Factual error: American carriers did not have angled decks until after W.W.II.
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Other: Another "Recycled Footage Segment" via Tora! Tora! Tora!: When 3 Officers on Midway come out of their bunker and say that the runway is still operational, the footage of the B-17 with the landing gear problem mentioned elsewhere is blatantly used.
Revealing: Utility poles are visible in the scene of the Japanese aircraft carrier launching planes for the first attack on Midway.
Factual error: Several shots identifying the American and Japanese carriers are actually those of late W.W.II and Korean War era Essex-class carriers.
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