Pearl Harbor - Attack

[@HW.0029]

This scene is so brilliantly done, the slow motion capture, the music, the backdrop. Such a powerful moment.

[@ricog646]

HuskyWarrior 0029 Gooseskin, still in year 2020. No one of us can imagine what they felt like in the moment they took of.

[@koikat3708]

"Tora! Tora! Tora!" is a better and more realistic movie.

[@HW.0029]

@@koikat3708 I’m talking about this particular scene.

[@CubSATPH]

Agree

[@360Nomad]

These 93 seconds had better character development than the rest of the movie.

[@misucik5792]

agree

[@dawidwarszawski2015]

Confirmed. Banzaii!

[@tovarishchsimonov289]

360Nomad Life is good aint it Danny????

[@pedrolopezchavarria8515]

Yup , japanese adds some of mysticism to these scene.

[@Reddy26]

Ancient Japanese customs says... Japanese gentleman must sample young white women BEFORE they work.. heh-heh-huh-huh..

[@DJharold123]

"Revered father I go now to fulfill my mission and my destiny. I hope it is a destiny that would bring honor to our family and if it requires my life I will sacrifice it gladly to be a good servant of our nation." I love hearing that part.

[@virendrathapa2621]

yes always.

[@tfoen7678]

Sounds quite honor bound. Wonder if the American had this feeling when they planned revenge after Pearl Harbor?

[@scarecrow108productions7]

The last message of a Kamikaze pilot before launching for the attack.

[@danphillips2784]

The kamikaze came later in the war...Pearl Harbor was a sneak attack not a suicide mission.

[@allenduckburgermizmowitz7157]

@@tfoen7678 They did show the feeling in the midway.

[@LoganDarkrider]

The music makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand on end, truly fitting for the Empire of Greater Japan.

[@balduinoiv5268]

"What better way to die can a man have, than to face his terrible destiny, defending the ashes of his parents and the temples of his gods" Horatio Cocles. Kind regards from Colombia to you all.

[@hmshood9212]

Girls: OMG we’re going to Hawaii!!! Boys:

[@JustJohn505]

"I go now to full fill my mission and my destiny"

[@ImChris4]

🏄‍♂️🏄‍♀️🚣‍♂️🚣‍♀️🏊‍♂️🏊‍♀️

[@ImChris4]

🇯🇵 ✈ 🛫🛬🚀🚢🛶

[@Reddy26]

Ancient Japanese customs says... Japanese gentleman must sample young white women BEFORE they work.. heh-heh-huh-huh..

[@kuribayashi84]

Love how Bay uses all of the devices in his book to portray the Japanese Pilots as genuine badasses, whats with the Slomo-Shots, the cool music, the determined faces, the blueish light... :D

[@weesky2000]

"I go now to fulfill my mission and my destiny" I have goose-bumps.....

[@Ultranationalist941]

When I go for my first solo flight in 2 weeks. I am going to play this song in the background.

[@dakata4623]

Good luck.

[@Ultranationalist941]

+iordan qnakiev Thanks! It went well!

[@dakata4623]

So what happened ? :)

[@ave789]

+Jordan qnakiev I'm assuming by the fact he didn't comment that he fulfilled his destiny and made his family proud.

[@dakata4623]

He chose his path... Now he is on a journey forever on the endless way....

[@varunishere]

I love US because I live in it but I am amazed of the spirit of Japanese soldiers.

[@kungfurehberi1498]

So am I

[@Vikingr4Jesus5919]

Warrior spirit for 1000 years bro. Not the exact same, but it's kinda similar to Zulu's, Maori, Celts (the real barbarian ones)...in short, not like western people -_- Glad I'm part Maori and Celt myself. How bout you?

[@alcobra8834]

+Warren Lloyd Asians are more focusing on the eternal power of body in comes to fighting, thats why the Asians have lots of martial arts. Guns would be nothing without the help of Chinese gunpowder. Imagine the Katana too, its the very sharpest sword in the world,made by Japan.

[@varunishere]

Warren Lloyd but nothing can beat the free US.

[@KishorTwist]

Nothing free about the U.S.

[@ElTee842]

Sadly, this scene uses an abbreviated version of a real death poem. The poem in its entirety reads, "With my mission now at hand, my dear old town, my dear old people. I now abandon everything and leave to protect this country. To preserve our eternal and just cause, I now go forth. My body will collapse like a falling cherry blossom, but my soul will live and protect this land forever; farewell. I am a glorious wild cherry blossom. I shall return to my mother's place and bloom." The next day he wrote this, the pilot flew his Okha plane into a US destroyer.

[@ElTee842]

Did you have a seizure or something?

[@ElTee842]

***** Why?

[@ElTee842]

***** Yes, that is readily apparent. Not sure what you're adding to this.

[@ElTee842]

***** He was far more courageous than you. Would you-knowing your cause was lost-do as he did and give up your life against your enemy?

[@ElTee842]

***** I serve this country and allow you to be the arrogant, hateful little punk that you are. Obama can do as he pleases as the President, especially in foreign affairs. That said, the bombings probably did save lives, though there's no doubt that there were racial and political motivations for using them as well. Also, the war's been over for over 70 years. To use racial epithets against them just proves your immaturity. And you would kill people just for having a different socio-economic belief than you? What a joke.

[@KUNYSZZ]

Very well done. Those headbands the Japanese pilots were wearing are called Hachimakis and they weren't wearing parachutes as a sign they will go down with their planes when hit. Goes to show the samurai spirit

[@peterkemna1008]

I Agree, that's the best Scene in the Movie. Its really realistic. I was in Kure at the Dockyards where the Carriers buildet. You feel the Spirit of the old Times. And when you close your eyes at Night at the Dockyards, you can hear the Voices, hear the Steel... That's no Joke

[@khrdeathpot4359]

이 장면을 20년전에 봤는데 아직도 이 강렬한 장면과 음악이 잊혀지질 않았음 이후 한스짐머의 음악이 대단한건 많은 영화로 알고있었는데 20년도 지난 이 음악조차 한스짐머 음악이었다니 소름

[@michelleong9667]

Great music + great camera angle and view, Perfect !!!

[@louisiananlord17]

Japan was and always will be a warrior people. The Rising Sun of the East that the West has always admired. Hearing the soldier pray moved me so much and seeing the fire in these men's eyes. Fierce and so willful!

[@sheevpalpatine7588]

TENNO HEIKA BANZAI!!!!! exactly 75 years ago...at 5:00am

[@stLegion-qb9bx]

Sheev Palpatine Execute Order 66

[@el_chico1313]

shit for me the Americans are the good guys but you must admit those Japenese fighters look badass with their even more badass bandanas....shit

[@cassandys5216]

Yes I give in. It's totally badass. But at the same time, they are weak as all living hell.

[@firstgalacticempire8928]

+cas sandys Weak? They had you on your knees. You won, solely because they were an island nation, and had to travel great distances to obtain resources. They had short supply of oil, rubber etc. of which you had greater numbers...

[@cassandys5216]

Pzkw V I't talking about the planes dumbass

[@Latingunner1]

+cas sandys actually the japenese zero was faster and more manuverable compared to early war american aircraft like the f4f, f2s, p40s and others. if the zero was placed on a pilot who knows when to strike, well lets just say we could have a japanese red baron in our hands. to be honest there was a japanese ace who shot down 20 wildcats, ofcourse that changed with the hellcat

[@Latingunner1]

+cas sandys actually the japenese zero was faster and more manuverable compared to early war american aircraft like the f4f, f2s, p40s and others. if the zero was placed on a pilot who knows when to strike, well lets just say we could have a japanese red baron in our hands. to be honest there was a japanese ace who shot down 20 wildcats, ofcourse that changed with the hellcat

[@Thechriswuu]

The Zero Fighter was dominating at that time

[@Bullet-Tooth-Tony-]

Heavy Cruiser The Zero sure was an unstoppable plane, and when Japan lost just 3 of them out of 2,000 they were shocked, the Zero, the Spitfire and the Mustang were some great fighters

[@mg_claymore8611]

wk2k11 I agree.

[@TheYumChannel]

***** Thats why he said at that time. For the first half of the pacific war Zero pilots and planes could compete with anything the Americans threw at them pretty much. However, the Japanese lacked the ability to rapidly expand new sciences and what not (I'm not in the mood to make sense right now XD) and eventually the Americans caught up.

[@solwen]

+eviltreemonster The zero was quickly outmatched because it was based on a flawed doctrine: Japanese command imagined aerial combat as a duel between 2 pilots so they designed it as a very manoeuvrable and light aircraft but an undergunned and slow one with no armour. The allies quickly designed far heavier planes but with more powerful engines negating the zero agility. The Japanese tried to correct the zero problems but they just did not have the industrial capacity to produce enough and the US just burried them under a mass of manufactured goods (infinite hordes of new planes/ships/tanks etc).

[@100spurs]

+tsolias27 the USA turned the tide when they sank 2 Japanese air carriers. It lowered Japanese moral.

[@captain-obvious-speaks]

When the Japanese lose their sanity then God help you

[@MitchMaker]

the only good scene in the whole movie.. sorry my opinion

[@TheZod00]

***** The Japanese scenes are the best in the movie. I just did not like the whole romantic drama part. It was so bad and unnecessary. Also after the Pearl Harbor attack finished. They decided to make the movie 1 fucking hour longer so they could show useless bullshit of making bomber plane that had nothing to do about the title of the movie.

[@vriesvak9094]

sausy mayo True, besides of the last part. The part with the B25's was a reaction on the attack on Pearl.

[@kaydencestowell282]

hMaker the

[@dawidwarszawski2015]

Not only You.

[@CaptainNomura]

This was perhaps the best part of the movie. Good music and it was amazing how they got the planes to launch backwards to give the proper bridge position of the Akagi. Something that they didn't do in the Tora movie but did for Midway movie by just flipping the film. The bridge, packed with sandbags, nearly passed off as the real thing. Oversized, yeah, but still a good job.

[@subhajitnandy6102]

I still get goose bumps hearing the music.. I wish to be part of such a great armada

[@DevilDog016]

The score for this scene is absolutely epic, especially when it kicks in at 1:00. the drums do half the job here.

[@erykbing3587]

I love the engine sound at the beginning......so beautifull

[@HitsTownUSA]

You’d love the launch scene in Tora Tora Tora

[@derricklafrance9440]

Once upon a time, Mako probably said as long as I'm a good actor and typecast, I'll be in every movie.

[@The_Modeling_Underdog]

@YDDES U r right about it. On the color matter it was done by the movie production in order to make some aircraft stand out from the others. If not, they 'd all looked the same. While all aircraft involved in the actual attack were painted light warm grey, most of all torpedo planes and some dive bombers were given a hasty coat of lines, blotches, even a solid coat in some cases, of dark green, sometimes mixed with segments of red brown. Zeros stayed in the all grey scheme well into 1942.

[@JarethXIV]

I dont like this movie... But this soundtrack is awesome :D

[@tracygarbacz7710]

Movie isn't too bad, just too long. But I got to agree, the soundtrack is good, especially this piece.

[@dementrguy9641]

Boatwatching 14 How is it called ? THE SOUNDTRACK.

[@ChristianRG2000]

One of the most powerful scenes in WWII movies, although there were many mistakes.

[@rohijulislam5756]

ignore them.

[@Hummels_83]

the music flows really well with this scene

[@ThothTheAtlanteanK]

I freaking love This scene!

[@iyerkrishnan9407]

it inspires me to always understand and inspire life is battle never to underestimate or over estimate any one

[@sbarmyman]

Pearl harbour symbolises one of the very few times where america was hit very hard in the heart of their civilisation , it goes to show you can't just build a wall of doller notes and hope to protect yourself

[@hiroken2774]

1:08 mistake we have helicopter

[@hiroken2774]

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[@pokereich]

perfect song for studying for tomorrows test

[@Kickboxer2005]

beste scene. the music rocks! LOVE IT!!

[@stilllovingyou07]

Samurais Spirit!!!

[@MartinFlavioT]

I Rosette skin when Japanese pilots put on their headbands, that mixture of technological advancement and old traditions is fascinating

[@ghostrider8307]

Those bandanas meant they ain't coming back

[@Torcida1401]

Thank you Japan for this

[@franzibe5620]

Torcida1401 and guess who got nuled 4 years later :)

[@mrj8242]

This scene was so awesome

[@itisme1202]

astonishing scene of the movie

[@picklerick4493]

Nothing in war is scarier than a soldier who believes death will bring him eternal glory

[@VanaeCavae]

During WW2 the Japanese built the largest battleship Yamato, largest aircraft carrier Shinano for that period and the largest submarine class I-400 which could carry 3 aircrafts. They were aircraft carrying submarines.

[@2072gizmo]

fuck man they should have won.

[@savokisan]

***** sad. japan was known for destroying their own property to prevent enermy use. if you capture yamato. they will simply destroy part of yamato like Arizona and what the big deal in getting her. you cant used.

[@alejandroguerrero8057]

Pearl

[@2072gizmo]

***** at least in that case it would still be around :/

[@TheYumChannel]

VanaeCavae I love the Sen tukos. First Submarine to carry offensive aircraft armament. The Seirans!

[@firelordmarklin6166]

im impressed, michael bay did not use any stereotypes in this movie for the japanese

[@pso300]

この出鱈目日本が凄く好き😄

[@YDDES]

@obitsu1 The carrier used for the aircraft launching scenes in "Tora!..." was the Yorktown (CVS-10), built in 1943 and later rebuilt with an angled flightdeck. The scenes were Japanese actors are on the deck were shot on a big movie-set, about half of a carrierdeck with an "island"-structure was built on a beach in Japan. Some distant scenes used models. In "Pearl Harbor" they used a "Museum carrier" (have forgotten its name) laying in a harbour for the deck-scenes.

[@LoganDarkrider]

@banzai23Q Yeah the track name is "Attack" and it's on the soundtrack.

[@CaptainNomura]

Ach! A green Zero! Unlike the rest of the movie, I thought they did a pretty accurate scene on this except for that wrong color. Zeroes weren't painted all green until 1943 when they were land based. Note the hachimakis have the victory kanjis the wrong way, during the war, they were from right to left. I was going to be part of the extras playing a Japanese officer when they were filming this at Corpus Christi in 2000 but changed my USAF base assignment at that time. Maybe I dudged a bullet.

[@kalsikherensk8440]

I always find it odd that in this Michael Bay movie, the Japanese didn't suffer from the director's notorious use of stereotypes. In fact, most of the actual historical characters were hardly cringeworthy, the exception being whenever they had the unfortunate occurance of interacting with Rafe, Danny, Evelyn, or the fictional characters. Seriously, why didn't the studios just let Bay shoot the war scenes, the factual events. The a large reason he had to devote film time to the terrible love triangle and fictional characters was because of the request for a PG-13, more 'mainstream' rating, so he couldn't devote to a R-rated, more gritty pearl harbor movie. If not for the love triangle, we could have seen Japanese ambassadors, the situation in Washington, more about spying on Japanese communications, the Japanese midget subs, showing the carriers not being in the harbor at the time. FUCK post cold war PG-13 War movies!

[@thekidfromcleveland3944]

Love this movie for one thing. The uss Yorktown is in it. Kind of sad she's portrayed as an enemy vessel. But nice to see the Fighting Lady on the big screen again regardless

[@Prophet293]

So many mistakes in just one scene: 1) Japanese carriers didn't have hurricane bow at the time 2) Attack commenced in pitch black darkness, sun wasn't out 3) Planes weren't armed on the deck, they were armed in the hanger (Michael Bay was thinking miday) 4) Proposing a toast before missions were for Kamikaze pilots

[@artificialintelligence8328]

Well if they did the scene in pitch blackness, it would be hard to see much.

[@Prophet293]

Tora Tora Tora depicted this scene correctly, the planes took off in the dark, the carrier deck was lit.

[@artificialintelligence8328]

+ML K Oh, okay.

[@dagmak5988]

ML K launch was at dawn. That's not the problem with the movie hehe. It's the Battle of Britain parts that are more annoying and inaccurate

[@Le-eu4bf]

@JapFish it's was probably an editing error from what they used to record the scenes from high altitude

[@R0MULUS97]

This is one of the best scenes in the movie.

[@The_Modeling_Underdog]

@Ritschos It was done by the movie production in order to make some aircraft stand out from the others. If not, they 'd all looked the same. While all aircraft involved in the actual attack were painted light warm grey, most of all torpedo planes and some dive bombers were given a hasty coat of lines, blotches, even a solid coat in some cases, of dark green, sometimes mixed with segments of red brown. Zeros stayed in the all grey scheme well into 1942. Hope this helps :o)

[@CaptainNomura]

I hate the green Zeros though. They didn't start painting their Zeros green until nearly a year later when they were assigned as ground units. If they went all the hassle of getting the Zeros for this movie, why weren't they repainted in the proper light gray. At least one was done in Zuikaku markings before the movie but they weren't used.

[@StarShooter010]

1:09 Hey look!!! The Japanese have helicopters with cameras on em!!

[@estebansteven2020]

+StarShooter010 ahahhahaha thats true

[@K_KOMRADE_o7]

Love that how Japanese people are devote to something with such honor.

[@wesleynash2598]

Them Mitsubishi A6M zeros tho...badass planes... Top of their class in that time

[@McQuackor]

my fav scene too :P

[@bluhawkwings]

Everyone should just get over any grudges because its over now

[@christopherdiehl9829]

Nice midway carrier

[@ronaldvillacis592]

De largo, la mejor escena de la película! Todo es alucinante: perfiles, color, sonido ambiente, música, tiempos. Es impactante. Y lo más sorprendente, se nota una revisión de las tomas originales de la salida de los aviones. Prácticamente son idénticas!!!!

[@GilbertoGuerrero992]

Los aviones que salen los zeros y unas que otras del AICHI D3A ♥️🥰😍 yo tengo las bandas esas japonesas 👌🏻👍👍

[@Hardrada88]

I love this scene, hate the film but this scene is great. toast em' at sunrise, a warm, welcoming, honourable race which will outshine the world.

[@SuperSurya1234]

We need the old Japanese military back. With an unpredictable China, a powerful Japan will be very useful

[@hirowebb]

AMEN

[@JuandeMariana1994]

Amen, pero sin lamerle el culo a los yankees

[@helarry2179]

Japan is the unpredictable one. The imperialism in Japan is absoulutely resurrecting. Their prime minister is constantly visiting Yasukuni Shrine and worshiping those WWII war criminials.

[@helarry2179]

Moreover, make a comparsion between China and US and see which one of them started more wars in the recent 30 years, and you will know who is the real "unpredictable" one. China got involve in 0 war in the recent 30 years, how about US?

[@2kzoltan]

China is the new Japan.

[@OP-mo1fm]

_''Revered father, I go now to fulfill my mission and my destiny. I hope it is a destiny that will bring honor to our family and if it requires my life, I will sacrifice it gladly to be a good servant of our nation.''_

[@GekkoKamen]

A toast to honour those warriors of the air. The last samurai the world saw.

[@atulofebriman7360]

its so badass man

[@incredelman11]

true. Just to clarify, I never said anything to "saintify" the Allies either. Each side commits their own wrongs in a war, the real difference is that some wrongs are worse than others

[@cathiker]

Great job of capturing the Japanese spirit and military might of that era. They were formidable opponents!

[@RPC5181]

I like the song

[@Toni112007]

I am from Croatia and i admire Japanese ww2 military and navy!

[@ricardorao2012]

croatia is a land of psichopatics and nazis. fuck croatia, cheers serbia!!

[@smoke0imix0god]

Torcida1401 Imperialist rapists and murderers

[@ofimaticaofimatica6478]

ALL HATE AMERICA

[@TheStormtrooper00]

Ricardo Henrique Rao who are you we fought a war and won against all odds and the world accepted us for our bravery you greasy latin fuck

[@ofimaticaofimatica6478]

usted no sabe nada del latin señor reporte

[@riojonmejares8996]

No hate to the US but I love the Imperial Japanese Navy especially their pilots who were very skilled. They were the first to discover the potential of Naval Aviation like aerial torpedoes and dive bombers with support of air superiority fighters! Banzai!

[@TheRealArtimusKnight]

Love this movie

[@Legitcar117]

The producers using the Lexington as a Japanese carrier didn't bother me because of the fact that they didn't show a lot of it, mainly just the pilots getting in planes. What ruined it for me is the fact that they did a flyby of the carrier, which makes it really obvious that it's an Essex carrier

[@FandeSerenaOficial]

LegitGaming117 That's correct. That Aircraft Carrier didn't ressemble the Akagi or the Kaga.

[@Legitcar117]

yeah, if they hadn't showed all of it, it wouldn't have bothered me.

[@Ultranationalist941]

+LegitGaming117 To the average viewer its fine. They wouldnt be able to tell the difference between a destroyer and a Battleship anyways.

[@Legitcar117]

yeah I know, but for those that do it just seems weird, just a nitpick I guess.

[@finnthunder6542]

So they should have build entire Japanese ww2 Aircraft Carrier or try to use heavily CGI?

[@y2kjericho86]

TO be able to send the American Navy sinking and its forces in disarray is an amazing feat for a country from South East Asia such as Japan.

[@fortis3686]

Me everytime I’m on War Thunder, and I use a Japanese plane on a map that takes place in the Pacific.

[@libertybohemia5075]

Fantastic scene

[@SuperMrBentley]

Best scene in the movie

[@vtncfdp6565]

best scene of the film 😀😉 SH!!! 😡 banzai!!!

[@lionel2006]

At 1:08 you can see an helicopter and the flight deck is in Iron, so in 1941 the flight deck was in wood.

[@TheQuadratus]

@vardiss22 "Bettys" are twin engine bombers, those bombers are "vals" and torpedos-bombers are "kates". As you say the other planes are zero.

[@DUH-rq1fe]

Hans Zimmers Music is brilliant, as usual.

[@wildcathendricks3384]

I love this scene

[@Nirolevy1]

I wonder if in reality they also assigned an officer just to call the pilots out to their planes, another one just to wave the "ready" flag, and another one just to flag off every plane

[@BESTIACRUEL8]

Back when Japan had pride and identity.

[@haidervardag6176]

Hans Zimmer the GENIUS !

[@qubiley00]

is there a longer version of this epic song?

[@YDDES]

At 0:56 there are 7 aircraft standing abreast. That was impossible on a Japanese WW2 carrier. they were too narrow. At 1:24 the arcraft are lifting off over the stern (of the American carrier playing Japanese), which is quite surprising, since most of the scene is CGI.

[@xxx_callum_xxxdabeast1419]

Did you know?:that Japan was making a faster,stronger,tougher and more powerful yamato called the super yamato, but it never came into business because of the building of aircraft carriers.

[@BenjinWS]

Probably one of the better moments of the film. In fact, all of the scenes showing the Japanese perspective made for a way more interesting film. They should have just done the film 1:1 with Tora, Tora, Tora, and skip the whole romance crap and the Doolittle Raid (it could have been the sequel).

[@TheSunStalker]

Loyalty to the end. There was no point of no return, there was only the sound of shells flying and the resolve of steel

[@Vikingr4Jesus5919]

Only one feeling in my mind: BANZAI!

[@R_Naglennger]

Tennou Heika Banzai !!

[@Vikingr4Jesus5919]

強盗慶太 Exactly!

[@VunLee1]

JDM riders... this was one of the best parts of the movie...

[@CaptainNomura]

@YDDES Yes, the only Japanese carrier that big was the Shinano but it was comissioned and sunk in 1944. Actually Zeroes were painted all green, but only after 1943 when they were land based. Many Army fighters had light gray color (Nates) and natural metal color (Oscars) and most before 1943 had no hinomarus on the fuselage. Lindberg Zero plastic model I bought during the 1960s had no hinomarus on fuselage and an Army insignia on the tail. Monogram was almost the same.

[@camarov8power319]

May not be the exact experience but slightly similar, how it felt like when I went for my learner's car driving test as a teenager. 0:10

[@HectorFernandez1986]

This is the ONLY redeeming scene of this movie. Tora Tora Tora FTW

[@randommetalhead4228]

This scene is one of the only scenes in Pearl Harbour that wasnt touched by the american bias

[@Tadeo4096]

this is also my favorite scene from the movie,but every december 7 i think of what happened

[@RenerDeCastro]

Only issue I had here was the fact that the Zeroes were painted in mid-late war green instead of gray. The Japanese scenes were arguably the most redeeming feature of this film along with the amazing OST.

[@firstgalacticempire8928]

+Rener DeCastro Hey! Balkenkreuz!

[@Latingunner1]

is it just me or is the carrier looks like an Essex class?

[@Kampfkeks-it9hn]

a CV that wasnt even built at this time...if i am not wrong

[@Latingunner1]

taiho was formely commisioned in 1944 and its baptism of fire was the batte of the Philippine sea so that is somewhat inaccurate IF its the taiho

[@JakvsMetalheads999]

"The vessel most seen in the movie was the USS Lexington, representing both the USS Hornet and a Japanese carrier. All aircraft take-offs during the movie were filmed on board the Lexington. " -Wikipedia The Lexington is an Essex class.

[@Latingunner1]

+JakVM999 thanks for clearing that out and it is still a cool shot

[@JakvsMetalheads999]

misael1944 It is, they could have digitally touched up the carries to look a bit more Japanese (I definitely don't fault them for not using a real WW2 IJN carrier, since they're probably all museum ships, scrapped, or at the bottom of the ocean). That said it is still one of my favorite scenes in the movie.