You're lucky to have your dad alive. Congratulations! Mine died years ago, but while watching the new Midway movie, I remembered the first time we saw the old Midway movie back in 1984, as well as Tora, Tora, Tora. Great memories!!
I saw the 1976 movie in high school. I have since that time served 20 years in the military and gotten two degrees from colleges. The most important reason for the Americans winning this battle was the excellent repair, salvage, mechanical and engineering expertise both on the carriers and at Pearl Harbor. Logistics and repair/maintenance crews were everything in the Pacific war. One of the things that most civilians will have a hard time appreciating was the intensity of operations the Japanese carrier units were under at the time. Since Pearl Harbor, the Japanese Naval Aviation Corps had been on continuous operations without let up from the Dutch East Indies, heavy combat in the Java sea, Singapore, Ceylon, the Philppines, Burma/Thailand, minor battles against the Americans in various US Navy raids on Japanese island strongholds and Japanese raids on Darwin. Many naval battles took place over the roughly six months plus since Pearl Harbor. At all these naval battles the Japanese naval carriers, crews and warplanes were in almost constant combat action. Japanese losses at each of these naval battlesThe Japanese were more than a little tired after the Coral Sea action that ground down a good number of air squadrons and damaged two aircraft carriers with one carrier sunk. Admiral Yamamoto needed to rest his sailors, his pilots and carrier crews. The Japanese needed to have their carrier fleets, crews, support ships and warplanes refurbished, rested and refitted. New pilots needed to be integrated into old squadrons that had absorbed losses both from combat and accidents. No admiral can keep his naval air squadrons constantly in combat for six months without losses in efficiency due to combat losses, damage and wearing out aircraft engines/components etc. The Japanese as it was did NOT have significant numerical superiority at the time of the battle of Midway in June, 1942. Also the American carrier Yorktown was badly damaged at the battle of Coral Sea but limped back to Pearl Harbor. This aircraft carrier was quickly repaired with salvage crews working around the clock for 48 hours straight. It was this major feat of repair work that got the Yorktown repaired well enough to take part in the battle to join Hornet and Enterprise. Also, Midway island was heavily reinforced with fighter planes, naval bombers and Army B-17's. The Midway island garrison of warplanes caused considerable Japanes losses with many damaged Japanese planes returning with antiaircraft hits making them inoperable for much of the rest of the battle. But the Army B-17's attacked the Japanese fleet and other Navy based warplanes attacked the Japanese fleets doing little real damage to the Japanese fleet. However, these constant attacks kept the Japanese fleet pinned down doing evasive actions. The Japanese fighter cover shotdown a number of US Navy torpedo squadrons with heavy losses. But these constant American air attacks brought down the protective Japanese fighter cover over their fleet. The Japanese were reloading/refueling their warplanes with bombs, fuel and ammunition spread all over the decks. This factor allowed the fortuitous American dive bomber squadrons at the edge of their fuel reserves to attack with deadly precision setting three Japanese carriers on fire with enormous explosions. The Americans couldn't have gotten any luckier. But in reality, the high tempo of operations with little or no reset or refit time actually set up the Japanese Navy to fail. The lesson here is it is necessary to rest, refit and refurbish military units at sea, in the air or on land after they have been in continuous combat operations for a prlonged period of time. New replacements need time for training, integration and familiarization with their new units, equipment and men. These administrative pauses for refit and refurbishment are critical to sustaining any military units in combat operations. The tiredness of constant operations was a big factor in the catastrophic Japanese losses at Midway. The Japanese were very good in 1942 but at Midway, these excellent carrier squadrons were all used up. Their loss of experience to the Japanese was a major reason for the turning of the tide in the Pacific in about five minutes time at Midway. But if you are looking for the real reason the Americans won at Midway is to look no further than the quick turn around time to fix the carrier Yorktown at Pearl Harbor and the excellent fire control/damage control parties on the carriers. The Yorktown, though sunk, got into the battle launching her warplanes when they mattered the most at Midway.
The Japanese did not have significant numerical superiority? I disagree. At that time Japan had how many carriers? At least 6. US had 3. Japan had numerous battleships. The US- none. In virtually everything else they out numbered the US. After Midway the numbers started to turn, it was particularly in experienced pilots. It was intellogence that won this battle and allowed the US to continue to turn the tide.
@@dwlopez57 The Japanese had only four carriers at the battle of Midway. Two Japanese carriers were severely damaged at the Coral Sea battle with heavy losses of warplanes. The American warplanes on Midway made the odds about dead even in the air during the battle itself. The Japanese were pretty worn down from all the combat for seven straight months. I have always thought that Admiral Yamamoto made a big mistake in ordering the Midway operation so close to the heavy Japanese losses at Coral Sea. The US military reinforced Midway significantly before the battle. Intelligence can help show the possible intentions of an enemy but it doesn't by itself win battles. We had to get lucky in order to win at the battle of Midway. The constant American air attacks from Midway and the carriers with their torpedoe squadrons tied down the Japanese lowering their figher umbrella so the Dauntless dive bombers at the end of the fuel range could attack with little interference. America got lucky at Midway.
@@rexfrommn3316 seems I've read they had at least 2 more carriers they could have sent to Mideay but didnt, I'll have to check further. But the planes the Americans had on Midway were hopelessly outdated and out classed and also some of the carrier based planes too. There was luck involved yes. First, if the Japanese had not sent the Info out about Midway's water purification out coded but haf sent it over unsecure channels then the Americans could not have verified that Midway was the target. Also the scout plane from the Tone being launched late, since it was the one headed for the American fleet.. and of course none of the American carriers being at Pearl and the Japanese not knowing that. So luck. Yes, but the allies had .much better intelligence than the Japanese did.
@@marcziegenhain8420 BUT not fast battleships. At the time of Midway we just had two period, NONE in the pacific; and old battleships could barely maintain 21 knots, meaning they were too slow for fleet operations
From a New Zealander. My country and Australia were spared because the U.S. Navy forced the Japanese task force heading for Port Moresby to turn back. Then it stopped the Japanese Navy dead in the water at Midway. We were busy fighting Rommel in Africa. So, thanks very much.
In turn you gladly opened your ports to our navy for repairs, re-supply, medical, and much needed shore leave. You still welcome our navy to this day so thank you.
You might be interested to know there is a New Zealand connection in this film. During filming in 1976, the film-makers used the actual fuselage of an SBD-5 for the close-up shots of actors in the cockpit. That particular plane (non-airworthy at the time) formerly belonged to the Royal New Zealand Air-Force (RNZAF) during WW2. That plane was later restored to flying condition and featured in the 1986 mini-series 'War & Remembrance'.
One of my all time favorite movies, even with all of its flaws and the inaccurate stock footage like Hellcats and P-40s. Great memories watching this with my dad and he has great memories seeing it with my grandfather who took part in the pacific war.
For me, the inaccurate stock footage ruined the movie. Also the use of modern carriers to represent the Japanese fleet, 🤦♂️. I get they were limited with what they could work with, but as a WW2 Aviation Geek, it bothers me
@@nitchmakes7550 - You numbskulls! P-40s were present at Midway! They were some of the mix of Fighters, Bombers, and anything else the US could gather up and send to Midway were assembled. The P-40s were only a few planes, though, compared to the Marines and their F3A Buffalos. Unlucky bunch, those Marines. They were flying the worst Fighter the US had at the time. The only people that got the damn Buffalo to work right, were the Finns of all people and they were part of the Axis!
FLJBeliever1776 bro check your history my guy. P-40s were not at midway, the only army aircraft there were B-17s and B-26 marauders. Where are you getting your information? The P-40 scene is a reused scene from Tora Tora Tora
I had a drink with Ensign Gay in a bar in Marietta, GA in the 1990s where you can still see his autographed picture still up on the Wall there. That's basically EXACTLY what he saw in the water as the Lone survivor of Torpedo 8. GOD BLESS THEM ONE AND ALL!!!
Yes, it showed the discussions and planning that the commanders conducted for the attacks during the battle. The movie flowed smoother than the more recent version.
@@RedWarrior081 Shokaku and Zuikaku did not go to Midway. From memory Shokaku was sunk in the Battle of the Philippine Sea (Mariana's Turkey Shoot) and Zuikaku followed a few months later at Leyte Gulf, which I understand was the biggest naval biggest in history.
Great scene, but Tomonaga and the other pilots on the deck of Hiryu looking on at the three burning carriers was an epic moment in both the real battle and the movie.
@@michaelc.6532 That scene (and all the japanese carrier scenes) was footage from the japanese movie "Storm over the Pacific" from 1960, it was marketed as "I bombed Pearl Harbour" in the US. Part of the attack scene can be seen here: ruclips.net/video/4duX2-2BgnE/видео.html
Words CAN NOT express my feelings of thank yous to the boys that went out and men came back and to the ones that gave their lives for me and my family thank you is not enough but sadly is all I can offer. Stories like this makes me glad that they all stepped up and carried the fight to all three axes powers that is the reason Americans can stand tall Thank you
I love that they realistically show Akagi getting taken out by only the one 1,000 lb bomb, that was Dick Best's plane. Can you imagine what Ensign Gay was thinking there in the water?
"WOOOOOO YEAHHHHH FUCK YOU MOTHERFUCKERS!!! BURN MOTHERFUCKER BURN!! THATS FOR MY SQUADRON YOU BASTARDS" Maybe I dont know. I would say something like this
@@reynihilus2019 The military report reads that one bomb had already hit the front deck or exploded right in front causing it to deform. This movie is shockingly accurate to the report as in AA fire lagging behind them and the mind blower is this squadron had mutinied yes mutinied as the commander noticed the strike force going the wrong direction so they went against orders & why they were late, true. The other group got lost and only part of its planes after finding nothing returned to Midway and the carriers. This was buried and mutiny charge was forgiven also.
Ens George Gay, the only surviving member of the torpedo squadron that in a totally failed attack with poorly designed torpedoes, diverted the attention of the Japanese away from the dive bombers. It was purely by luck that the dive bombers found the Japanese fleet having searched fruitlessly until they turned to a vector on a hunch of their commander. It was also pure luck that they arrived on scene at precisely the right moment while attention was diverted and the Japanese were refueling and rearming aircraft on the deck for the third time. Indecision by commanders+inadequate plane spotting+high octane fuel and bombs on deck=disaster.
+Domenico D. The URL seems to have been changed. Here the updated one: www.history.navy.mil/research/library/oral-histories/wwii/battle-of-midway/recollections-of-lieutenant-george-gay.html Thank you very much for pointing to this interview. It's a very fascinating read. And I really like that Lt. Gay mentioned everyone who deserves credit.
***** God does not "hate" ANYONE. If you actually believe god does, you are totally out of touch with his message. What part of Jesus dying to forgive the sins of ALL man in god's eyes was unclear?
William Signs I am not arguing over whether or not it happened. I was merely stating the FACT that NO part of the bible supports any allegation that god would "hate" the Japanese or any other nation.
You almost have to feel for Yamamoto at the end of the movie--I mean, he pitched _Operation MI_ to Hirohito, Tojo, and the Japanese military high command, and by the end of the movie, all four of Nagumo's carriers were either at, or on their way _to,_ the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. He may also have been thinking: I could be _hanged_ for this failure!
Nagumo's resume as far as carriers are concerned: Lost 3 carriers (Akagi, Kaga, Soryu... Ryujo at the Eastern Solomons was detached to Chuichi Hara's decoy force when it was lost while Tamon Yamaguchi took over the command before the Hiryu struck back and was subsequently lost) Sank 2 carriers: Hermes (light), Hornet (coup de grace by IJN surface ships) Chuichi Hara's resume: Lost 1 carrier: Ryujo (light) Sank 1 carrier: Lexington Tamon Yamaguchi's resume: Lost 1 carrier: Hiryu Sank 1 carrier (debatable):Yorktown (with coup de grace by I-168) Aritomo Goto's resume: Lost 1 carrier (Shoho) Destroyed 0 carriers Jisaburo Ozawa's CV: Lost 7 carriers: Taiho, Shokaku, Hiyo, Zuikaku, Zuiho, Chiyoda, Chitose Destroyed: 0 carriers
+MegaWolfgang Modern study would say that Battle of Santa Cruz that happened later in 1942 changed the course of the war when Japan lost control of South Pacific and can no longer threaten Australia.
Parshall and Tully have stated that the heavy losses in veteran aircrew (110, just under 25% of the aircrew embarked on the four carriers), were not crippling to the Japanese naval air corps as a whole; the Japanese navy had 2,000 carrier-qualified aircrew at the start of the Pacific war.
+James Robert For the TBD section? Yeah it was. However six TBF-1s from Midway which were also part of VT-8 also attacked. Five TBF-1s were shot down and the sixth returned to Midway; shot to pieces and the tailgunner killed.
James Robert Close to it, 13 Buffalos destroyed, some did survive though but two never flew again. Same with the lone TBF-1 Avenger that returned to Midway.
Wow. I thought the Avengers were fairly new aircraft and would have fared better. Probably not I guess with a 54 foot wingspan and Zero's after you. Were they overwhelmed or simply didn't have fighter protection?
If there is one man who can be credited with the victory at Midway it's Commander Wade McCluskey. Had he not followed that Japanese destroyer to the main fleet his dive bombers would never have taken out the 3 carriers, would have been a entirely different battle. Sadly, several of his planes ran out of fuel on their return to Enterprise and were never heard from again. But they got the job done.
There must have been an incredible moment in the mind of the Japanese officers, shown here at about 0:21 into the clip, of that truly gut-wrenching feeling of being totally screwed. Not just that disaster was about to strike and not being able to do a thing about it, but perhaps even the feeling that they were about to lose the war because in a matter of minutes there was a good chance the best of their fleet was about to sink to the bottom of the Pacific.
"For six months to one year I can run wild in the Pacific with victory after victory. After that, I can guarantee nothing." Admiral Yamamoto before the attack on Pearl Harbor. And we was right. And in the space of five minutes thanks to Wade McClusky and his dive bombers from the Enterprise along with the Yorktown..the war in the Pacific changed.
I've read in several books that when Yamamoto was told the results of this attack, he didn't display any of his usual determination or resolve. He didn't do anything. he just slumped in his chair with a shocked look on his face.
@@xgiancanax1749 It was McClusky's wise choice to conduct a box search with the limited fuel instead of going back to the carrier that decided the course of the battle.
One of my brothers and I saw this movie when it first came out - we caught an afternoon matinee and sat in front of a couple of WW 2 Navy men. As I recall, I don't think they were at the battle but they served on some ships that were part of the fleet that the Enterprise was later part of. As I learned later, the bombs were particularly effective not only because of the fuel and bombs on the decks but also the Japanese carriers had very poor damage control systems. The American carriers were more likely to survive similar bomb damage. An element often overlooked is the incredible loss of talent - the Japanese lost 4 carriers worth of battle experienced pilots and support crews.
Most of the Japanese Carriers were converted cruisers or battleships, refitted with wooden flight decks. This made them faster, but also lightly armored, and highly flammable.
@@Rancoroth419 Not quite. The only two "conversions" in the Kido Butai were the Akagi and Kaga (which were converted from the hulls of a battlecruiser and battleship respectively) and the conversions were done early enough in those ships' constructions that it didn't make too much difference. The United States did the same thing with Lexington and Saratoga. Japan was only forced to use more and more conversions as the war went on and their purpose-built carriers were destroyed. And at the time, both the US and Japan used wood planking on top of a metal flight deck to make it easier for planes to land. And it was actually the Japanese that were the first to really use an armored flight deck with the construction of Taiho. The US wouldn't armor the flight deck until the construction of the Midway-class. What made the ships so "flammable" at Midway was that they had fully armed and fueled planes on their decks and in the hangars (along with improperly stowed munitions from switching bomb types earlier in the battle).
I remember watching this with my dad, and I asked him, "why are they showing Corsairs, they weren't at Midway" . he replied "Hollywood my son, Hollywood" Also read "A Dawn Like Thunder: The True Story of Torpedo Squadron Eight", great book about the squadron at Midway and the aftermath of Midway
Same thing with my dad when we saw it in '76. I was making models of WWII planes then. Get in a Wildcat, take-off in an Avenger, and ditch in a Hellcat...
@@johnleeson6946 - It's easy to understand why if you pay more attention to the footage they used. It was all combat and gun footage taken in combat. I wouldn't be surprised if those Corsairs were hitting targets in KOREA in 1952!
There is an EXCELLENT book, "Shattered Sword: The Untold Story of the Battle of Midway" that details so many different aspects that were major contributing factors to the success of the U.S. and the failure of the Japanese. Incredible battle, nerves of steel, undaunted resolve...AMAZING!!!
I always love to watch this movie ever since I was a kid in 1976? But I always noticed that Enlisted George Gay the only one who survived his torpedo bomer squadron. On board the plane he was a young man but in the sea he was an older man with almost no hair? He floating around the ocean he saw 3 Japanese aircraft carriers were totally destroyed by our dive bomber squadron. Kaga, Kagi, and Soryu were destroyed by the next day on June 6th, 1942, the carrier Horyu was destroyed. The Japanese lost some of her best and well trained pilots. Americans got very extremely lucky and put God first in everything. Our planes meant to save lives as much as possible later in the war. Speed, heavily armored, self selling gas tank, and better training. Later on P 51's, P38's, and few others as well. I met the Japanese pilot who shot down Pappy Boyington name Mike Kawamoto when my dad and I went to an Airshow in the 1980's.
That was a great day for America and a great victory for America as well. Japan didn't won that victory as they hoped for but they continue with the war. Many lives were taken on both sides.
My dad was a huge aviation buff who made model ww2 aircraft models and won show awards for them. This was a big deal and he took our family to the Skyway Theater in Minneapolis to see this when this came out. I was six years old but remember this like yesterday. Charlton Hestons sons arm burns freaked me out but we won! Some real heroism on display. My dads cousin who was a lot older flew carrier planes in ww2 and became a big deal with Honeywell later. So many of that generation put ww2 behind them and did incredible things.
My father & grandfather saw it in the theater as well. He said at the end when Charleton Heston divebombed the Hiryu & bombed it, everyone in the theater cheered. Pretty cool
I had the honor of meeting Ensign Gay. He signed the Life mag where he is in the hospital with Nimitz next to him. He was an uncompromising patriot, tough as nails even in his 70s.
Anyone ever notice the parallel between this and the attack on the Death Star? The low fighters got wiped out allowing Luke to get in. Spielberg's dad flew The Hump in WWII, and the movie producer's early flicks concerned WWII, so I don't think the similarities are imagined. Consider also Hoth versus Corregidor, once you get by the ice versus tropics.
From a resource standpoint, Japan could've sank all three of our carriers at Midway with ZERO losses to them and they'd still lose the Pacific War. If you look at the ship output of Japan vs. the US, it's almost laughable. Yorktown, Enterprise, and Hornet could've gone to the bottom, and in the next year, America would still put 14 carriers (CV/L) in the water. Nevermind the 55 submarines produced in the same year. Japan was doomed from day 1.
Kwaj You are the first poster I have seen that mentions the submarines. Good on you. I read somewhere that the U.S. submarines basically shut down the Japanese economy by destroying it's merchant fleet. I didn't realize the enormous effect the submarines had on the war. Putting 55 submarines into action is impressive. Thanks for the info.
steviea427 You are correct. The Japanese navy was pretty lax about anti-submarine warfare until about a year before they surrendered. But by then it was FAR too late. The Silent Service had sunk so many merchant and naval vessels that US submarines pretty much operated freely in Japan's waters with no real resistance from her navy. I heard US subs started sinking sampans since they were the only things to sink. lol
James Robert It's funny but while U-boats are the wolves of the sea and merciless, the USN's submarines, who sank just about all of Japan's merchant marine, are heroes.
Just for the record....there was a Japanese movie called STORM OVER THE PACIFIC which was filmed in 1960...they used footage from that film in this scene.
If I'm not mistaken a bomb passed through the flight deck elevator on one of the carriers at Midway, too. Though I think it may have been the Yorktown.
The significance of Japan losing 4 carriers at Midway can't be overstated. When the war started, Japan had 6 fleet and 4 light carriers. During the war Japan built and put to sea only 2 more fleet and a few light carriers. Comparitively, the US had 5 fleet carriers and no light carriers in the Pacific when war broke out. But by the end of the war the US deployed 24 fleet and 9 light carriers, and also used many (even smaller) escort carriers. Midway shattered Japan's carrier force, and after two more battles in 1942 they were so short of carriers, pilots, and aircraft maintenence crew that they didn't sail their carriers into combat again for over a year, until they were finally obliterated in the Battle of the Phillippine Sea
Dick Best from Enterprise was the only one to hit the Akagi and he later hit the Hiryu too. And that was his last combat mission ever. Right after the battle he got sick and was found to have tuberculous. It had been in his system for years and did not affect him. But a foul up with the plane's oxygen supply produced caustic soda which caused the TB to active and make him very ill for about 4 years. Later in his life an attempt to get him the Medal of Honor for his actions on June 4,1942 failed. He died in 2001.
As a kid between 10 -12 yr age I must have seen this movie like 50 times With cardboard and styrofoam model ships and planes we played this scene over and over again
True, but I think I would rather have landed dry back on my ship and listened to it over the radio. Honestly I don't know how: 1. he didn't get eaten by sharks; and 2.they found him to rescue him in the middle of the ocean. Mainly because I didn't do enough research.
Agreed sitting in a carrier watching history unfold would have been better, I read up on the aftermath that 3 US pilots weren't so lucky in getting away from the japanese & were executed.
Ensign Gay (man in water) would have preferred returning, with the rest of his Torpedo Squadron 8, to his carrier, the USS Hornet. Instead, he was the sole survivor of his unit. There was a reason that the SBDs "caught them flat-footed", as the Japanese CAP was at surface level shooting down the torpedo squadron. However, we will never know that feeling of near immediate vindication (pun not intended) following the death of *every one of your comrades* to see that their deaths were not in vain with the destruction of 3 (and eventually 4) Japanese carriers.
Midway movie used stock footage from storm over the Pacific and tora tora tora and also ww2 archival footage, the planes on thumbnail are sb2u vindicators which the marines launched many from midway island to attack the Japanese fleet
+Brian Collins But one of the best Dive-Bombers in the World. Plus in capable hands, it could when its not lugging a bomb give a Zero a run for its money. Check out the history channel show Dogfights the episode "Long Odds"
BULLSEYE BULLSEYE This scene was better than the whole 2019 Midway Edit: I just wanted the new Midway to have a badass scene where they came down like the hammer fist of God, instead of the 2019 version where they come down at 30 mph. Ughh, yes I watch this video often. As you can tell...
The 2019 version could have been better but give it credit. The ships and planes looked like the real thing (the Akagi in this clip has an angled deck). More of the story is told. Audiences now know why a destroyer was racing back to the fleet and led the American pilots to their fleet. The movie exposed a new generation, who may never see the 1976 version, to the story of midway.,
@@majorlagg9321 Yeah they tried, I'll give them credit for that. It was like the scene where Dick Best lands his plane on the Hiryu as the ship was violently exploding, things like that I didnt like. Oh and all that FLAK. Good god it was like they thought the Japanese AA was like the Americans in 1945. But I digress, if Midway 2019 makes some kid watch Battle of Midway battles on RUclips, or go out and buy a book about the battle, then the movie would have done a good enough job. I'll be satisfied
I never get tired of watching this over and over again. Yes it may have some flaws as a movie. But you gotta love the real footage. Which something the remake didn't have. Another thing is that the movie is a casting coup. Imagine Charleston Heston, Henry Fonda, Glenn Ford, Robert Mitchum and a young Tom Selleck in one epic film like this. What more can a movie goer back then ask for. I was six years old when this movie was made and shown.
I never even bothered to watch the CGI re-make after seeing clips online and reading the reviews. I had the misfortune of watching the Pearl Harbor movie 20 years ago. The old docudramas just have a genuine "feel" to them that CGI can't replicate.
@@whiteknightcat Pearl Harbor was historically inaccurate. I watched it and the planes (Japanese) have the same color. The Doolittle Raid people pilots in that film were army air force pilots training in some secret location. As for the Midway remake. They stayed true to who actually flew the B-25 bombers.
@@AwesomeNinja1027 Yup,, they trained in California. They would sometimes make practice bomb runs on the Southern Pacific Coast Daylight trains if they saw them. There's a famous painting depicting this.
"Scratch one flattop" was said by LCDR Jack Fletcher at the Battle of the Coral Sea. (Of course it's a good enough line to imagine that a lot more people would have said it afterwards.)
@Nomad Vagabond Lt. Com. Robert E. Dixon (VS-2) said scratch one flattop at Coral Sea. Admiral Fletcher was on the Yorktown, while Admiral Aubrey Fitch was on the Lexington during the Coral Sea battle.
1:38 - The bomb hit to the bridge actually happened, but not to Akagi. It occurred on Kaga, and was even more devastating. The blast annihilated CAPT Okada Jisaku, his XO CAPT Kawaguchi Masao, and all the senior officers save for the Chief Engineer (who later died in the bowels of the ship), the Damage Control Officer, the Air Operations Officer, the Secondary Gunnery Officer, and the Medical Officer.
But yet those poor guys on both sides of the war. I feel sorry for those Japanese pilots, sea crews, and officers. They were fighting for his own country just like us.
BS. As a wise man once said, "Don't start nothin', won't be nothin". Save your sympathy for the 2,403 Americans those same Japanese pilots and crews had killed in a sneak attack on a Sunday morning at Pearl Harbor just six months prior to their attempted attack on Midway. Not to mention the estimated 3,000,000 - 10,000,000 mostly civilians killed by the Japanese military as they attacked country after county in the Far East starting several years prior to Pearl Harbor (1937). Google "Nanking Massacre". The difference is, one side in the Pacific theater was fighting an ongoing war of aggression, subjugation, mass murder, and conquest, and the other side was fighting to defend itself and its allies under attack in the Pacific. www.hawaii.edu/powerkills/SOD.CHAP3.HTM www.alearned.com/japanese/
Kinda amusing at 0:18 when Mr. Miyagi, Mr. Takagi and all the others are searching the skies, but the one guy is starting spaced out like nothing is happening.
Now that we have CGI, I wish someone would RE DO a depiction of this epic Naval battle the right way. Perfect planes, perfect ships, etc. That would be epic! :D
+Harald Schevik You serious? Wrong models of planes, wrong pics of carriers (those are stock shots of American Carriers instead of IJN ones), various fleeting stock footage shots of all sort of the wrong planes, including some British ones which weren't even there at the battle. It's ridiculous.
+John Doe I don't particularly like the Japanese Cinema Aesthetic. And if I hear another crooning warbling vocal singer in Japanese, I'll go mad. LOL! I meant a mainstream big budget American film (but NOT Michael Bay!).......
Check movie: THE ETERNAL ZERO it was made in 2013 so it´s new movie. There is Pearl Harbor and Battle of Midway. There is very high quality made scene with Akagi which is hit by bomb.
They also left out my favorite part where Godzilla rose from the waters and started blasting at aircraft and then King Kong fought him long enough for the dive bombers to hit Soryu, where Gamera was below decks being rearmed.
My dad was in WW2 in the navy. He was on the USS Oklahoma on December 7th, 1941. The Oklahoma was one of 2 battleships destroyed that day and 400 sailors lost their lives. The other battleship of course was the USS Arizona which lost over a 1,000 men. When I was a kid and in about the 7th grade I remember asking him how he first heard that they were under attack. He said well "well they came over the ships loud speakers "we are under attack by Japanese plane! This is no fucking drill!" That was the only time I ever heard him use that word. I actually thought that word had originated with my generation and my comment to dad was "wow...they had that word back then? He just laughed Anyways, my dad only went to the cinema one tine in his life and it was to see this movie.
Nope. US bomber squadrons were poorly coordinated and while yorktown SBDs targeted Soruy, both Enterprise bomber squadrons focused on the Kaga due to the different training of their leaders, McClusky came from the army while Richard Best applied navy doctrine, both men had different trainign concerning target selection and as a result both lead their men toward Kaga. It is only because of Richard Best quick thinking that Akagi wasn't spared. When McClusky formation crossed his path, he chose to stop his dive and targeted the akagi instead and got really lucky. With only 3 bombers, he scored 1 hit which exploded right in the middle of Akagi storage area packed with fuelled and armed bombers and a near miss jammed Akagi rudder. That near miss alone would have put eventually the ship out of the battle even if the japanese had been able to stop the subsequent fires. Here lies the true miracle of Midway. 3 bombers were lucky enough to destroy the flagship of Kido butai in a single attack as a result of a combination of sterling leadership, good tactical decisions, incredible bombing skills, incredible japanese mistakes and most importantly, luck. Had Akagi survived the attack, it is possible to think Yorktown would have been sunk (or much more severely crippled) during the first japanese attack given the jap pilots' incredible skills. In that case, the second japanese attack would have had a chance to severely damage enterprise and hornet, and then all bets would have been off. As a conclusion, the US did not have enough planes at that precise moment to attack 4 carriers given that the Hornet squadrons completely missed the japanese carriers and it is against doctrine to divide a bomber formation against several carriers.
@@vlad78th A little late to be asking this but where do you read these "doctrines" and other info about midway battle, or any other naval battle in ww2? I'm just starting to get hooked by these stories and I want to know more about the finest details.
@@chrisdane2014 Read "Shattered sword" written by Parshall and Tully to have a complete account on those events and also a complete understanding of both US and japanese tactics.
If you're really interested in the Battle of Midway, read Shattered Sword by Jonathan Parshall. The true story is infinitely more interesting than this hokey movie.
If Capt Mitscher of the Hornet hadn't sent his air group on goose chase, Torpedo 8 disobeyed orders and stuck to the original plan, Scouting & Bombing 8 might have been there too. Maybe they would've gotten Hiryu and therefore Yorktown would've survived.
Sb2u vindicators on thumbnail, the marines on midway island had some vindicators on hand and launched some into the air before the Japanese air attack on midway. vindicators were obsolete at this point during ww2 with their slow speed, etc and were eventually retired from navy and marine service
that flight of Dive Bombers got damn lucky that they spotted that Destroyer when they did. If the destroyer hadn't been hunting the USS Nautilus which had fired upon the carrier task force, the SBD's would've turned home and given the Japanese enough time to refuel and rearm
Which adds an ironic twist to everything, as Nautilus had launched her Mark 14s and got nothing from them. Yet, because of her, three Carriers went down. While her own attacks provided nothing, her mere presence brought about absolute victory at Midway. Point Luck. Apt name for that battle.
we have to get something straight this was two battle group one from Enterprise and one from Yorktown who happen to attack damn near at the same time. now i not seen this movie in almost 14 years but my memory serves me right.
@ Joyce Koch After watching both movies, I think the '76 movie is better, more realistic, has a better script and dialogues, actors are of a different breed, they looks like the actual warriors. The new movie is quite good, I would say it's better than failed attempts of a movie like the 2001 Pearl Harbor. The new actors are some of the best of this generation, so they're credible. I liked the performance of the guy who impersonated Best, Doolittle and even Woody Harrelson makes a good Nimitz, I forgot the name of the guy with glasses who impersonates the cryptologist, he's quite good too. I've seen clips of the japanese movie Isoroku Yamamoto where they show their perspective of the battle and it seems pretty good. I'll have to buy the dvd or blue ray.
Original showings of this movie in theaters had some method of producing concussion air blasts when bombs and higher caliber AA went off. Loved the 5"/38 dual mount AA blasts. Very realistic.
The year was 2005 the game was Secret Weapons over Normandy and I remember the Midway mission I put one right through the firey red ball on the Kaga’s deck
Did both. The selling point for Midway at the time was the sound effects system being used in some theaters was called Sensearound. Pretty neat sound effects. It was used on a few movies with Earthquake being the first one, Rollercoaster was the third one and Battlestar Galactica the last in '78 when they took the 3hr. pilot movie and released it in theaters. Midway and Battlestar Galactica made the best use of it. It would be nice if they brought it back one more time.
@@pershingii2424 I was a projectionist at a drive in and I worked at indoor theaters also. There was a big Altec speaker behind the screen at the indoor theaters, I think it had an 18 bass cone. When no one was in the theater I could crank up the sound so loud you couldn't stand it. The movie sound I'll never forget was the music in "Jaws".
Star Wsrs was one of the first sci films movies to show combat ss it is. Usually before that the spaceships on one side would just sit there, often a lined up like sitting ducks. The fight scenes of SW were probably what made it such a hit at the time.
My Navy veteran Dad took me to see this movie in theater in 1976. It was my honor to take him to see this movie last weekend. Great show!
You're lucky to have your dad alive. Congratulations! Mine died years ago, but while watching the new Midway movie, I remembered the first time we saw the old Midway movie back in 1984, as well as Tora, Tora, Tora. Great memories!!
I remember watching this as a kid. Absolutely enthralled.
I saw the 1976 movie in high school. I have since that time served 20 years in the military and gotten two degrees from colleges. The most important reason for the Americans winning this battle was the excellent repair, salvage, mechanical and engineering expertise both on the carriers and at Pearl Harbor. Logistics and repair/maintenance crews were everything in the Pacific war. One of the things that most civilians will have a hard time appreciating was the intensity of operations the Japanese carrier units were under at the time. Since Pearl Harbor, the Japanese Naval Aviation Corps had been on continuous operations without let up from the Dutch East Indies, heavy combat in the Java sea, Singapore, Ceylon, the Philppines, Burma/Thailand, minor battles against the Americans in various US Navy raids on Japanese island strongholds and Japanese raids on Darwin. Many naval battles took place over the roughly six months plus since Pearl Harbor. At all these naval battles the Japanese naval carriers, crews and warplanes were in almost constant combat action. Japanese losses at each of these naval battlesThe Japanese were more than a little tired after the Coral Sea action that ground down a good number of air squadrons and damaged two aircraft carriers with one carrier sunk. Admiral Yamamoto needed to rest his sailors, his pilots and carrier crews. The Japanese needed to have their carrier fleets, crews, support ships and warplanes refurbished, rested and refitted. New pilots needed to be integrated into old squadrons that had absorbed losses both from combat and accidents. No admiral can keep his naval air squadrons constantly in combat for six months without losses in efficiency due to combat losses, damage and wearing out aircraft engines/components etc.
The Japanese as it was did NOT have significant numerical superiority at the time of the battle of Midway in June, 1942. Also the American carrier Yorktown was badly damaged at the battle of Coral Sea but limped back to Pearl Harbor. This aircraft carrier was quickly repaired with salvage crews working around the clock for 48 hours straight. It was this major feat of repair work that got the Yorktown repaired well enough to take part in the battle to join Hornet and Enterprise. Also, Midway island was heavily reinforced with fighter planes, naval bombers and Army B-17's. The Midway island garrison of warplanes caused considerable Japanes losses with many damaged Japanese planes returning with antiaircraft hits making them inoperable for much of the rest of the battle. But the Army B-17's attacked the Japanese fleet and other Navy based warplanes attacked the Japanese fleets doing little real damage to the Japanese fleet. However, these constant attacks kept the Japanese fleet pinned down doing evasive actions. The Japanese fighter cover shotdown a number of US Navy torpedo squadrons with heavy losses. But these constant American air attacks brought down the protective Japanese fighter cover over their fleet. The Japanese were reloading/refueling their warplanes with bombs, fuel and ammunition spread all over the decks. This factor allowed the fortuitous American dive bomber squadrons at the edge of their fuel reserves to attack with deadly precision setting three Japanese carriers on fire with enormous explosions.
The Americans couldn't have gotten any luckier. But in reality, the high tempo of operations with little or no reset or refit time actually set up the Japanese Navy to fail. The lesson here is it is necessary to rest, refit and refurbish military units at sea, in the air or on land after they have been in continuous combat operations for a prlonged period of time. New replacements need time for training, integration and familiarization with their new units, equipment and men. These administrative pauses for refit and refurbishment are critical to sustaining any military units in combat operations. The tiredness of constant operations was a big factor in the catastrophic Japanese losses at Midway. The Japanese were very good in 1942 but at Midway, these excellent carrier squadrons were all used up. Their loss of experience to the Japanese was a major reason for the turning of the tide in the Pacific in about five minutes time at Midway. But if you are looking for the real reason the Americans won at Midway is to look no further than the quick turn around time to fix the carrier Yorktown at Pearl Harbor and the excellent fire control/damage control parties on the carriers. The Yorktown, though sunk, got into the battle launching her warplanes when they mattered the most at Midway.
The Japanese did not have significant numerical superiority? I disagree. At that time Japan had how many carriers? At least 6. US had 3. Japan had numerous battleships. The US- none. In virtually everything else they out numbered the US. After Midway the numbers started to turn, it was particularly in experienced pilots. It was intellogence that won this battle and allowed the US to continue to turn the tide.
@@dwlopez57 The Japanese had only four carriers at the battle of Midway. Two Japanese carriers were severely damaged at the Coral Sea battle with heavy losses of warplanes. The American warplanes on Midway made the odds about dead even in the air during the battle itself. The Japanese were pretty worn down from all the combat for seven straight months. I have always thought that Admiral Yamamoto made a big mistake in ordering the Midway operation so close to the heavy Japanese losses at Coral Sea. The US military reinforced Midway significantly before the battle. Intelligence can help show the possible intentions of an enemy but it doesn't by itself win battles. We had to get lucky in order to win at the battle of Midway. The constant American air attacks from Midway and the carriers with their torpedoe squadrons tied down the Japanese lowering their figher umbrella so the Dauntless dive bombers at the end of the fuel range could attack with little interference. America got lucky at Midway.
@@rexfrommn3316 seems I've read they had at least 2 more carriers they could have sent to Mideay but didnt, I'll have to check further. But the planes the Americans had on Midway were hopelessly outdated and out classed and also some of the carrier based planes too. There was luck involved yes. First, if the Japanese had not sent the Info out about Midway's water purification out coded but haf sent it over unsecure channels then the Americans could not have verified that Midway was the target. Also the scout plane from the Tone being launched late, since it was the one headed for the American fleet.. and of course none of the American carriers being at Pearl and the Japanese not knowing that. So luck. Yes, but the allies had .much better intelligence than the Japanese did.
@Daniel Lopez None US battleship is wrong.
The Atlantic Fleet for example included five battleships.
@@marcziegenhain8420 BUT not fast battleships. At the time of Midway we just had two period, NONE in the pacific; and old battleships could barely maintain 21 knots, meaning they were too slow for fleet operations
From a New Zealander. My country and Australia were spared because the U.S. Navy forced the Japanese task force heading for Port Moresby to turn back. Then it stopped the Japanese Navy dead in the water at Midway.
We were busy fighting Rommel in Africa. So, thanks very much.
A true man. Thank you for figjting in the sand. Team conquerors greed every time
Always thought highly of the people from New Zealand. You have only made that admiration increase. On behalf of the U.S., you're welcome.
In turn you gladly opened your ports to our navy for repairs, re-supply, medical, and much needed shore leave. You still welcome our navy to this day so thank you.
You might be interested to know there is a New Zealand connection in this film. During filming in 1976, the film-makers used the actual fuselage of an SBD-5 for the close-up shots of actors in the cockpit. That particular plane (non-airworthy at the time) formerly belonged to the Royal New Zealand Air-Force (RNZAF) during WW2. That plane was later restored to flying condition and featured in the 1986 mini-series 'War & Remembrance'.
We cherish your friendship sir, greetings from the Land of Lincoln
One of my all time favorite movies, even with all of its flaws and the inaccurate stock footage like Hellcats and P-40s. Great memories watching this with my dad and he has great memories seeing it with my grandfather who took part in the pacific war.
Bit By Bit
For me, the inaccurate stock footage ruined the movie. Also the use of modern carriers to represent the Japanese fleet, 🤦♂️. I get they were limited with what they could work with, but as a WW2 Aviation Geek, it bothers me
@@nitchmakes7550 - You numbskulls! P-40s were present at Midway! They were some of the mix of Fighters, Bombers, and anything else the US could gather up and send to Midway were assembled. The P-40s were only a few planes, though, compared to the Marines and their F3A Buffalos.
Unlucky bunch, those Marines. They were flying the worst Fighter the US had at the time. The only people that got the damn Buffalo to work right, were the Finns of all people and they were part of the Axis!
FLJBeliever1776 bro check your history my guy. P-40s were not at midway, the only army aircraft there were B-17s and B-26 marauders. Where are you getting your information? The P-40 scene is a reused scene from Tora Tora Tora
There is also stock footage from Storm over the Pacific, Away All Boats and Battle of Britain.
I never get tired of a story with a happy ending
I had a drink with Ensign Gay in a bar in Marietta, GA in the 1990s where you can still see his autographed picture still up on the Wall there. That's basically EXACTLY what he saw in the water as the Lone survivor of Torpedo 8. GOD BLESS THEM ONE AND ALL!!!
Much better scenes and more real than the newer movie. The newer movie sounded more like a video archade
Sigh we only have *this* clip from the 1976 “Midway” movie.
They redid the movie Midway in 2019. You can see a similar scene in the new movie as well.
Im jonesing for the scene where heston calls his kid "tiger".
Not really, but agreed. Load up some more scenes, youtube. Love this movie
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@@RogerW9421 frankly too much of the remake seems fake; the CGI is a joke.
This movie had flaws, but it was way more satisfying than the 2019 version.
I agree
They were both good, in their own ways. But yea, I really like the '76 version.
Well said! I was born in the '90s but I really think old war movies are more awesome!
I'd say the 2019 version is better
Yes, it showed the discussions and planning that the commanders conducted for the attacks during the battle. The movie flowed smoother than the more recent version.
The Kaga and Akagi were found at the bottom of the ocean just weeks ago.
And yet they can't find soryu
*sad soryu noises*
Yep it was cool that they found them. Eventually they will find the Soryu and Hiryu
3-4 suffer
@@randomman3321 Shokaku and Zuikaku was found I think earlier or on the latter parts
@@RedWarrior081 Shokaku and Zuikaku did not go to Midway. From memory Shokaku was sunk in the Battle of the Philippine Sea (Mariana's Turkey Shoot) and Zuikaku followed a few months later at Leyte Gulf, which I understand was the biggest naval biggest in history.
Great scene, but Tomonaga and the other pilots on the deck of Hiryu looking on at the three burning carriers was an epic moment in both the real battle and the movie.
And the Hiryu. was sunk later.
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Yes them rushing to the rails wide eyed in shock and disbelief as they see the carriers burning is one of the best parts of the movie.
@@michaelc.6532 That scene (and all the japanese carrier scenes) was footage from the japanese movie "Storm over the Pacific" from 1960, it was marketed as "I bombed Pearl Harbour" in the US. Part of the attack scene can be seen here: ruclips.net/video/4duX2-2BgnE/видео.html
"Scratch one flattop" was actually the famous message sent by the pilots after sinking the light carrier Shoho in the Battle of Coral Sea.
Three enemy carriers burning. Time to go home. He said it as if it was just another day in the office.
Ryan Marra yea a 9 to 5 job 😂😂
For a military pilot, that IS another day at the office. 3 Carriers burning, that's a VERY GOOD day at the office.
Nah this is like getting home me and telling the fam "you wouldn't believe wild ass old movie clip just watched"
look at that BASTARD BURN! LMAO
Air crews seldom saw the graphic, physical carnage of war which ground forces dealt with.
Great scene from a great movie - 5 minutes that completely changed the course of the Pacific war.
Absolute shit of a movie.
Yes sir!
Words CAN NOT express my feelings of thank yous to the boys that went out and men came back and to the ones that gave their lives for me and my family thank you is not enough but sadly is all I can offer. Stories like this makes me glad that they all stepped up and carried the fight to all three axes powers that is the reason Americans can stand tall
Thank you
"Sweet Mary-Ann! How'd we get so lucky!?!?" Led by the Irish! Happy St. Pat's!
Are you an american
And they were _complaining about this?_ :)
I get goose bumps every time I see this. way to go Boys
I love that they realistically show Akagi getting taken out by only the one 1,000 lb bomb, that was Dick Best's plane. Can you imagine what Ensign Gay was thinking there in the water?
I saw fire already on the Akagi.
"WOOOOOO YEAHHHHH FUCK YOU MOTHERFUCKERS!!! BURN MOTHERFUCKER BURN!! THATS FOR MY SQUADRON YOU BASTARDS" Maybe I dont know. I would say something like this
@@reynihilus2019 could be fuel lines/vapor burning.
@@reynihilus2019 The military report reads that one bomb had already hit the front deck or exploded right in front causing it to deform. This movie is shockingly accurate to the report as in AA fire lagging behind them and the mind blower is this squadron had mutinied yes mutinied as the commander noticed the strike force going the wrong direction so they went against orders & why they were late, true. The other group got lost and only part of its planes after finding nothing returned to Midway and the carriers. This was buried and mutiny charge was forgiven also.
I met both of them at a symposium in Pensacola 1988 it was interesting to hear their accounts of the battle
Don't forget, a lot of us pilots lost their lives in previous attacks at Midway. This one squadron was very lucky and saved the day.
@John Crook Read "Shattered Sword" for a better explanation...
It's almost impossible to afford so many great actors in one movie nowadays. It really makes this movie so much more enjoyable.
Ens George Gay, the only surviving member of the torpedo squadron that in a totally failed attack with poorly designed torpedoes, diverted the attention of the Japanese away from the dive bombers. It was purely by luck that the dive bombers found the Japanese fleet having searched fruitlessly until they turned to a vector on a hunch of their commander. It was also pure luck that they arrived on scene at precisely the right moment while attention was diverted and the Japanese were refueling and rearming aircraft on the deck for the third time. Indecision by commanders+inadequate plane spotting+high octane fuel and bombs on deck=disaster.
TheWotnwabbit It was not luck-it was God. No other way to explain it.
+Darrin Parrent Neither luck nor god, random chance that just happened to favour one side and not the other.
+Domenico D.
The URL seems to have been changed. Here the updated one:
www.history.navy.mil/research/library/oral-histories/wwii/battle-of-midway/recollections-of-lieutenant-george-gay.html
Thank you very much for pointing to this interview. It's a very fascinating read. And I really like that Lt. Gay mentioned everyone who deserves credit.
***** God does not "hate" ANYONE. If you actually believe god does, you are totally out of touch with his message. What part of Jesus dying to forgive the sins of ALL man in god's eyes was unclear?
William Signs I am not arguing over whether or not it happened. I was merely stating the FACT that NO part of the bible supports any allegation that god would "hate" the Japanese or any other nation.
Admiral Nagumo, looking at three burning aircraft carriers: This will _not_ look good on my resume.
You almost have to feel for Yamamoto at the end of the movie--I mean, he pitched _Operation MI_ to Hirohito, Tojo, and the Japanese military high command, and by the end of the movie, all four of Nagumo's carriers were either at, or on their way _to,_ the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. He may also have been thinking: I could be _hanged_ for this failure!
Nagumo's resume as far as carriers are concerned:
Lost 3 carriers (Akagi, Kaga, Soryu... Ryujo at the Eastern Solomons was detached to Chuichi Hara's decoy force when it was lost while Tamon Yamaguchi took over the command before the Hiryu struck back and was subsequently lost)
Sank 2 carriers: Hermes (light), Hornet (coup de grace by IJN surface ships)
Chuichi Hara's resume:
Lost 1 carrier: Ryujo (light)
Sank 1 carrier: Lexington
Tamon Yamaguchi's resume:
Lost 1 carrier: Hiryu
Sank 1 carrier (debatable):Yorktown (with coup de grace by I-168)
Aritomo Goto's resume:
Lost 1 carrier (Shoho)
Destroyed 0 carriers
Jisaburo Ozawa's CV:
Lost 7 carriers: Taiho, Shokaku, Hiyo, Zuikaku, Zuiho, Chiyoda, Chitose
Destroyed: 0 carriers
The 4 minutes that changed the course of the pacific war, and doomed japan.
+MegaWolfgang Modern study would say that Battle of Santa Cruz that happened later in 1942 changed the course of the war when Japan lost control of South Pacific and can no longer threaten Australia.
Le Di Chang
Good point.
+Le Di Chang No Midway battle no Santa Cruz .
4 dead carriers and their irreplaceable crews is a helluva score card.
Parshall and Tully have stated that the heavy losses in veteran aircrew (110, just under 25% of the aircrew embarked on the four carriers), were not crippling to the Japanese naval air corps as a whole; the Japanese navy had 2,000 carrier-qualified aircrew at the start of the Pacific war.
+MegaWolfgang The code breakers are the ones who needs to be thanked.
It must have been sweet revenge for Ensign George Gay-the lone survivor of his entire squadron that got massacred by Zeros.
+James Robert For the TBD section? Yeah it was. However six TBF-1s from Midway which were also part of VT-8 also attacked. Five TBF-1s were shot down and the sixth returned to Midway; shot to pieces and the tailgunner killed.
I think the Midway force of Brewster Buffaloes were completely wiped out to boot right? Hence the name 'Flying Coffins'.
James Robert Close to it, 13 Buffalos destroyed, some did survive though but two never flew again. Same with the lone TBF-1 Avenger that returned to Midway.
Wow. I thought the Avengers were fairly new aircraft and would have fared better. Probably not I guess with a 54 foot wingspan and Zero's after you. Were they overwhelmed or simply didn't have fighter protection?
James Robert both
The almighty says: "Don't add the text just play the focken clip!"
So...are you a Dodgers fan?
Amen
Dodgers Suck It's all Pat Morita's fault.
LOL. You made my day, Dodgers. The Almighty says "I think I can get the Americans out of this mess, but the Japanese are focked"
agreed
If there is one man who can be credited with the victory at Midway it's Commander Wade McCluskey. Had he not followed that Japanese destroyer to the main fleet his dive bombers would never have taken out the 3 carriers, would have been a entirely different battle. Sadly, several of his planes ran out of fuel on their return to Enterprise and were never heard from again. But they got the job done.
What about Max Leslie from the other side?
There must have been an incredible moment in the mind of the Japanese officers, shown here at about 0:21 into the clip, of that truly gut-wrenching feeling of being totally screwed. Not just that disaster was about to strike and not being able to do a thing about it, but perhaps even the feeling that they were about to lose the war because in a matter of minutes there was a good chance the best of their fleet was about to sink to the bottom of the Pacific.
"Commander RUclips! He's got stupid text stacked all over his clip!!"
"We caught him cold!"
@R T/X Exactly, given these young people today, at least he cared enough to post this.
"For six months to one year I can run wild in the Pacific with victory after victory. After that, I can guarantee nothing." Admiral Yamamoto before the attack on Pearl Harbor. And we was right. And in the space of five minutes thanks to Wade McClusky and his dive bombers from the Enterprise along with the Yorktown..the war in the Pacific changed.
Mcclusky spotted the Japanese destroyer Arashi which was racing to catch up to the carriers, that helped tremendously
@@xgiancanax1749 and had the Moxy to follow it when low on fuel
I've read in several books that when Yamamoto was told the results of this attack, he didn't display any of his usual determination or resolve. He didn't do anything. he just slumped in his chair with a shocked look on his face.
@@xgiancanax1749 It was McClusky's wise choice to conduct a box search with the limited fuel instead of going back to the carrier that decided the course of the battle.
To quote the words from Ace Combat 4 level Invincible Fleet:" Carrier Kaga sunk!" "Carrier Soryu sunk!" and finally "Carrier Akagi sunk!"
One of my brothers and I saw this movie when it first came out - we caught an afternoon matinee and sat in front of a couple of WW 2 Navy men. As I recall, I don't think they were at the battle but they served on some ships that were part of the fleet that the Enterprise was later part of. As I learned later, the bombs were particularly effective not only because of the fuel and bombs on the decks but also the Japanese carriers had very poor damage control systems. The American carriers were more likely to survive similar bomb damage. An element often overlooked is the incredible loss of talent - the Japanese lost 4 carriers worth of battle experienced pilots and support crews.
Most of the Japanese Carriers were converted cruisers or battleships, refitted with wooden flight decks. This made them faster, but also lightly armored, and highly flammable.
@@Rancoroth419 Not quite. The only two "conversions" in the Kido Butai were the Akagi and Kaga (which were converted from the hulls of a battlecruiser and battleship respectively) and the conversions were done early enough in those ships' constructions that it didn't make too much difference. The United States did the same thing with Lexington and Saratoga. Japan was only forced to use more and more conversions as the war went on and their purpose-built carriers were destroyed. And at the time, both the US and Japan used wood planking on top of a metal flight deck to make it easier for planes to land. And it was actually the Japanese that were the first to really use an armored flight deck with the construction of Taiho. The US wouldn't armor the flight deck until the construction of the Midway-class.
What made the ships so "flammable" at Midway was that they had fully armed and fueled planes on their decks and in the hangars (along with improperly stowed munitions from switching bomb types earlier in the battle).
Japanese followed American planes back to carriers
I remember watching this with my dad, and I asked him, "why are they showing Corsairs, they weren't at Midway" . he replied "Hollywood my son, Hollywood"
Also read "A Dawn Like Thunder: The True Story of Torpedo Squadron Eight", great book about the squadron at Midway and the aftermath of Midway
Same thing with my dad when we saw it in '76. I was making models of WWII planes then. Get in a Wildcat, take-off in an Avenger, and ditch in a Hellcat...
@@johnleeson6946 - It's easy to understand why if you pay more attention to the footage they used. It was all combat and gun footage taken in combat. I wouldn't be surprised if those Corsairs were hitting targets in KOREA in 1952!
There is an EXCELLENT book, "Shattered Sword: The Untold Story of the Battle of Midway" that details so many different aspects that were major contributing factors to the success of the U.S. and the failure of the Japanese. Incredible battle, nerves of steel, undaunted resolve...AMAZING!!!
lots of plain dumb luck in favor of the US.
I believe that’s what the emmerich film was based on
I always love to watch this movie ever since I was a kid in 1976? But I always noticed that Enlisted George Gay the only one who survived his torpedo bomer squadron. On board the plane he was a young man but in the sea he was an older man with almost no hair? He floating around the ocean he saw 3 Japanese aircraft carriers were totally destroyed by our dive bomber squadron. Kaga, Kagi, and Soryu were destroyed by the next day on June 6th, 1942, the carrier Horyu was destroyed. The Japanese lost some of her best and well trained pilots. Americans got very extremely lucky and put God first in everything. Our planes meant to save lives as much as possible later in the war. Speed, heavily armored, self selling gas tank, and better training. Later on P 51's, P38's, and few others as well. I met the Japanese pilot who shot down Pappy Boyington name Mike Kawamoto when my dad and I went to an Airshow in the 1980's.
Ensign George Gay
I used to watch this movie with my grandfather. He was a World War II veteran never saw combat, which I’m grateful for but he was still a brave man.
That was a great day for America and a great victory for America as well. Japan didn't won that victory as they hoped for but they continue with the war. Many lives were taken on both sides.
My dad was a huge aviation buff who made model ww2 aircraft models and won show awards for them. This was a big deal and he took our family to the Skyway Theater in Minneapolis to see this when this came out. I was six years old but remember this like yesterday. Charlton Hestons sons arm burns freaked me out but we won! Some real heroism on display. My dads cousin who was a lot older flew carrier planes in ww2 and became a big deal with Honeywell later. So many of that generation put ww2 behind them and did incredible things.
My father & grandfather saw it in the theater as well. He said at the end when Charleton Heston divebombed the Hiryu & bombed it, everyone in the theater cheered. Pretty cool
I have seen this movie at least 60 time and it's my favorite TV show ever. That's Mr Miyagi from Karate Kidding 1980's.
I had the honor of meeting Ensign Gay. He signed the Life mag where he is in the hospital with Nimitz next to him. He was an uncompromising patriot, tough as nails even in his 70s.
This scene alone fills me with Patriotic spunk!
Pro tip: you can watch series at Flixzone. Been using it for watching lots of of movies lately.
@Ares Spencer Yup, have been using Flixzone for months myself :)
@@aresspencer7833 thanks for that I’ve been watching this on peacock
Better than the 2019 version
That’s without saying; the 2019 “Midway” felt more like “COD” which ironically “COD Vanguard” jumped the shark with one mission.
2019 is still one of Roland's better movies
How?
Actually the saying Scratch one flat top was Dixon's signal to the fleet at the battle of Coral Sea after sinking the light carrier Shoho
Anyone ever notice the parallel between this and the attack on the Death Star? The low fighters got wiped out allowing Luke to get in. Spielberg's dad flew The Hump in WWII, and the movie producer's early flicks concerned WWII, so I don't think the similarities are imagined. Consider also Hoth versus Corregidor, once you get by the ice versus tropics.
From a resource standpoint, Japan could've sank all three of our carriers at Midway with ZERO losses to them and they'd still lose the Pacific War. If you look at the ship output of Japan vs. the US, it's almost laughable. Yorktown, Enterprise, and Hornet could've gone to the bottom, and in the next year, America would still put 14 carriers (CV/L) in the water. Nevermind the 55 submarines produced in the same year. Japan was doomed from day 1.
Kwaj You are the first poster I have seen that mentions the submarines. Good on you. I read somewhere that the U.S. submarines basically shut down the Japanese economy by destroying it's merchant fleet. I didn't realize the enormous effect the submarines had on the war. Putting 55 submarines into action is impressive. Thanks for the info.
steviea427 You are correct. The Japanese navy was pretty lax about anti-submarine warfare until about a year before they surrendered. But by then it was FAR too late. The Silent Service had sunk so many merchant and naval vessels that US submarines pretty much operated freely in Japan's waters with no real resistance from her navy. I heard US subs started sinking sampans since they were the only things to sink. lol
Kwaj Our subs were the unsung heroes of the Pacific war. Less than 2% of the entire Navy yet did over 95% of Japanese ships sunk.
James Robert It's funny but while U-boats are the wolves of the sea and merciless, the USN's submarines, who sank just about all of Japan's merchant marine, are heroes.
Terry Shulky Well, the victors write history while the vanquished are always the villains.
I can't wait the remake of midway comes out next year
Sweet Mary Anne! This has to be some of the worst radio chatter of all time. LOL
+Michael Wood good point. I'll wait while you provide the source that states that anything even remotely like this inane radio chatter ever happened.
Yeah, I think the language would'a been a bit saltier, like "We fucked 'em good without Vaseline!"
there was no radio chatter, it was for only when you had something to actually say
its a generally shitty movie. sad. midway deserves a real professionally done portrayal.
Just for the record....there was a Japanese movie called STORM OVER THE PACIFIC which was filmed in 1960...they used footage from that film in this scene.
When you have planes loaded with Bombs and Fuel all along theflight deck. It just takes one hit. I would of loved to have seen it.
See videos of USS Forestal fire if you want realism.
swander The planes were below the deck.
@@mikecavender8219 not all of them. Alot were on deck about to takeoff
If I'm not mistaken a bomb passed through the flight deck elevator on one of the carriers at Midway, too. Though I think it may have been the Yorktown.
@@buenapilapil5513 there were a maximum of 5 planes on the flight decks and those were cap fighters so no ordnance on them
The significance of Japan losing 4 carriers at Midway can't be overstated. When the war started, Japan had 6 fleet and 4 light carriers. During the war Japan built and put to sea only 2 more fleet and a few light carriers. Comparitively, the US had 5 fleet carriers and no light carriers in the Pacific when war broke out. But by the end of the war the US deployed 24 fleet and 9 light carriers, and also used many (even smaller) escort carriers. Midway shattered Japan's carrier force, and after two more battles in 1942 they were so short of carriers, pilots, and aircraft maintenence crew that they didn't sail their carriers into combat again for over a year, until they were finally obliterated in the Battle of the Phillippine Sea
The person who hit the Kaga and destroyed the plane was N. Jack "Dusty" Kleiss
Kleiss was the 2nd SBD to hit Kaga ...he also hit Hiryu that afternoon ...and 2 days later hit a Japanese cruiser
Dick Best from Enterprise was the only one to hit the Akagi and he later hit the Hiryu too. And that was his last combat mission ever. Right after the battle he got sick and was found to have tuberculous. It had been in his system for years and did not affect him. But a foul up with the plane's oxygen supply produced caustic soda which caused the TB to active and make him very ill for about 4 years. Later in his life an attempt to get him the Medal of Honor for his actions on June 4,1942 failed. He died in 2001.
Kleiss hit the red circle (japanese flag) just at the bow section of the fight deck
@@cbstevp thank you for this. no disrepect to Dusty Kleiss but Dick Best deserves some recognition as well!
As a kid between 10 -12 yr age I must have seen this movie like 50 times
With cardboard and styrofoam model ships and planes we played this scene over and over again
Gosh that young man had the best view watching 6 mins of history take place.
True, but I think I would rather have landed dry back on my ship and listened to it over the radio. Honestly I don't know how: 1. he didn't get eaten by sharks; and 2.they found him to rescue him in the middle of the ocean. Mainly because I didn't do enough research.
Agreed sitting in a carrier watching history unfold would have been better, I read up on the aftermath that 3 US pilots weren't so lucky in getting away from the japanese & were executed.
Picked up a day later by a PBY.
Ensign Gay (man in water) would have preferred returning, with the rest of his Torpedo Squadron 8, to his carrier, the USS Hornet. Instead, he was the sole survivor of his unit. There was a reason that the SBDs "caught them flat-footed", as the Japanese CAP was at surface level shooting down the torpedo squadron. However, we will never know that feeling of near immediate vindication (pun not intended) following the death of *every one of your comrades* to see that their deaths were not in vain with the destruction of 3 (and eventually 4) Japanese carriers.
it wasn't actually real it was an movie?
Midway movie used stock footage from storm over the Pacific and tora tora tora and also ww2 archival footage, the planes on thumbnail are sb2u vindicators which the marines launched many from midway island to attack the Japanese fleet
Dauntless...SBD...Slow But Deadly.
Brian Collins replaced by the Helldiver SB2C......Son of a Bitch 2nd Class
+tallguy3708 Yep....
+Brian Collins But one of the best Dive-Bombers in the World. Plus in capable hands, it could when its not lugging a bomb give a Zero a run for its money. Check out the history channel show Dogfights the episode "Long Odds"
Ryan Marra till the hellcat came along
Tortoise and the Hare, I believe we all know who won that one.
Pivotal, Strawberry 5, nice clip, sir, this is great in your portfolio, excellent work !
BULLSEYE BULLSEYE
This scene was better than the whole 2019 Midway
Edit: I just wanted the new Midway to have a badass scene where they came down like the hammer fist of God, instead of the 2019 version where they come down at 30 mph. Ughh, yes I watch this video often. As you can tell...
The 2019 version could have been better but give it credit. The ships and planes looked like the real thing (the Akagi in this clip has an angled deck). More of the story is told. Audiences now know why a destroyer was racing back to the fleet and led the American pilots to their fleet. The movie exposed a new generation, who may never see the 1976 version, to the story of midway.,
@@majorlagg9321 Yeah they tried, I'll give them credit for that. It was like the scene where Dick Best lands his plane on the Hiryu as the ship was violently exploding, things like that I didnt like. Oh and all that FLAK. Good god it was like they thought the Japanese AA was like the Americans in 1945.
But I digress, if Midway 2019 makes some kid watch Battle of Midway battles on RUclips, or go out and buy a book about the battle, then the movie would have done a good enough job. I'll be satisfied
The new movie was well done!!
Better than the new Topgun movie more than likely.
The only Tom Cruise movie I can watch
I never get tired of watching this over and over again. Yes it may have some flaws as a movie. But you gotta love the real footage. Which something the remake didn't have. Another thing is that the movie is a casting coup. Imagine Charleston Heston, Henry Fonda, Glenn Ford, Robert Mitchum and a young Tom Selleck in one epic film like this. What more can a movie goer back then ask for. I was six years old when this movie was made and shown.
I never even bothered to watch the CGI re-make after seeing clips online and reading the reviews. I had the misfortune of watching the Pearl Harbor movie 20 years ago. The old docudramas just have a genuine "feel" to them that CGI can't replicate.
@@whiteknightcat Pearl Harbor was historically inaccurate. I watched it and the planes (Japanese) have the same color. The Doolittle Raid people pilots in that film were army air force pilots training in some secret location. As for the Midway remake. They stayed true to who actually flew the B-25 bombers.
@@AwesomeNinja1027 Yup,, they trained in California. They would sometimes make practice bomb runs on the Southern Pacific Coast Daylight trains if they saw them. There's a famous painting depicting this.
"Scratch one flattop" was said by LCDR Jack Fletcher at the Battle of the Coral Sea. (Of course it's a good enough line to imagine that a lot more people would have said it afterwards.)
@Nomad Vagabond Lt. Com. Robert E. Dixon (VS-2) said scratch one flattop at Coral Sea. Admiral Fletcher was on the Yorktown, while Admiral Aubrey Fitch was on the Lexington during the Coral Sea battle.
There is an analysis of Midway from the Japanese part that shows a very interesting analysis of the battle
This gets me everytime
1:38 - The bomb hit to the bridge actually happened, but not to Akagi. It occurred on Kaga, and was even more devastating. The blast annihilated CAPT Okada Jisaku, his XO CAPT Kawaguchi Masao, and all the senior officers save for the Chief Engineer (who later died in the bowels of the ship), the Damage Control Officer, the Air Operations Officer, the Secondary Gunnery Officer, and the Medical Officer.
But yet those poor guys on both sides of the war. I feel sorry for those Japanese pilots, sea crews, and officers. They were fighting for his own country just like us.
BS. As a wise man once said, "Don't start nothin', won't be nothin". Save your sympathy for the 2,403 Americans those same Japanese pilots and crews had killed in a sneak attack on a Sunday morning at Pearl Harbor just six months prior to their attempted attack on Midway. Not to mention the estimated 3,000,000 - 10,000,000 mostly civilians killed by the Japanese military as they attacked country after county in the Far East starting several years prior to Pearl Harbor (1937). Google "Nanking Massacre". The difference is, one side in the Pacific theater was fighting an ongoing war of aggression, subjugation, mass murder, and conquest, and the other side was fighting to defend itself and its allies under attack in the Pacific.
www.hawaii.edu/powerkills/SOD.CHAP3.HTM
www.alearned.com/japanese/
Kinda amusing at 0:18 when Mr. Miyagi, Mr. Takagi and all the others are searching the skies, but the one guy is starting spaced out like nothing is happening.
Now that we have CGI, I wish someone would RE DO a depiction of this epic Naval battle the right way. Perfect planes, perfect ships, etc. That would be epic! :D
They did. The Japanese movie "Isoroku Yamamoto" does a pretty good job.
Frankie2012channel This is perfect, Pirotecnic for real and Real Planes!
+Harald Schevik You serious? Wrong models of planes, wrong pics of carriers (those are stock shots of American Carriers instead of IJN ones), various fleeting stock footage shots of all sort of the wrong planes, including some British ones which weren't even there at the battle. It's ridiculous.
+John Doe I don't particularly like the Japanese Cinema Aesthetic. And if I hear another crooning warbling vocal singer in Japanese, I'll go mad. LOL! I meant a mainstream big budget American film (but NOT Michael Bay!).......
Check movie: THE ETERNAL ZERO it was made in 2013 so it´s new movie.
There is Pearl Harbor and Battle of Midway. There is very high quality made scene with Akagi which is hit by bomb.
My first two movies i got to see in theaters as a kid, midway and a bridge too far.......loved em
Nice! But you left out my favorite part when the Japanese sailor on the flight deck screams, ENEMY DIVE BOMBERS!
They also left out my favorite part where Godzilla rose from the waters and started blasting at aircraft and then King Kong fought him long enough for the dive bombers to hit Soryu, where Gamera was below decks being rearmed.
Pinche Spiderman - lmao "... where Gamera was being rearmed"
I forgot about that flying fucker.
My dad was in WW2 in the navy. He was on the USS Oklahoma on December 7th, 1941. The Oklahoma was one of 2 battleships destroyed that day and 400 sailors lost their lives. The other battleship of course was the USS Arizona which lost over a 1,000 men. When I was a kid and in about the 7th grade I remember asking him how he first heard that they were under attack. He said well "well they came over the ships loud speakers "we are under attack by Japanese plane! This is no fucking drill!" That was the only time I ever heard him use that word. I actually thought that word had originated with my generation and my comment to dad was "wow...they had that word back then? He just laughed Anyways, my dad only went to the cinema one tine in his life and it was to see this movie.
I never realised that Batman & Robin destroyed the Japanese Fleet at Midway
Loved this movie as a kid I also highly recommend Gordon Pranges book Miracle at Midway. He goes into amazing detail.
If the hiryu hadn't been obscured by a squall, we would have attacked her along with the other 3, and Yorktown would have survived the fight
Nope. US bomber squadrons were poorly coordinated and while yorktown SBDs targeted Soruy, both Enterprise bomber squadrons focused on the Kaga due to the different training of their leaders, McClusky came from the army while Richard Best applied navy doctrine, both men had different trainign concerning target selection and as a result both lead their men toward Kaga. It is only because of Richard Best quick thinking that Akagi wasn't spared. When McClusky formation crossed his path, he chose to stop his dive and targeted the akagi instead and got really lucky. With only 3 bombers, he scored 1 hit which exploded right in the middle of Akagi storage area packed with fuelled and armed bombers and a near miss jammed Akagi rudder. That near miss alone would have put eventually the ship out of the battle even if the japanese had been able to stop the subsequent fires.
Here lies the true miracle of Midway. 3 bombers were lucky enough to destroy the flagship of Kido butai in a single attack as a result of a combination of sterling leadership, good tactical decisions, incredible bombing skills, incredible japanese mistakes and most importantly, luck.
Had Akagi survived the attack, it is possible to think Yorktown would have been sunk (or much more severely crippled) during the first japanese attack given the jap pilots' incredible skills. In that case, the second japanese attack would have had a chance to severely damage enterprise and hornet, and then all bets would have been off.
As a conclusion, the US did not have enough planes at that precise moment to attack 4 carriers given that the Hornet squadrons completely missed the japanese carriers and it is against doctrine to divide a bomber formation against several carriers.
@@vlad78th A little late to be asking this but where do you read these "doctrines" and other info about midway battle, or any other naval battle in ww2? I'm just starting to get hooked by these stories and I want to know more about the finest details.
@@chrisdane2014 Read "Shattered sword" written by Parshall and Tully to have a complete account on those events and also a complete understanding of both US and japanese tactics.
Some of clips in this scene are used in the Japanese Storm across the Pacific movie that came out around the same decade.
Here after watching the 2019 reboot
Midway (2019) isn't a reboot, or a remake. It's so much better
Sweet mary-ann! There's text all over the screen!!
Don't mess with Monte!
Still feel this movie was better than the 2019 version.
At least Roland does a better job at war at sea than Michael bay
If you're really interested in the Battle of Midway, read Shattered Sword by Jonathan Parshall. The true story is infinitely more interesting than this hokey movie.
Oh im so glad u told us the squadron was flying away 😂 i never would have guessed that
Who’s here after seeing the new Midway movie.
I walked out on it. Corny as hell.
Awesome movie.
@@munkeenevahrong239
You drive a Honda don't you
@@captmack007 I do own a Honda VTX 1800. And the movie sucked. Private Ryan was a 9, Midway was a two. I'm gonna go ride my 120hp Honda now.
@@munkeenevahrong239 haven't seen it but the trailers looked hella cringey. The amount of CGI alone sent it into uncanny valley.
If Capt Mitscher of the Hornet hadn't sent his air group on goose chase, Torpedo 8 disobeyed orders and stuck to the original plan, Scouting & Bombing 8 might have been there too. Maybe they would've gotten Hiryu and therefore Yorktown would've survived.
"How did we get so lucky!"
Sb2u vindicators on thumbnail, the marines on midway island had some vindicators on hand and launched some into the air before the Japanese air attack on midway. vindicators were obsolete at this point during ww2 with their slow speed, etc and were eventually retired from navy and marine service
PAYBACK TIME FOR PEARL HARBOR!!
*"Trouble is, I want the 4th one!"*
that flight of Dive Bombers got damn lucky that they spotted that Destroyer when they did. If the destroyer hadn't been hunting the USS Nautilus which had fired upon the carrier task force, the SBD's would've turned home and given the Japanese enough time to refuel and rearm
Which adds an ironic twist to everything, as Nautilus had launched her Mark 14s and got nothing from them. Yet, because of her, three Carriers went down. While her own attacks provided nothing, her mere presence brought about absolute victory at Midway.
Point Luck. Apt name for that battle.
You are right. History often hinges on a string of happenings. Remove any one of them and the results would be entire different.
Pilot: "REMOVE THOSE F***ING TEXTS FROM THE SCREEN!!! THEY´RE HIDING MY TARGET!!!"
Yeah, well, I want that fourth carrier.
excellent sound!
The dive bomber release should be near vertical; not horizontal !
"Time to Go Home, Click!" (smile)
Alternate Title: Kancolle Ep 13 Historical Mode.
we have to get something straight this was two battle group one from Enterprise and one from Yorktown who happen to attack damn near at the same time. now i not seen this movie in almost 14 years but my memory serves me right.
THis looks better than the 2019 remake of Midway.
Joyce Koch well have to wait and see😂
Better Dialog.
@ Joyce Koch After watching both movies, I think the '76 movie is better, more realistic, has a better script and dialogues, actors are of a different breed, they looks like the actual warriors. The new movie is quite good, I would say it's better than failed attempts of a movie like the 2001 Pearl Harbor. The new actors are some of the best of this generation, so they're credible. I liked the performance of the guy who impersonated Best, Doolittle and even Woody Harrelson makes a good Nimitz, I forgot the name of the guy with glasses who impersonates the cryptologist, he's quite good too. I've seen clips of the japanese movie Isoroku Yamamoto where they show their perspective of the battle and it seems pretty good. I'll have to buy the dvd or blue ray.
The “remake” is one of emmerich’s better films
La mia parte preferita? : "Space one flatter! Sweet Mother we caught them cold!"
Wow. I saw this in the theater. Oh how SFX have changed...
... unfortunately so has the quality of storylines, directors, actors and rude audiences with their goddamned cell phones.
Original showings of this movie in theaters had some method of producing concussion air blasts when bombs and higher caliber AA went off. Loved the 5"/38 dual mount AA blasts. Very realistic.
0:53:That was said by Lieutenant Commander Dixon when they sank the light carrier Shoho during the Battle of Coral Sea in May 1942.
you didn't need to spoil it by adding your own subtitles.
+GravesRWFiA They weren't really subtitles. More like skytitles or supertitles. Really annoying.
The year was 2005 the game was Secret Weapons over Normandy and I remember the Midway mission I put one right through the firey red ball on the Kaga’s deck
Corsairs and Hellcats weren't around when Midway went down, just saying.
Imagine watching this in 1976 and then going to the theater one year later to see Star Wars.
Did both. The selling point for Midway at the time was the sound effects system being used in some theaters was called Sensearound. Pretty neat sound effects. It was used on a few movies with Earthquake being the first one, Rollercoaster was the third one and Battlestar Galactica the last in '78 when they took the 3hr. pilot movie and released it in theaters. Midway and Battlestar Galactica made the best use of it. It would be nice if they brought it back one more time.
@@pershingii2424 I was a projectionist at a drive in and I worked at indoor theaters also. There was a big Altec speaker behind the screen at the indoor theaters, I think it had an 18 bass cone. When no one was in the theater I could crank up the sound so loud you couldn't stand it. The movie sound I'll never forget was the music in "Jaws".
Star Wsrs was one of the first sci films movies to show combat ss it is. Usually before that the spaceships on one side would just sit there, often a lined up like sitting ducks. The fight scenes of SW were probably what made it such a hit at the time.
I did. Also saw The Hindenburg in the same theater.