♦War Classic♦ ‘BATTLE STATIONS’ (1956) John Lund • William Bendix • Keefe Brasselle

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1956 • Approved • 1h 21m • February 1956 (USA)
TAGLINE: The Battle Cry of the Flat-Tops!
The crew of a U.S. Navy ship in World War II goes into battle against the Japanese fleet.

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25 Replies to “♦War Classic♦ ‘BATTLE STATIONS’ (1956) John Lund • William Bendix • Keefe Brasselle”

  2. The flaming carrier is probably the USS Franklin CVA 13 (bad luck), but that 13 made it back through the Panama canal and back to New York under her own power…. great movie for old veterans like me, men and ships share a special bond ….

  3. I've been watching to catch a hull number on the carriers stack and I'm pretty sure I saw a 41, USS Midway, sister to my ship, USS Coral Sea CVA 43, I was wondering from the time the chief bosun said she was 3 football fields long so it would cancel out any of the Essex carriers which are not that long, so it had to be a Midway class, the 3rd was the Franklin D. Roosevelt CVA 42…. process of elimination, it has to be Midway, FDR and Coral Sea didn't see action in WW2…. so glad Midway is still with us, in San Diego as a museum, FDR went out in the late 60s and Coral Sea in '91, still giving me tears to my eyes talking about Coral Sea and the Midways in general, Coral Sea took me to war and brought me home safe, the men I served with were the finest men I've ever known, even 50 years ago….lest we forget….

  4. Could some kind person please tell the bunch of thick Yanks on the bridge that Captain Wiliam Bligh and the Bounty was NOT a fictitious Story and Hollywood Movie. It really happened and even ro this day , the decendents of the mutinous crew inhabit the PITCAIRN ISLAND.. BLigh, who was signed to the Navy at the age of just 7, herorcally saved the non mutineers by navigating the open boat to TIMOR, a adistance of 3,618 nautical mi,es, – 6,700 KMS. He was later sent to Australia as the 4th governer of New South Wales. He was there from Aug 1806, until he was illegally overthrown during the Rum Rebellion during Jan 1808. Wxcellent Wikipedia even gas portraits of the -so called Fictitious man. END OF HISTORY LESSON TO THICK FILM PRODUCERS.. Check your facts.

  8. At 36:50 dialogue suggests Captain Bligh was a fictional character… that's just not true…He was real, and the mutiny on HMS Bounty really happen… surprised to see that in a movie that otherwise tries to be fairly authentic…

  11. Pros:
    Filmed on an actual aircraft carrier and also we see parts of an aircraft carrier never seen before.
    This is the movie George Lucas watched to create certain scenes in the first Star Wars movie.

    Cons:
    Clunky dialogue
    Less than stellar acting.

  15. My Dad was in the Navy in WW II. He never talked about it much. He did tell us that his ship destroyer ( Tin Can) got orders to go into an area where every ship the US sent a ship was sunk by the Japanese. I recall this because when I was a much younger lad, my Father would tell us that every day you are alive is a good day. He also told us imagine what it is like to wake up at 18 years of age, knowing your going to die and there is nothing you can do about it. His ship was given orders to go where the Japanese ships sank everyone of our ships. My Father was also in the Merchant Marines. He traveled the world 7 times over. Bless him and all those who served in WW II. We truly need more of this in this country.

  17. 36:58> Captain Bligh was not a fictitious character. As found in Wikipedia….

    Vice-Admiral William Bligh FRS (9 September 1754 – 7 December 1817) was a British officer in the Royal Navy and a colonial administrator. He is best known for the mutiny on HMS Bounty, which occurred in 1789 when the ship was under his command. The reasons behind the mutiny continue to be debated. After being set adrift in Bounty's launch by the mutineers, Bligh and those loyal to him stopped for supplies on Tofua, losing a man to natives. Bligh and his men reached Timor alive after a journey of 3,618 nautical miles (6,700 km; 4,160 mi).

    After the mutiny on the Bounty in 1789, Captain William Bligh and his loyal crewmembers found themselves adrift in a small boat on the vast Pacific Ocean, approximately 30 nautical miles from Tonga. Eighteen loyal crewmembers were crammed alongside Bligh in a vessel designed to carry a maximum of 15 over short distances.

    They were given four cutlasses, a quadrant and compass, 28 gallons of water, 150lbs of bread, 32lbs of salted pork, six quarts of rum and six bottles of wine, and cast adrift on the Pacific Ocean. Their remarkable journey, as said, spanned more than 3,500 nautical miles as they navigated the open waters. Bligh’s resilience and navigational skills were put to the test during this arduous voyage.

    Ultimately, it took several weeks for Captain Bligh and his loyal men to reach safety. They managed to sail westward, reaching the Dutch East Indies (modern-day Indonesia) north of Australia. There, Bligh began the process of bringing the mutineers to justice. His survival and subsequent return to civilisation are a testament to his extraordinary tale in maritime history.

  18. 37:02 Never knew American education was so bad back then, sorry captain, Bligh was a real Captain, the Bounty was a real ship, there were real mutineers who were caught and tried and hung. FFS read a book, Bligh was at Trafalgar.

  21. Crewmen (John Lund, William Bendix, Keefe Brasselle) of an Essex class aircraft carrier train for action in the Pacific, then come home.

    Initial release: 1956 Its that easy to listen to….

  22. Did 26 years in the NAVY, served on 5 ships, never once went too service or seen the Chaps except during AMCROSSES.⚓️🇺🇸🍻✌🏻

  24. Thank you for such a great movie and although my family fought on the other side one cannot but admire the courage of so many thousands of people fighting for hat they though right. My respect to all veterans the world over. God knows you.

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