Well done ! I think you really succeed in change this movie in a vintage way. The black & white helps, of course. But the rythm, the depiction of heroism, the romance look like what we found in old Hollywood movies made during the WW2 (30 seconds over Tokyo, for example). Patriotism dimension in the original movie was a demagogy but in your edit it seems more respectable and humble at the hands of History and people who endured this war. I’m very happy the final voiceover is cut. It was a simplistic History lesson, seen in “60 years after” perspective.
I very enjoyed your storytelling. It describes the essential, it is more centralized on the main (fictionnal) characters with some scenes showing historical facts wich give a context. The Japanese attack’s segment is excellent. We perceive horror, american stupefaction without artificial solemnity . You have removed what transformed it in a too much long action-packed sequence.
I always find so bad the Michael Bay’s film. Relatively, you modified this in honest one.
