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BATTLEFIELD - Great Sea Battles of WWII Review
If you're familiar with this series then you probably will purchase this and if you're not familiar; then purchase this with the knowledge that it is one of the best and probably least known TV series covering the United States involvement in World War 2 and Vietnam. According to Wikipedia this series started in 1994 and finished in 2002 after six seasons (series). The series is a comprehensive detailed look into each battle offering rare film footage and yes even color footage along with a single narrator Tim Piggott-Smith. The individual episodes are broken into 2 parts lasting about 58 mins each.This set contains the following episodes: The Battle Of Midway / The Battle of Leyte Gulf / Battle of the Atlantic. It is about the Battle Of Midway I want to comment on. The major point about the Midway DVD is that there is about 3 minutes of footage missing that they couldn't find. This is interesting because I have an original VHS tape with all footage when I recorded the original showing. There is no mentioning of this on the package are anywhere else. In fact there are two parts; but, here, NBC / Timeless media group decided to air it in one complete package. There are interactive chapter menus which I couldn't locate except buy pressing the next chapter button on my remote. The DVD audio is Dolby Digital 2.0 and the film is in color / black & white and it looks like it was taken care of properly even though there is no remastering involved here.
The program sets you up with an introduction to the events and then with the aid of the film and maps presents a well detailed account of the battle. Midway was a battle victory for the United State which was in a desperate need of some type of victory 6 months after Pearl Harbor. The victory came on the heels of good luck, excellent planning, and all those teams working together. One interesting fact that was brought out is the American ships had radar with an effective range of about 100 - 150 miles while the Japanese ships had no radar. The island of Midway was equipped with a rather old radar but it was a long range radar. Still a good bite of luck was needed to locate the opposing side. Midway couldn't fall into Japanese hands as it was really close to our doorstep after Hawaii. With only 3 aircraft carries and limited support units the United State handily defeated the Japanese Navy by sinking 4 of their top line aircraft carries something Japan never recovered from.
If you have the movie Midway either the edited or complete version (containing the battle of the Coral Sea) you owe it to yourself to have this detailed account of the battle. Any historian / WWII buff would also want to purchase this. Don't let the missing 3 minutes bother you. In fact if NBC wants the footage they are welcome to drop me a note here with instructions as to how to get it to them. This is also coming out on blu-ray next week (December 7) so enjoy this excellent series in either format.
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