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jeffchowell
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Attack on Pearl Harbor - Minute by Minute (2021)
Good narrative, some poor imagery
Basically, I like the narrative of the script. It does encompass the key points of the raid and the aftermath. For people who know little or nothing of the attack on December 7, 1941, I highly recommend it.
However, for a documentary that claims it uses only "archival footage" of the attack, I was sorely disappointed to see practical special effects scenes from the movie "Tora! Tora! Tora!" included. In my opinion this cheapens the whole experience. Why did the producers do this? For dramatic effect? Was not the iconic image of the destroyer USS Shaw exploding not enough?
In my opinion, there was enough actual film in the Pearl Harbor raid, as well as footage from the Imperial Japanese Navy (iJN) that the producers did not have to resort to plagiarizing Hollywood to get the required content.