Friday, December 13, 2024

Movie of the week

Before there was TopGun, there was this film that asked: What would happen if a modern aircraft carrier was at Pearl Harbor in 1941?

epic dogfight scene


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Facts webpage has some trivia about the film: the USS Nimitz was the aircraft carrier in the film. And the film explores some philosophical questions": can or should you change the past?

the full movie is on various streaming services, or a low pixel version can be downloaded at internet archives.

The irony? from PearlHarbor org:

The Japanese hit and sank some of the ships, (sinking the USS Arizona, but not the more important aircraft carriers, which were at sea at the time)...

They also but ignored the important logistics of fielding a naval fleet.

they failed to pay any attention to other important assets. The dry docks in the harbor and the fuel depots were largely ignored by Japan’s assault force and both proved imperative in the relief, rescue, and repair efforts that followed.

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