Product: Midway (Collector's Edition) (1976)
Rating: 5.0
WWII BUFF
In response to Mr. Neal's review, the U.S. Navy did show poorly until well after Midway. U.S. pilots became notorious for being poorly trained in flight, target identification and damage assessment. Errors were made on both sides, particularly before during and immediately after Midway. Luck was on our side. As Nimitz well new, Washington feared and the film portrayed, this battle could have gone very badly. Fortunately, we won and gained the momentum and morale. The film shows, in two hours, the Japanese arrogance, U.S. good fortune and even touches (perhaps too dramatically) into issues such as Japanese internment. It's not perfect cinematography, but does a good job of representing one of the most important battles in U.S. history.