wheelsup_cavu Posted August 28, 2020 Report Posted August 28, 2020 First I have a period video that was done less than ten years after the battle. Part One of a Naval Training film from 1950 based upon the 1948 document "NAVPERS 91067, The Battle of Midway Including the Aleutian Phase, June 3 to June 14, 1942: Strategical and Tactical Analysis by Richard W Bates" (later Rear Admiral Bates) at the Naval War college. I have never been able to find part two of this training film. Warning!! Period prejudices towards the Japanese are still very much evident in this 1950 program. Battle of Midway: Video Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HgpLzp8TGU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HgpLzp8TGU 1942 ARC Identifier 13196 / Local Identifier 80-MN-9168D. Department of the Navy. Office of the Chief of Naval Operations. Naval Observatory. (1942 - 09/18/1947) Made possible by a donation from John and Paige Curran. More reading on the subject of Midway can be found here:https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/search.html?q=Midway&start=0&tag=midway Get the NAVPERS 91067, The Battle of Midway Including the Aleutian Phase document here:https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/search.html?q=Midway+richard+bates&start=0&pdf=true&ts=false Now a more recent retelling of the story by Montemayor. I am not exaggerating when I say that in my opinion his videos rival several commercial documentaries that have been professionally done. I thought I had posted Montemayor's video on Midway from the Japanese perspective here last year but I must have forgotten. After an almost 15 month delay Part Two, which is now Parts Two and Three, of the Midway Battle are out. The Battle of Midway 1942: Told from the Japanese Perspective (1/3) Link to video: https://youtu.be/Bd8_vO5zrjo The Battle of Midway: Hiryu’s Counterstrike (2/3) Link to video: https://youtu.be/BXjydKPcX60 The Battle of Midway: The American Perspective and The Strategic Consequences of the Battle (3/3) Link to video: https://youtu.be/WHO6xrSF7Sw Montemayor has several other really good documentaries at his YouTube channel.Montemayor: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCX7katl3DVmch4D7LSvqbVQ Wheels Britchot and Firefly 2 Quote
Firefly Posted August 28, 2020 Report Posted August 28, 2020 Funny you should post this now, I watched Montemayor's documentaries two days ago. His work is exceptional, these videos are true gems. wheelsup_cavu 1 Quote
Barton Posted August 29, 2020 Report Posted August 29, 2020 Those Montemayor videos are legendary. I love the ones on the Coral Sea and Guadalcanal. wheelsup_cavu 1 Quote
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