Probably because the movie production crew were allowed to use and access Naval Resources, like the real USS Nimitz and its air wing for authenticity. Only places they weren't allowed were classified zones on the Nimitz, i.e. the Nuclear Reactor rooms.

Respect to you sir and thank you for your service

Amazing machine. My father flew a S61 (civilian model of the Sea King) in the 70s. Some are still flying today.

And in that calm a Sea we could drop to belly level........

77-81

And he thought his ZERO was hot stuff ... IT really WAS a zero ...

@@Tonetwisters Senator: "What the hell kind of machine is this thing?!" (My Reaction: What's the matter Senator? You've look like you've never even seen nor heard of a Helicopter before you stupid thick headed numbskull?!)

@@jamieolberding7731 Choppers weren't used until May of 1944.

@@jhutch1470 Wait? Really?

@@jamieolberding7731 they were invented before that but weren't more common until later on.

@Emmanuel Goldstein Yep, many alternate history novels have explored how this sort of scenario might play out 'in reality' and usually comes to the same conclusion... running out of (irreplaceable) missiles and bullets long before the war is over.

Not for long without resupply

They have many more nuke bombs on the USS Nimitz than in the entire world of the 1940's... Due to this, the lonely Nimitz could end WW2 just like... a finger snap.

@@emmanuelfani5385 Indeed, vaporize the various Kido Butai roaming around the seas and then ask the Emperor "now what, bitch?"

They conducted tests on nuking fleets at sea after ww2 to test if you could just delete entire formations of ships but some warships(battleships mostly) proved to be surprisingly resilient to the blast.(other than the relatively small "delete radius" of the bombs). Of course the crews would still die of radiation poisoning but they could probably bring their flagships(sans aircrafts carriers which were mostly flattened by the shockwaves.) to port to replace the dying crew.

Corporal Yost. Serial Number.

He was not that believable as a man from 1941 in this film. Beauty Katherine Ross OTOH was totally credible as a woman from that era.

AHAHA

*Tokyo

It is! Only with happy ending..

Haze Gray And Underway I was part of the 7th Fleet USS Ranger CV-61 87/90

Yes, if the Nimitz stopped Japan within a month - FDR declared war on Japan Only, because he could not get the backing of Congress or the People for a Two Ocean War, one war in Europe was more than enough for America... Adolf goofed in Declaring War, he handed What FDR wanted on a Silver Platter..... The Japanese had already not followed the Axis Pact and declared War on Russia when Germany attacked. Just think Europe England falling to the Germans and the USA would never have built 500,000 warplanes, 120 aircraft carriers and a million armored vehicles and Ten million rifles.

The Nimitz alone could've won the war. A full sortie of F-14's with anti-ship missiles would've sunk the Kido Butai without them ever seeing them. They'd only hear roaring in the skies followed by huge explosions from nowhere.

@@ReveredDead It wouldn't be Tomcats delivering those ASMs, it would be Intruders. F-14s most certainly would be involved, keeping the strike package safe from enemy patrols, but you are correct in that the Kido Butai wouldn't even know what hit them. One thing to note however, is that in such a scenario, the aircraft have no way to ensure that the Harpoons hit their intended targets. You can give it fairly basic instructions, namely what heading to fly, what attack profile to use, and what altitude to come in at, when to turn the radar on, and when to self-destruct. But beyond that, you can't tell it "Attack this specific ship". So more than likely what would happen is that the Harpoons would be launched at the fleet, and you may get *a* carrier, but the most likely event is that they'll take out the escorts surrounding the carriers. After that, you'd certainly would have an easier time engaging the rest of the fleet, but it would be A-7s making those attacks in the same manor in which the Dautless's did at Midway.

Due to the airspeed

You can see the high angle of attack the f-14s have a lot of the time trying to keep enough lift to stay in the air really is amazing how slow they can get through.

The speed. Especially when the one nearly went into the drink.

@@_R-R I think that was a controlled movement based on one of the interviews on the DVD.

Have Tom Cruise play the Owen character in the remake.

Yeah, this movie really shows the advance in technology in just 40 years time......

Now imagine 2041 to 2080

Soldier: hey prisonnier, what do you want for dinner Japeneese pilot a cheese burger with coka with suchi sauce plz

The Japanese Navy knew it was basically fucked by the end of 1942. The loss of five carriers and hundreds of aircraft and pilots whose quality couldn't be replaced spelled defeat, and though none would openly admit it, most Japanese naval officers recognized that. The Japanese Army was more stubborn and prone to wishful thinking til the war's end.

@@davidmurray5399 It's why he wanted to warn his commander. Odds are though, even if he had, the result would be the same: Total decimation of the Japanese fleet. Imagine the Kedobutai launches an all-out attack on the Nimitz. The E-2 would see that attack coming the moment the first plane was airborne, and the Nimitz would launch everything capable of launching a Fox-2 in defense. 82 planes vs over 300. Many of the Japanese would think "This will be an easy fight", that they'll sweep the sky of these planes and sink the American carrier force. But they're dead wrong. Before they can even see the USN aircraft, planes start exploding. With no RWR, the Japanese planes have no idea that the Tomcats have launched their phoenix missiles, and before too long, dozens of Japanese fighters and bombers are scrap. Over confident, they push on, and the remaining Japanese fighrers are faced with an incredible sight. Just as they come in visual range, they start seeing flashes from the F-8s, A-7s, and F-14s in the formation, and within seconds, more planes explode. With most of the fighter screen decimated, the Japanese bombers try to run for the cover of their ships AAA, but it's pointless. They're all run down like rabbits on the highway, and the few survivors witness the might of the Japanese navy getting swarmed by the A6s and A7s. All six carriers are destroyed, followed shortly after by the battleships and cruisers. The Destroyers try in vein to evade the incoming strikes, but more and more of them explode as Mk84s and Harpoons hit home. The Kedobutai: The most powerful fleet Japan ever assembled. With almost ten years of combat experience... destroyed in an act of violence so complete, that it forever destroys the Japanese Navy's will to fight.

Confused japanese screaming

There's an actual video of B-17 crew reacting the first time they saw a Me-262. It's was an out of the world experience for them.

Japan was just coming out of it’s dark ages so they probably thought it was some new experimental US plane

NANI???

@@sztypettto what did they say?

In that 30 years we mastered the atom, went from 400mph top speed piston engines to Mach 2+ jets, developed missiles that could kill from beyond sight, and became a superpower.

I hope cvn - 65 was decommissioned with the respect she is due.

Oh, you mean building 65? :-) I was on the Niagara Falls (AFS-3) and we used to tie up across the pier from her at Alameda. I've heard stories that people would stop someone on the pier and ask for help finding the Enterprise. The surprised sailor would point her out and the visitor would remark, "That's a ship? I thought it was a building!" :-)

The attack itself can be considered a War Crime. No declaration of war was made beforehand.

As I recall (unfortunately its been several years, since Ive been able to see the full movie), this is happening right b4 the attack on Pearl Harbor, and they attacked and sunk the Senators boat for the simple reason, that there was a boat, it saw them, and it couldnt be allowed the chance to raise the alarm, that their fleet was on route. But yes, ur stlil right about the lack of a formal declaration of war. They didnt even manage to declare war in time for the attack on Pearl Harbor in time, since they had timed it very narrowly to be deliver about ½ hour, b4 the attack was to happen, but there were problems with the decoding of the diplomatic message, so they were actually late.

He ended up living much longer than any other do

@@badgerdog4809 not actually, after that he’s being an imposter due to his unbelievable witness of this You can watch that movie to understand why i called that guy is an “Imposter”

Good catch!

Only for 3 numbers 😛😛

One look at CVN-65 would have blown his mind

So you know the TIME PARADOX too?

Well they died so...

Apparently she was disliked on set, as she would have nothing to do with the men onboard the Nimitz. Charles Durning, on the other hand, was very approachable and friendly, and was virtually adored.

Zeros full throttle, F-14's desperately trying to avoid a stall.

@@englishguy2010 that is incorrect as their were no substantial amount of women aboard and they isolated her for her own safety.

The escorts detached from Nimitz before she went through the loop. She's out there by herself.

I could agree... but instead of the attack on Pearl Harbor... the battle of Midway or Coral Sea. Why? Because the war is already going... but instead of the Carrier showing up to witness a major US victory (Midway), it shows up with the American forces on the bones of their ass, about to lose. It could even be done as a series, and if set in the 70s, many of the issues such a force would face wouldn't be unsolvable (the tech gap between 1942 USA and 1979 USA isn't as massive as 1979 USA vs 2016 USA), and you could even make it where the CAG actually does meet his father (although, it's after he was born, since his father was supposedly KIA during the Battle of Midway). There's a lot that could be done here... and I think it could be told.

Canadian Armed Forces motto: We hope you aren't coming. (Because we won't be there to meet you. It's too cold.)

Those are Sea King Helicopters.

@@leszekandhisrandomstuff.9228 also the only country to engrave "sorry" on their bullets

our sea kings are so old they can't stay up and the subs can't stay down. great troops given equipment that is sadly outdated. wouldn't be surprised to see our CF118's replaced with F86 sabres.

@@rustynails6626 At this point I wish we'd just buy the damn euro fighter and get it over with. It's a fine plane and it will do. There are other options, whats your pick?

ask yourself what could they improve by remaking the movie

Jonas DLG exactly, but instead of canceling the attack on the Japanese planes before Pearl, they should make it where they go ahead and attack the planes

100 percent agree that scene would be the best

I wish they did that been awesome to see

don't you realize what the Nimitz air crafts would've done to that Japanese task force? lmao

1) It's Owen who got stuck in the past. 2) It's unlikely that the helicopter wreck was found, it crashed into the ocean and nobody knew it crashed there.

@@eliaspeter7689 Yes, Mr. Tiedman, aka Commander Owen.

Just like in Star Trek the Voyage Home they didn't use the real Enterprise for the movie because it was on patrol, I think it was USS Ranger use for a stand-in for the ship

@@darrellhall6622 What the fuck did you just type?

Hell I spent 4 years on the Constellation back in the 80's and I never saw CIC once. Never had a reason to go up there.

I spent multiple deployment's on the USS America cv-66 , as a member of the airwing . Never saw or looked for cic or air traffic control

I think the Navy saw this as a good publicity vehicle for recruitment. You got to see many aspects of carrier operations.

PotatoGunsRule Late reply, but helicopters did exist in that time.

Jumping on here, but both the British and the Germans already had working jet prototypes by Pearl Harbour.

Joseasdfg weren’t in service though

Glidescube f35 is ass.

3 trillion dollars for a subsonic, jack of all trades master of none jet. The technology in it is impressive, but it's just not worthwhile.

F35 is an extremely worthwhile plane. Takes off like a helicopter and goes mach 1.8 or more. Plus stealth to boot. Russian made s400 in Syria could not shoot down Israeli F35s.

@@Glidescube you have to remember that anything Israel has they've modified it with thier knowledge of tech. Like the Iron Dome system, we still don't know much about it even though its been around for 8+ years. Plus we had the Harrier way before the F-35, yet nobody talks about that plane, simply because it was outdated before it could be useful. The F-35 (technology speaking) will benefit other planes in the future, but as of 2020 the Airforce isn't happy with it.

@@bravo_delta312 we share much of that tech. Iron dome was an improvement of the original Patriot system.

ROFLMAO! No it doesn't need to be remade. It would be garbage.

World War 2.0 is also a pretty cool revisionist series

saik0pod not without a little Micheal Bay Magic!

The Japanese only had 4 carriers with them. And they were fully loaded and full of fuel. One 1,000 pound bomb in the center of each of them would have wiped them out. The support ships are inconsequential.

@@sunnchilde They had 6. It was at Midway that they had 4. And what you said is exactly how the US sunk the Japanese carriers at Midway

@@sunnchilde 6 carriers not 4. You are thinking of the Midway battle.

They were disbanded in the early 1990's however, VF-103 requested to change their squadron insignia, traditions and name to keep the "Jolly Roger's" alive. VFA-103 (as they are now known) currently fly the F/A-18F Super Hornet

redtrek524: sorry just can’t get past the fact that the aircraft Carrier in the story is named after Hillary Clinton. Totally laughable Even when the timer was written.

@@patrickhughes8164 Agreed. Barf

Kirk Douglas was probably having a "In Harm's Way", flashback. If you're old enough, you probably remember that Mr. Douglas, starred in "In Harm's Way", as a 'tempestuous', 'troubled', Navy officer, who lost his wayward wife, during the attack on Pearl Harbor, on 07/12/'41. Later on in the film, his character, Captain Paul Eddinton, goes on a "Suicidal scouting mission", and gets himself killed, when he finds the IJN Yamato.

@@WalterDWormack214 That was a great movie too

Heh...Took long enough to someone answered this question. Thanks.

I would have left him in the sea

Because it is a movie.

Yeah, as a Marine veteran and Golden Shellback, They made the Marines look enept at handling a prisoner. Technology should have been applied there as well...ah but then he wouldn't be able to create such a scene. Still..

Imagine the look on old Nimitz's face when he sees a nuclear powered carrier named after him.

Come on! Let's have the big sea battle between the USS Nimitz (or whatever is the modern day equivalent) and the Imperial Japanese Navy.

A movie from 1980.

He takes up with Laurel Scott whom he has just rescued in the vicinity of a deserted island near Pearl Harbor, and gets into research on how to prevent such as the attack on Pearl Harbor ever happening again, and becomes a designer and construction manager regarding aircraft carriers. Immediately upon the heli exploding he was no longer Richard Owens.