The Battle of Midway (film)
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Language English | 6.6/10 IMDb Duration Country USA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date September 14, 1942 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
John ford s the battle of midway 1942 digitally restored
The Battle of Midway is a 1942 American documentary film short directed by John Ford. It is a montage of color footage of the Battle of Midway with voice overs of various narrators, including Johnny Governali, Donald Crisp, Henry Fonda, and Jane Darwell.
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Plot
The film begins with a male narrator (Ray Milland) explaining where Midway Island is and its strategic importance. About five minutes into the film the format changes somewhat, with more leisurely pictures of the G.I.s at work on the island, and then a female voice over. The female voice over (Verna Felton) takes the personality of a middle aged woman from Springfield, Ohio, who is a mother-type figure pointing out how she recognizes a boy from her home town. The boy is Army Air Force pilot William E. "Junior" Kinney. Then stock footage of the Kinney family back home is introduced.
Abruptly the narrative turns to the battle itself with approximately five minutes dedicated to the defense of the island, the naval battle, and the aftermath. At the end the various known Japanese losses are shown (four aircraft carriers, battleships, aircraft etc.) and then brushed over with red paint.
Archive
The Academy Film Archive preserved "The Battle of Midway" in 2006. The film is part of the Academy War Film Collection, one of the largest collections of World War II era short films held outside government archives.
References
The Battle of Midway (film) WikipediaThe Battle of Midway (film) IMDb The Battle of Midway (film) themoviedb.org