The Modern Super-Powerful Aircraft Carrier Traveled Back in Time to 1941 During World War II

A modern aircraft carrier is thrown back in time to 1941 near Hawaii, just hours before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
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[@ajcyrilldy]

I didn't know a flare gun could become a "rocket launcher" and blow up a helicopter lmao

[@aden09077]

same same

[@Whykickamoocow]

It sure can...if the script calls for it. 😂😂😂

[@alucardbrahmstone6659]

yet your not concerned how they were able to go back in time hehehehe

[@jamezzz0035]

yep altho flares generate intense heat and can ignite flammable materials, potentially causing a fire onboard the helicopter. once a person shoots the flare gun inside the helicopter tho. that fire could rapidly spread in the confined space of the aircraft, leading to loss of control and potentially a crash... in this case, BOOMBASTIC 💥🔥💨

[@darrellhall6622]

This was before MacGyver. Mac used a flare gun as a rocket launcher to escape with a down fighter pilot from big guys on a high cliff.

[@Food24112]

Love how they called the helicopter landing on the island around 10:30 a plane and then they called a flare gun a rocket launcher

[@bibby659]

I mean, apparently that flare gun was a rocket launcher cause it was fired and caused the whole thing to explode... for some reason.

[@achillelegrand1680]

@@bibby659 you know why ? because its the same flare gun as the pocket mortar

[@rickmiller1429]

Listen to the voice over, it is AI.

[@achillelegrand1680]

@@rickmiller1429 here is at the right of the Dislike Button the number of People who ask

[@blackswanrevelations]

Also the voice was created by ai

[@bensmall6548]

Fun Fact: The Nimitz had nuclear weapons in 1980. So a bunch of nukes were sent back in the film.

[@Battered_Fanny]

Modern military vs old militaries is always a fun watch

[@motaz1975]

and to think the nimitz herself is almost 50 year old now and look at all the different types of jets and planes onboard. now they have like 3 different types.

[@bibby659]

Too bad we practically got none of the actual old vs new military stuff. We got 1 "Dog fight" and that was it.

[@motaz1975]

@@bibby659 well at least it was real and not cgi.

[@totallynotkhornesworshiper8479]

then you should watch this "Gate: Jieitai Kano Chi nite, Kaku Tatakaeri" when medieval meets modern military

[@stc2828]

More often painful to watch, since most directors have no clue how weapon actually works

[@ronvanwegen]

Seizing a rocket launcher... LOL!

[@nelsoncabrera6464]

This was one of my favorite movies as a kid.

[@noelht1]

Mine too I must watch it again

[@imtheboss7422]

Can somebody tell me the name of the movie please and thank you?

[@nelsoncabrera6464]

@@imtheboss7422 "The Final Countdown" 1980 film.

[@aerospacematt9147]

Yeah! This movie was actually my introduction to the F-14, saw it many years before I ever saw Top Gun.

[@alexdegeling8294]

Loved this movie! Saw it first at a drive-in (French's Forrest in Sydney, after a day at the beach in Mona Vale), then many times on recorded VHS.

[@danteinferno117]

We need a modern movie like this but with actual combat

[@Ryuu1010YT]

it will change history and not coming back to where they are

[@nocillis]

That'll be the great thing about it. A time travel movie in 'now' modern times, about an event that didn't happen (at least to us it didn't happen). Of course involving the navy again. and the outcome of that event is todays moden life as we see it

[@superboats2]

There is a novel series, "Axis of Time". An entire international armada from the year 2021, fighting the global war on terror, inexplicably get sent to 1942 and screw up the battle of Midway.

[@canadapapers]

So right

[@TOPDadAlpha]

It was a fun movie actually.

[@kefka1911]

Awesome movie. Watched it so many times

[@HossBlacksilver]

One of my favorites.

[@tdrewman]

In this movie, there was a near crash of the F-14 during the Zero fighter scene. You see the F-14 dive toward the water with full afterburner. The F-14 nearly stalled and had to nose down to regain control ..

[@LuisSantos-hu6gy]

?? f14 pulls down, and nearly stalls ??? your comment doesnt make sence

[@brandonbrownlee643]

What’s the movie name called

[@PrivateMemo]

@@LuisSantos-hu6gy He's saying that the F-14 had to pitch down to avoid stalling?? Makes perfect sense.

[@christalbot210]

The maneuver was intentional (i.e. planned). The camera zoomed in on that point to make it look like he was getting too close to the water. Higher ups watching a screening asked the pilot how low they went to which the pilot responded, "500 feet, sir", ... which was okay with the higher ups.

[@G_de_Coligny]

@@christalbot210well that’s not what the extended dvd interview report… but sure… you do you…

[@barryrobertson1620]

The Final Countdown proves one thing. Certain events in history can never be changed. They are written in stone.

[@philiprice7875]

lets think what would have happened if they did stop the attack with a pre,emptive strike sail into pearl harbour announce what they done no day of infamy could the US go to war? would the Amercian public have supported (and paid) for the war? US has no money to develop nukes soviet union stop at the Atlantic coast goes sunbathing on the costa's

[@benjamin6813]

the ussr would have never made it into germany without the allies help. Probably never even been able to defend their homeland as due to the lend-lease agreement they managed to scrounge up enough bullets (almost for everyone) and tanks also logistics vehicles such as trucks to defend and then retaliate @@philiprice7875

[@Tomoesong]

@@philiprice7875 There is Japanese novel Zipang. Japanese destroyer went back to time, just before Battle of Midway. Modern Japanese destroyer tried to avoid the battle and didn't want to change course of war. But american carrier Wasp intercepted them and sent 80 planes to destroy this 'new model of' imperial japanese navy. Cornered modern japanese destroyer destroyed attacking planes and quickly retaliated, sinking Wasp in the process. Problem is after the fight it was really hard to replace depleting ammo and supplies.

[@rickjohnston2667]

Possibly.

[@rickjohnston2667]

Kind of like that original Star Trek episode City on the Edge of Forever. In that story, one person's alternate fate changed the course of the U.S. entering the war and the Nazis prevail as a result.

[@Totallynotskii]

I finally discovered my new favorite movie thank you for sharing Spoiler Lab 👍

[@marcboss6]

Such a fantastic underrated movie.

[@koiyujo1543]

OH trust me it's amazing

[@keithrulong6172]

I saw this film in the theater when it came out. I wish it would come on TV more often. I rarely see it. I think a remake of it would be great. With today's technology, they could make it look awesome. Even better, would be a twist ending. Have the Aircraft Carrier stop the Pear Harbour Attack. Then return to present day and show the changes that took place. That would be too cool!

[@dennispersson9466]

Ever hear of DVD's ? There are actually stores, that resell used, but good ones, and SOME Libraries, get collections , from Estates' donations ! (It's possible.)

[@scotttild]

Enlisted always the last to know anything. Good movie one I like rewatching. Would love to see a follow up movie on the two that got left behind and what they all changed.

[@RichardSMaloney]

this was one of the best what ifs movies ever....i read alot of time travel littiture and such but this one move summed it up well and truely.

[@nickpond9337]

Great film Thank you for reshowing it I think that this was the First time a film crew was allowed on to an active Front Line War ship I THINK ! ?

[@DanielSadjadian]

Looks like a great film, love the concept of time travel.

[@rickjohnston2667]

I highly recommend it. It was well done for it's time. And the concept is timeless (pun intended.)

[@Singincwby66]

Final Countdown was a cool movie!!

[@noelht1]

This was one of my favourite films when I was a kid

[@rongendron8705]

I saw & loved this film in 1979-80! It's funny how fast time goes! More time has passed since this picture was made than the 1941 attack, to this film's making! p.s. My uncle, Army Pvt. Ken Cooke, Hickham Field & great uncle, Navy Chief Ed Gaudet, USS Tennessee, were both Pearl Harbor Survivors!

[@markordorica6940]

I have this movie on D.V.D , I like this movie 👏🇺🇲

[@MrAlwest77]

I was onboard when this movie was made. I managed to get a small part during the scene in CIC.

[@nocursewm2938]

I like this movie. I watch it every time I see it’s on TV. The movie never explained what caused the storm that caused the time travel. I always figured it was a freak event like the Bermuda Triangle.

[@TanjiroKamado_905]

Love this movie thanks

[@marcboss6]

Final countdown or how I learned to love the F-14 Tomcat.

[@darrellhall6622]

Before Tom Cruise as Mavrick

[@aerospacematt9147]

Yeah! Saw this one many years before I ever saw Top Gun. Probably the same amount of time from 1980-1986.

[@marcboss6]

Well this and Robotech veritech fighters/robots

[@commandingjudgedredd1841]

I'd be far more interested in how Yelland's debriefing with the navy top brass went.

[@HossBlacksilver]

One of my favorite lines in any movie is, "So, all we have to sail through some storm at sea and BINGO! We're suddenly much more clever than Einstein. "

[@atomicwedgie8176]

Tesla was far more intelligent than Einstein... he actually, made fun of his theory of relativity.

[@johnzeller1338]

An interference would have altered the timeline and you have no idea what that could have done. Going back to 1980 would be way different than when you left it. You may not have even been born.

[@darrinwebber4077]

Watched in cinema in Orange California when came out. Was State of the art back then.

[@jerrymitchell77]

One of my favorites. This movie was the origin of the idea for Top Gun. The Navy was on board with the whole production. I noticed a few years later the movie Philadelphia Experiment had a similar theme. If you combine the two movies they actually overlap. One scene from that movie shows a portal through time that the sailor is traveling and it's moving. He shuts down the source but the ship materialized some place else. I figured that the Nimitz encountered the same portal. Same time frame. All in all the miniseries The Triangle covers the same territory years later.

[@emperorpalpatine7540]

Perfect movie one of the best of all time. The soundtrack is also awesome. I wish for a remake or a sequel.

[@rickjohnston2667]

Sequel. Have Martin Sheen's character working for a secret government agency after their encounter, trying to reproduce the conditions of the storm in a lab and succeeding.

[@maureencora1]

Good Movie Glad I've Got It on DVD.

[@GHutube8]

Yes, I remember the movie! Cool !

[@thomasromanelli2561]

While the story and characters were not the best, this was a wonderful movie for Grumman, USN and aerospace enthusiasts because of the scenes with the combat aircraft of the day. My father worked for Grumman Aerospace for 35 years and was a principal member of the LEM design team, focusing on the landing gear and the creation of the Lunar Surface Sensing Probe (affectionately called the "lunar curb feeler" at our home). The musical score by John Scott is outstanding, and continues to be one of the most under-rated aspects of the film. Fun film fact: During the sequence in which a F-14 engages one of the Japanese Zero fighters, the F-14 pilot had to throttle down to match speed and almost stalled his aircraft- and the seemingly dramatic pull-up recovery about 100 feet above the surface was quite real and captured on film. Link: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pKuwmn6gr6uVhck

[@andreworiez8920]

Another fun fact.... There was an actual inflight emergency involving an A-7 while filming.... The barricade scene was REAL.

[@lmwlmw4468]

Nice.

[@sycronix_]

Ahh what wanderful nam that is 0:54

[@koiyujo1543]

I still loved this this movie

[@TerranceChilds-ui8nh]

I have seen this movie before but I haven't seen it in a long time

[@enterprisespatton6549]

They actually released it on Blu-ray. I know, because I have it.

[@rhelwyncharlestimbal2283]

Same 😢

[@hammerhead19able]

Good watch.

[@vigoedwinpandika1545]

0:27 damn that’s a nice badass Aircraft Carrier

[@surbris]

nice

[@exposingproxystalkingorgan4164]

Those were some big name actors. 😂

[@radikowalski1553]

I would NOT change anything about the attack on Pearl Harbor because of the saying that if you change ONE thing in the past, then you WILL change the entire future too.

[@randallrona9618]

I didn't know this movie was existed but I read a fanfiction about this but great recap. I hope one day there's a sequel or a reboot but I will love to see a movie similar to that instead of a modern warship, how about an entire United States along with their modern warfare, technology and civilians got time travel(or Isekai in Japanese) to WW2? It's like a fanfiction where Modern US forces team up with WW2 British, Soviet and their allies against the Axis Powers while carefully altering some events whereas modern civilians were dealing with 1940s civilians as they show them about movies, selfies, social media and other modern stuff in a confuse but hilarious ways.

[@jimmyboudreau4207]

Great movie

[@tracylarson1935]

I'm governed by the potential Temporal paradox. By altering the past could have unintentional consequences to the time. So quoting Doctor Emmett Brown, BTTF.

[@JBofBrisbane]

But then Captain Yelland thought, "What the hell..."

[@Amathusukx]

Loved this film as a kid

[@madonnahood3381]

Love this film.

[@paulz1666]

LOVE THE MOVIE

[@austinperry1671]

Great idea. Watched it when I was younger, but now I realize that the aircraft carrier would be overwhelmed by fighters/dive bombers and eventually run out of ammo against the air craft. So would all the jet’s

[@brankokovac686]

Love this movie old school and the idea of what if it could happen? And that old classic time butterfly effect if you change 1 thing that it can change everything loved this movie that much i managed to get a original movie poster of this movie wish they did another

[@colinashby3775]

This was a great movie.

[@sanricklim7185]

As a decorated captain of IJN in world of warship. I agree w/ this movie.

[@Valast]

Really? I am a decorated Kriegsmarine Captain in War thunder

[@CASA-dy4vs]

I am a decorated human

[@GymChess]

39 years between 1941 and 1980 when the film was made. Now it’s 44 years between 1980 and 2024. Kind of funny, especially when they regarded it a big deal in the movie.

[@pigeonhawk4832]

Excellent movie, and highly underrated. Im thinking the main plot of this movie is that even if time travel were somehow possible, whether by a man made time machine, or in this case an act of Nature/ God via a powerful and in explainable exectromagnetic storm of unknown causes, it would be pretty much impossible to change the past without altering the future. By interfering with the attack on Pearl Harbor, they may have created a different timeline where the USS Nimitz was never built, and perhaps most of the crew members having a different path in life, in other words a Paradox. If in that altered future timeline, if the ship was never built and her crew took different pathways in their lives, then how could the Nimitz and her crew be transported back in time via anomalous electrical storm seemingly out of nowhere , and interfere with and change a major historical event? That is the Paradox.

[@waynestevens790]

they should remake this movie, i was about 11 years old when i first see it, then a few years later the philadelphia experiment was released with a similar story

[@Ryuu1010YT]

there was similar to this but Japanese Destroyer jds mirai (Zipang 2004)

[@rickjohnston2667]

No remake. Sequel!

[@JustRememberWhoYoureWorkingFor]

The film is good but I got dissapointed because I was expecting an epic battle between the f14s, more advanced but outnumbered, against the Japanese forces, less advanced but in greater numbers.

[@geosqueezebox4016]

I understand Japan is a great NATO ally to day. But if time travel happened yes support our Navy no matter what time period it is.

[@alucardbrahmstone6659]

watch this way back and it never gets old....we need isekai movies i think these guys started the whole isekai genre

[@DartLuke]

Isekai was started by Mark Twain

[@watermenjohn4574]

I loved this movie a

[@TileGuyJesse]

Stuck on a desert island with Katharine Ross. I'd go back in time for that. ;O)

[@d.s.151]

Good premise. If the Nimitz had attacked the Japanese fleet the attack on PH wouldn't have happened, the US wouldn't have joined WWII and the Axis powers may have won the war. All in allowing the attack on PH was the winning move.

[@h.albertmayorga5522]

I think they should remake it, too good a premise to pass up

[@eyefreely9682]

The time from WWII to this movie is LESS than the movie to the Present Day. Meaning Todays Navy would make the 80's Navy look OLD.

[@donjames7971]

Skirting the public and capitalizing on business venture one could amass sizeable fortune on the way into the 21st century .. .

[@tyrongallosa5660]

I rather not change anything if u don't want to have BUTTERFLY EFFECT HAPPENING TO U

[@pierrepellerin249]

Going to the past to prevent a war would likely set us back decades technologically. Wars are major contributors to new tech as they forces us to innovate. Almost all major tech leaps we've had are link to a war.

[@kswck]

Prime Directive still applies.

[@momokochama1844]

to quote a certain captain: "To hell with the Temporal Prime Directive" 😄

[@mikestory2269]

Alii laddy but she could have been the enterprise cv 68.

[@devoof]

Im surprised no one screamed "Aliens!!!!!!!!!!!"

[@TSUNAMICali]

" what we have here is failure to communicate "😊

[@ecayari]

I really enjoy this movie. Sadly it was underated and the title remembered as the title of a song by Europe in the 80's. Always wondered it they actually got the fight the Japanese fleet , Undoubtably they would have won but also changed. It would likely be that a number of the crew would disappear due to the change in history. In a way it did. Commander Owens would have used his knowledge to help in WW2. With the knowledge of future he would have lots of oppurtunities to get wealthy. They would have watched over lasky life and career until he got back. Laurel was probably relieved that Charlie would still be alive after 40 years.

[@behindbarsmototouring898]

That movie is the reason I joined the Navy! Wow

[@terryticknor4792]

Loved the movie a true classic

[@billnotice9957]

Could only imagine reuniting with your dog after 40 years.

[@elricxx]

Im more interested to know what is the music being used in the background.. its nice and soothing.

[@pigeonhawk4832]

The music is Dreamer, by Hazy

[@AiDecc]

Quite a good recap. Could have been a bit shorter thou.

[@Countryball-Portugal24]

POV: Warthunder custom battles

[@Dabkiller59]

interesting

[@rockyaviator]

Meteorological Officer " Black Cloud" 😂😂😂😂.

[@spitfire4206]

imagine the look on the zero,s pilots faces seeing the modern fighter jets !

[@andreasu.3546]

5:40 That Yacht must be using Nitroglycerin as fuel.

[@John_Doe95]

Dude my dad just mentioned this movie about me and then I saw this

[@mcknight3483]

Its one of the movies to gain popularity to join the navy like top gun.

[@BlueMax333]

the present is built on the past. Attempting to change past events is not possible

[@teresaravenshaw5477]

If it is, then any future one might return to would be somewhat different to the timeline we originated in.

[@philiprice7875]

to travel back in time you need to collect, store enough energy to re-set the entire UNIVERSE your not going to do that with a kilo of plutonium

[@bobjohnbowles]

The logistics chain must have been a nightmare.

[@panzer1066]

For a 44 year old film it's pretty good.

[@scotthultin7769]

9 👍's up S Lab thank you for sharing 😅

[@2beer49]

The super carrier did NOT end up in the midst of WWII. Japan has not yet attacked Pearl Harbor.

[@cherylm3445]

It did end up in WWII, because Europe is at war with Germany isn’t it? Please correct me if I’m wrong.

[@lukeskywalker5392]

It ended up 2 years into WWII. Start of the war was 1st of September 1939. Pearl harbor was 7th december 1941

[@forest_169]

Be good to remake this now and change the outcome.

[@jamesdylandean614]

The bad thing about changing the past bad things, is it would change a lot of good things, too.

[@roysandoval8230]

If I be traveling back to that time I would be a trillionaire today…

[@captainobvious9233]

They should redo this into a Mini Series where a Carrier from 2024 goes back to Pearl Harbor, destroyed the Japanese Strike Force then stays rather than returning to the future. Not only would it deal with advanced weapons that could win the war, but there are other things that would add a lot of Drama like when the people of 1940's America see the Modern Carrier has non segregated crews and female crew as well as female pilots. And it would also be cool to see what the U.S does with such power. The Carrier wouldn't be useful for long due to the lack of proper fuel and spare parts, but a lot of stuff can be reverse engineered.

[@dazlockd316]

Ever heard of the Axis of Time trilogy? Basically this. One of my favourite book series that is about to be made into a TV show apparently.

[@moonlord8725]

Reminds me of that film, dunno what it is called, but its the same thing, just a modern Civilian plane enters an anomaly and end up in the past... Give the radar to the allies, and leave through another anomaly

[@baller1578]

Yeah i saw that movie

[@commandingjudgedredd1841]

Is it "Flight WW2"?

[@baller1578]

@@commandingjudgedredd1841 yes

[@Snowblizard]

USS NIMITZ (CVN-68)

[@darrellhall6622]

3:51 same photos.

[@rickhyatt2447]

This would be a tough call if you could what sort of ripple effect would that have on the future my grandmother add two boys killed at the bombing of Pearl Harbor

[@puirYorick]

A handful of i980s Marines and sailors got shot and their lives ended back in 1941 so that has to ripple forward and change stuff too. The pair of Zero pilots may have also been destined to have altered timelines. Time travel stories never clean up their timelines in theory.

[@joedoe6444]

i always wanted them to do a remake of this movie where they actually attacked the Japanese fleet and wiped it out. then have a follow-on TV series that explores the outcome of that action. would Japan have instantly sued for peace since their main fleet was destroyed and America had a new weapon (not knowing the tech to keep the planes and ship going would not be possible for decades to come) that was so devastating? what would have happened in Europe and China if the US stayed out of the war? or at what point would the US enter the war and how that may change history. so many ways you could go with this story line.

[@christalbot210]

You mean like "The Man in the High Castle" (Nazis win WWII) show or "For All Mankind" (Russia wins the Space Race) show? That could be very interesting. Most of the bullets and bombs would use the same or similar technology, so I wouldn't think those would be hard to make (though if modern day requires higher tolerances, that might be an issue). The performance of the gunpowder might be problematic (I honestly don't know). I would think getting the jet fuel right would be the bigger issue. I don't know if the precise performance and makeup of the fuel is recorded anywhere on the ship (being on the Internet doesn't help in this case 🙂). I am interested in what people think the Japanese Empire would do. OT1H, their main fleet would be decimated if not completely destroyed. OTOH, the Japanese military are not know for surrendering (just the opposite in fact). By this time, their declaration of war would have been made (they made it after the attack started, but still in the same day), so there's no backing out of that. They're kind of committed to a course they know they can't win. Of course, since the attack was NOT successful ("America bravely fought off the aggressors!", or some such), the American people might not be as up-in-arms to fight as they were (recall we were very isolationist before the attack). America might NOT get into the war. And *that* would have all kinds of consequences!

[@firerescueratchet559]

The problem with revealing advanced technology is you risk the strong possibility that showcasing such technology could give the enemy ideas of what is possible and allow them to reverse-engineer such advancements

[@joedoe6444]

i haven't seen the shows you referenced, but all the things you talk about are the things i also wonder about. if the US fleet hadn't been attacked the way it was, how eager would the people have been to line up at the recruiting stations or to go through all the rationing for the next 4 years? or more. just so many possible ways you could look at this whole era.@@christalbot210

[@joedoe6444]

@@firerescueratchet559 yes and no. the US did capture a wrecked Zero fighter, rebuilt it and then they found the strengths and weakness of it and used that in future aircraft production to make better fighters to latter dominate the Zeros. but with tech from 1980 (or from present day) you would have to know how so many of the little things are made before you could copy them. if you took an I-Phone back in time with all the plans for the phone and the towers, you still could not reproduce one with the tech of the 40s due to the 1000 little things that would be impossible to produce at that time. you would have to spend years creating all the other things before you could even attempt to make a cell phone. i know my example is like comparing a grape to a watermelon, but after all we are just having a conversation about things we daydream about while we stare at our work wishing we didn't have to work... have a good day.

[@philiprice7875]

@@joedoe6444 you can describe what a micro chip can do, but do you know what is the frequency, beam width, power output of the electron beam that cuts it

[@andrewparnell6656]

Top Gun before Pete Mitchell has escaped from sac !

[@rrfields65]

You have to ask ? Just what was Commander Owen & Larual intension of sending Laskey aboard the then USS Nimitz ... other than to fetch the dog Charlie!