The Battle of Midway

Sep 14, 1942

0h 18m

★ 5.9

Overview

The Japanese attack on Midway in June 1942, filmed as it happened. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive, in partnership with Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, in 2006.

Genres

Documentary

War

Production Companies

United States Navy

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Cast

Narrator (voice)

Henry Fonda

Narrator (voice)

Jane Darwell

Main Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Donald Crisp

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Irving Pichel

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The Battle of Midway

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