Drachinifel has an excellent video (or two) comparing the damage control strengths and weaknesses of the USN vs the IJN.
@@colormedubious4747 by no means diminishing the value of Drachinfel's videos, his way of conveying information is subpar to the Montemayor's. While Montemayor gets every bit chewed and every word clearly spoken (with carefully arranged adaptive sound background), Drachinfel keeps it flowing without a pause, with no changes between the parts of the battle or actions, and absolutely should speak in a clearer fashion. I love the story of the USS Johnston, for instance, but the way it has been presented... >_< I mean, I'm sure Montemayor would depict it in a much more conceivable fashion for a dum-dum like me.
@@uladzimirdarozhka It isn't a contest. Each has his own style and adds useful insights to the understanding of historic events. You can pair their videos like matching a thoughtfully considered wine to your entree. For example: watch Monte's clear and concise video about the Pearl Harbor raid and then follow it with Drach's highly detailed 3-part series about the USN's remarkable salvage operation. Delicious!
Yo dawg, I heard you like bonus videos, so I put a bonus video inside your bonus video, so you can watch while you watch.
I'm not sure why I've just got a notification for this but a good opportunity to watch it again. I find it very impressive how soon after the hit, crewmen spring up from all over to start working on fixing the damage, that's a well trained crew.
I just watched all three. You have such a captivating presentation. Thank you for taking the humongous amount of time and effort it must have required to produce such quality videos. Thank you!
Love how they gave Fletcher numerous bad reports about the timing of the enemy's arrival, then get bitchy when he refuels (following their advice) and then doesn't risk throwing his airgroups away attacking into an enemy with an unknown position and superior numbers.
Fletcher got outplayed in Eastern Solomons. Unable to find the Japanese carriers. Took the Light Carrier bait. Saved his own carriers with dumb luck.
At least he had the good sense to make a run for it after making a mess of it. 😅
@@thecappeningchannel515 It was not Flechters fault though, based on what he knew he did every single decision right. It was the lack of intel which really lost the battle. Mainly regarding the date of the attack and the position of the carriers and furthermore the lack of clear communcation by his air crew.
@@chrissim4386 its a cop out to say that 'based on what he knew he did the best'. Nagumo and Fletcher were both guilty of being indesicive and using too few scout planes.
I don’t know how anyone could Monday morning quarterback a WW2 carrier captain. It’s ignorance, at best and better described as stupidity and idiocy.
There were any number of chance happenings in every carrier battle of WW2 that could have changed outcomes.
To second guess a captain like Fletcher… I’d like to know what you do for a living and what kind of life you’ve led to pass such judgement.
@@DriveLaken with that logic Mannerheim and Hitler made no mistakes either, the Ardennes Offensive could not have been predicted and Operation Barbarossa had no chance of success and neither could Stalin have made a different call.
We know Fletcher made mistakes because we have history as an academic dicipline. With the resources given, he could have made a far better showing in total.
Any idea that the japanese were 'superior' in 1942 is american fanboying over their hapless enemies to indirectly glorify their own effort. Nagumo was a complete flop, as evidenced at Midway, Eastern Solomons and failure to send 3rd wave at Pearl Harbor. His equipment and men were cirka on par with the americans. And remember the insane advantage the americans had by having broken the japanese codes.
Its not just me though, both Fletcher and Spruance were widely criticised by contemporaries in the navy too btw.
what a treat! amazing footage with all the context given from the previous videos.
It's great to have you back! Excellent work, as always.
Big D watching the Big E. Nice.
Incredible footage. Thanks for posting. I have a few stories from my grandad about the pacific theatre. He was a radar operator on the USS Halford (DD-480). The Halford was stationed off Guadalcanal for some time in 1943, serving as part of the anti-submarine screen.
I had never seen this footage before - just the famous photo. Thanks very much for including it! You are by far my favorite WWII historian,
Thank you for sharing the combat footage of the Big E. I’ve seen very little combat footage of a carrier in action, especially while being attacked and hit.
I will definitely be coming back a few times over the next couple of weeks to better absorb all the information. Well done sir and I’m excited to see what you do next (in due time of course).
I’ve seen this amazing footage before but wasn’t sure about the context of the attack. Thankyou so much for explaining what happened so succinctly. Fantastic Easter Egg 🙏
I knew the photo of the bomb hit existed, as it 's a very famous image, but I actually had no idea it was a still from combat footage. Once more, Montemayor's quality leaves me having genuinely found new understanding of events that have been analysed countless number of times.
This is a great presentation. As a sailor long ago I have seen many brave souls on a carrier myself including and not bragging just facts that many people dont see and realize. Daily air operations are dangerous in itself. I have witnessed many sailors blown off the side and drown and killed by props of planes. Thanks for listening I got it off my chest and thank all vets and their families for their service and sacrifice.!
Oh were you a seimen ? Thats nice
Thank you for presenting all of this.
No problem Flipside06! I specifically enjoyed making this one. having all the research fresh in my head, it was easier to analyze the footage.
@Montemayor Love all of your videos! Could we possibly get a video about Leyte Gulf next?
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@@MontemayorChannel is there any chance you could post a reading list of books you use for research/enjoyment? 😀
You have become one of my favorite creators in recent years due to the incredible quality of all of your work. Every sentence is informative and paired with excellent visual representations, all delivered with a brevity that is sorely lacking in RUclips. Your care and attention to detail are second to none, and I love how you make naval battles easily digestible and entertaining. Keep up the good work! I’d love to see you and Invicta collaborate on a true size of the US Navy if you can reach out; I think it could be really awesome!
I agree completely. Excellent in every way.
4:04 slow down to half speed and check out how much list she has taken on due to her turn.
If you pause the video and then use period and comma you can go frame by frame.
As a former US Naval Aviation Ordnanceman abroad the USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70), I can fully appreciate this. There is nothing more frightening to a sailor than an ordnance related shipboard fire. It is literally all hands on deck to combat the fire. As a matter of fact, I would go so far as to say that US Navy Sailors make some of the finest fire fighters in the world. As we are all trained extensively on fire prevention and fire fighting. Thanks for the great footage and backstory.
Glad to see you made this public. What a great series you did on this battle.
One thing that always fascinated me with naval battles in WW2 is the tempo. A battle would last for hours but the actual shooting is gone in minutes. This is a quite difficult concept to grasp for a majority of people that a battle would be 95% of looking at an empty sea, empty sky and empty radar screen. And when something is finally detected, you're not even sure if there is going to be any engagement. We see these images and the summary of the battle in a few hours of video but for the men on those ships it was days of nothingness and then a few minutes of very VERY close calls
A soldier is always either very stressed out or has virtually nothing to do.
TY so much for passing on this footage.
The present that keeps giving. :) I was secretly hoping for yet another secret video at the end of this.
haha i think 3 was enough before it got annoying.
Just found your channel......watched 5 vids straight off, i love it. Quality, integrity, plenty of detail and very well presented.
MIRE MORE MORE!
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Awesome video! I love the bite sized nature of it. No long intro, no 2 minute sponsorship ad, no talking around the topic. Broken down well with only the important information. Great video
I just viewed your WWII Pacific Theater videos. They are excellent. After watching them, I realized how misstaken my prior understanding of the War in the Pacific had been. I particularly appreciate your explaning how critical decisions made by the opposing commanders made sense (or can be faulted) within the context of the fog of war. Thank you for taking the time to put these wonderful videos together. I look forward to your next one.
I didn't expect to watch 3 videos in a row, nice work! The commentary really helps to give a heads up on where the bomb is going to hit, it really brings out the context behind the footage.
At the time this footage was shot my father was a 17 year old Marine on an AA battery in the Solomons. These sailors were fighting and dying to prevent the Japanese from landing and quite possibly saving my fathers life. Thank you heroes. RIP Dad.
Post credit scene achievement unlocked.
Your indepth analysis of decision points is unique and unmatched! Excited for next videos.
You sir are absolutely amazing and I need to thank you for this video. I have seen this footage many times but the context given brings it to a whole new level. The way you present these topics is so informative and interesting and able to be enjoyed and understood no matter if the person watching knows tons about the PTO or nothing at all. So thank you very much and please keep doing what you do.
I had no idea that footage like this existed, thanks for including it in it's own video and also for giving it context.
What an outstanding video bonus. Thank you and keep them coming.
Incredible content. Had never seen these videos before. Just some of the still frames. And to see it all in context of the attack! Amazing work. Keep it up!
Wow, that was some great footage. Thank you for the bonus. Excellent series.
I've watched many thousands of hours of WWII material and have never seen this. Amazing footage. Thanks so much for sharing.
Thank you for adding this extra bit of information. I'm highly anticipating your next video.
This is amazing. Hiding stuff at the end of videos for the ones that watch the whole thing :D
Glad you are posting again. Nothing comes even close to the quality of your videos. Not even the ones who have the similar style. Thank you!
thanks for all the great videos you have taken the time to create...nice also to see perspectives from both sides thus giving us more of a feel for the difference in commanders.
Now a third video! I love the footage from the deck of The Enterprise (except for people being killed).
I remember seeing that still in a LIFE Magazine coffee-table book as a child in my school library in the 1970's. It was really fortunate that the third hit was either not an armor-piecing bomb or it detonated prematurely. Otherwise it could have penetrated to the hanger deck or deeper into the machinery compartments and put her out of action for a long period or permanently, instead of just causing superficial damage to the flight deck!
Yorktown took an armour piercing bomb in that position during the Battle of the Coral Sea and it partially knocked out her boilers.
Thank you for all the effort that goes into making such accurate & educational videos. One of the best channels on youtube.
This is awesome and very insightful! Would love more videos like this that have “commentary” and graphic diagrams of what’s happening and surrounding the events taking place in all of famous historic combat footage!
Thank you for providing such masterful and detailed content for us all.
Amazing footage! Thank you so much for all the work you do, and for sharing these!
Appreciate the videos man, very well done!
Damn...was hoping for a full video, given its been 5months. Love your content either way!
Great context for the video footage. You really pull it all together for us!
I love the brief inclusion of the damage control teams going to work. We so often hear or read academic accounts or manuals for DC, but rarely do we get a chance to see real footage of it in action. Of course, I'm sure part of that is the cameramen being pressured into helping save the ship.
US damage control was on point and was a major contributor to their success in the Pacific. I even liked seeing is sped up, it looks like they're massing like ants to put out the fire.
Amazing video. Thanks for producing it
You did a magnificent job with the clip and providing us insight about this footage. Great job, and THANK YOU!
Thank you! You managed to break it down very well, easy to grasp this piece of history!
Glad you are still here. Keep it up.
Extraordinary footage, thank you. With the knowledge gained from your two videos about the battle this really puts this footage in context. RIP to the brave American servicemen who died defending the freedom we know today. RIP also to the ultimately defeated enemy.
Comments are from 4 months ago but this vid just came out 2 hours ago. Man you really give those guys EARLY access to videos.
Sooooooo... This video was a hidden video that you could get access from a link in the description, which was also hidden and could be only accessed (for a couple of days ) by a link in the description.
TLDR: This video could be freely accessed 4 month ago, by taking a look at the description.
Montemayor, you and Drachinifel from the U.K. are perhaps the two best WW2 historians on RUclips. Thank you!!! This is amazing!!!
Wow, this footage was amazing. Thank you for showing this.
I've seen that still image of the third explosion before, but never realized there was a movie of the same event. Also, everywhere I've seen that still image, the caption says something like, "the explosion killed the cameraman, but did not harm his camera." (I'm 52, I have a clear memory of my mother reading a coffee table book with me, showing me that picture and reading the caption. I was about 9 and already fascinated by WW2). Good to know that caption is wrong, the cameraman behind this camera survived. Another cameraman in the aft gun deck died from the first bomb hit. That's probably the reason that the mistake made it in to the historic record for a time.
I'll leave it to the kids to think of a meme about the cameraman dying/never dying.
Your content and analysis of the pacific theater is all I've been able to watch the past couple days
Dude this is awesome..I rarely ever see video footage from ww2 carriers. Nice upload bro
Looking forward to your next video in a couple years! all jokes aside, these are ridiculously amazing videos and I love each and every one of them
I love the video with the context provided. This is amazing historical preservation. It also helps me understand the damage type and from what munitions. And then the damage control teams hard work to resume operations. Excellent work
This will be a good one, took a long time to get here.
Amazing work man!!
unbelievable how fast they got flight operations back up and running. 3 hits like that on a Japanese carrier and it's straight to the bottom of the sea. What a difference in fire control and engineering prowess.
The japanese carriers had wooden furniture, wood panels inside, burnable paint jobs, and those sandbags on the tower? Those are cotton mattresses being aired. Yep. They were amateurs on the defence.
@@thecappeningchannel515 That's...my goodness why? Surely nothing is easier to figure out than sandbags.
@@jayteegamble the japanese navy were amateurs in damage control. Hard to believe, but they simply were.
Fantastic footage, thanks for the commentary!
That was awesome! Thanks. Please do more similar forensic breakdowns of this footage.
Thank you for the upload. Very well done.
And now we wait for another year before this legend posts another video 😅
A year more for Santa Cruz is fine by me. Especially if he delivers Phillipine seas in another 12 months. 😅
With content of this quality, it'll be worth the wait.
Wow, that is spectacularly interesting footage! I would love you if upload more videos like this (besides your other battle breakdowns of course)
I can't believe footage of this quality exists from 80 years ago. Truly incredible
Many appreciations for making this available.
I've seen these amazing films before in raw form, but your video with diagrams and commentary made it much, much more valuable and interesting. Thanks!
Very cool, thanks for putting that together.
Just amazing and phenomenal job!! Thank for sharing this almost forgotten history 🎉❤
This was incredible. Thank you for providing this video.
Thanks for the great video and explanation, reviewing history coming from first source is a real privilege.
Well done, especially when you highlight spots to watch, excellent editing.
This was an excellent video. I see so much raw old footage but I often don't know what I'm looking at. Or there will be clips buried in long format pieces. It's cool to see a short piece that focuses a single artifact of raw footage and wraps it in context and story. Four minutes. Perfect.
Thanks for sharing this footage. Love your work and devotion
Short but sweet, a nice little gift to go along with my morning coffee! Thanks!
Great way to show the footage and explain what and where. Really well done. Bravo
Thank you for providing the perspective and context. Very moving.
I have been reliably informed by the RUclips community that the cameraman never dies. Jokes aside, awesome video MM. Its truly a gift anytime you upload. God bless and God speed
This is why I’m subbed. Context within context and explanations without unnecessary addons.
Thank you for including the link to this video.
Your videos are fantastic, Montemayor. Please keep posting.