As it turned out, during the filming of the film "Pearl Harbor" for the scenes of the take-off of Japanese aircraft used an American aircraft carrier. This circumstance caused a sharp condemnation among American veterans. According to them, this is offensive for both the dead and the survivors of the attack.



Director Michael Bay met with the veterans and proved to them that they were to blame, so the filmmakers had no choice. Special effects at the time (2001) were still unable to qualitatively show the aircraft carrier and had to use a real American, because all the Japanese aircraft carriers were destroyed by these same veterans. After this meeting, the veterans agreed that with such introductions, the use of the American aircraft carrier was quite permissible.