Scenes from the Naval Battle of Midway, in World War 2. A helmeted sailor, on deck of a U.S warship, silhouetted next to a propeller blade. A Fletcher-class U.S. Navy destroyer in background. View from near top of a Curtiss SOC Seagull airplane on the USS Portland (CA-33),as she fires two of her 5 inch antiaircraft guns, amidship,during the battle of Midway. Air is filled with low-altitude black flak smoke. A Japanese G4M1 model 11 ("Betty") bomber flies close by at low altitude across the line of sight. Smoke rises from the Portland's gunfire. Another Betty bomber low over the water in far background. Aerial view of a burning Japanese cruiser, far below, maneuvering to evade American attacks. View from U.S. airplane circling closer to the smoking Japanese cruiser. Closeups of panned stills showing severely damaged Japanese warships. Scene shifts to a large formation of Navy personnel in dress whites, where U.S. Admiral Chester Nimitz is decorating navy personnel who distinguished themselves in the battle. Nimitz sits, visiting a wounded sailor, at a hospital. U.S.Army Air Forces B-17 Crews, who bombed Japanese ships, are seen being interviewed on Midway Island. Scene shifts to war production workers assembling aircraft in factories in the United States. U.S. warplanes being manufactured. B-24 Liberator bomber aircraft being rolled out of a plant. Graduation ceremony at the U.S. Naval academy, in Annapolis, Maryland. Spectators watch as the cadet corps parades. View inside the historic hall of the old academy filled with spectators, cadets graduate a year early due to the war. Graduating cadets shaking hands with Academy administrators. Cadets of the class of 1943 cheer and throw their hats in the air at end of commencement ceremonies on June 19, 1942.
USS Wasp flight operations in the Pacific Theater. Men waving signal boards towards the landing aircrafts. Planes landing on the flight deck. Superstructure in the background.
USS Wasp flight operations in Pacific Theater. F4F aircraft crashing into stern. Men running towards the aircraft. Other aircraft landing on the flight deck.
USS Wasp flight operations in Pacific Theater. SB2U aircraft landing on the flight deck. It crashes into barrier. It crashes nearby the superstructure. Men watching the aircraft.
USS Wasp flight operations in Pacific Theater. F4F aircraft landing on the flight deck. Superstructure in the background. Men watching the plane. Men waving signal boards towards the landing plane. Airplane lands.
USS Wasp flight operations in the Pacific Theater. F4F aircraft landing on the flight deck. It crashes as the wheel collapses. It crashes into barriers. Men running towards the plane. SB2U aircraft crashes into barrier aboard the Wasp. Another SB2U aircraft landing aboard the Wasp.