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The Battle of Midway

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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.

Directed by John Ford

Visual gallery

Behind the frames

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The cast

Faces behind the story

Henry Fonda

Henry Fonda

Narrator (voice)

Jane Darwell

Jane Darwell

Narrator (voice)

Donald Crisp

Donald Crisp

Main Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Irving Pichel

Irving Pichel

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)