The Battle of Midway

18m
DocumentaryWar
5.8

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.

Cast

Henry Fonda
Narrator (voice)
Jane Darwell
Narrator (voice)
Donald Crisp
Main Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Irving Pichel
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Crew

John Ford
Director, Writer, Editor, Director of Photography, Producer
James Kevin McGuinness
Writer
Dudley Nichols
Writer
Robert Parrish
Editor
Jack MacKenzie
Director of Photography
Kenneth M. Pier
Director of Photography
Joseph H. August
Director of Photography
Alfred Newman
Original Music Composer

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