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Oyaji
Good flick. First time viewing it today via YouTube. How can you be sure it was a 1956 Chevrolet BelAir at the end of the film? Image appeared blurry to me and I couldn't decipher what brand of auto it was and I certainly know what a '56 Chevy looks like.
What did catch my eye was that some of the images of the carriers seem to be reversed with the ship's island or super structure on the port side of the ship vs the starboard. Japanese WW II carriers were built with the island on the port side but as far as I know, all US Navy carriers had the island on the starboard side.
I made three Vietnam deployments on a WW II built carrier, the Hancock (CVA 19) and can relate to many of the shipboard scenes in the Battle Stations film, particularly the berthing and messing areas as well as the flight deck, hangar bay, wardroom and ready room spaces.
Richard Boone and William Bendix gave excellent performances as Commanding Officer and Flight Deck Boatswain respectively.