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Segments from World War II film documentary about the battle of Midway

Color footage shot during WWII under the direction of John Ford for his documentary on the Battle of Midway. United States aircraft carrier underway in the Pacific Ocean. U.S. Navy F4F-4 Wildcat aircraft taking off from the flight deck. Other F4Fs warming up in the background. Men aboard the aircraft carrier. Douglas TBDs and SBDs flying low over water, simulating attacks on Japanese ships. Flak in the sky. Smoke rising from simulated burning ships.

Date: 1942, June
Duration: 1 min 26 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675062997
Excerpts from documentary film about Battle of Midway in World War II.

Scenes shot under direction of John Ford during Battle of Midway. A United States aircraft carrier underway in the Pacific Ocean. U.S. Navy pilots climbing out of their cockpits after a mission. The aircraft parked on the flight deck of a carrier. The third pilot seen is Lieutenant Commander John S. Thach, inventor of the so-called "Thach weave," an aerial maneuver. Japanese flags painted on the fuselages of the aircraft, marking their victories in the air. Pilots climbing down from the aircraft on to the flight deck. The aircraft carrier underway. Other ships underway in the background.

Date: 1942, June
Duration: 59 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675062998
U.S. Navy F4F-4 and SBD-3 aircraft land on flight deck of an aircraft carrier during the Battle of Midway in the Pacific Ocean.

Scenes from film documenting the Battle of Midway. Two U.S. Navy U.S. Navy SBD-3 Dauntless aircraft land on an aircraft carrier, followed by an F4F-4 Wild Cat and two more SBD-3s. Deck crews attend to the aircraft after they are completely arrested. (World War II period).

Date: 1942, June
Duration: 1 min 11 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675063000
U.S. Army Air Forces B-17s on Midway island after Japanese fleet is sighted during World War II.

U.S. patrol plane from Midway Island sights a Japanese fleet during World War 2. One of a newly arrived B-17E bombers parked on ramp at Henderson Field, Midway Island. Group of U.S. airmen discussing plans. Several B-17 aircraft seen, including one in sand-bagged revetment. Ground and aircrews prepare B-17Es for a mission. Views of a B-17 crew member's family back home. His father, a railroad engineer poses in front of his Ironton Railroad steam locomotive in Pennsylvania, United States. His mother sits, knitting and his sister is seen speaking on the telephone. B-17E number, 41-2437, taxiing, unusually, using numbers 2 and 4 engines. B-17Es taking off on a Battle of Midway mission, including aircraft numbers: 41-2524, 41-2611( of the 31st Bomb Squadron, 5th Bomb Group), 41-2532, 41-2437(of the 98th Bomb Squadron, 11th Bomb Group). Tail of parked B-17E number 41-2648 clearly seen in one scene.

Date: 1942
Duration: 2 min 21 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675063018
American soldiers firing anti aircraft artillery at Japanese airplanes during the Battle of Midway during World War II.

Color footage shot under the direction of John Ford, whose film crew was stationed at Midway during the battle. Japanese aircraft flying above Midway Island as they commence attacks. U.S. Marines firing an antiaircraft machine gun. Black flak bursts in the sky. Four SB2U - 3 ‘Vindicator’ dive bombers, of Marine Corps VMSB-241, taking off from Midway Island, with single bombs slung under their bellies. They pass a B-17 parked at side of runway. Japanese planes bombing Midway. An explosion near the camera with debris flying all about. A bomb hits only yards away from the camera. A hangar hit and on fire. American airplane overhead. Another bomb burst with debris thrown everywhere. U.S. Marines trying to deal with destruction and fires. Close up as they raise the American flag on a tall flagpole. A flaming fuel tank raising black smoke with the flag flying in the midst of the destruction. A Japanese airplane in flames. A jeep driving over debris near a destroyed U.S. airplane. Marine medic with red cross armband.More bombs striking fuel storage facilities and causing huge flames and black smoke. A Japanese airplane struck by machine gun fire loses power and crashes. The wing panel of a PBY Catalina, painted to simulate a crashed Japanese aircraft, has a puddle of gasoline burning in the middle of the "meatball" insignia.

Date: 1942, June
Duration: 3 min 30 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675063019
USS Enterprise battles attacking Japanese warplanes in Battle of Santa Cruz during World War II.

Naval Battle of Santa Cruz Island in the Pacific Ocean during World War 2. View from The USS Enterprise (CV-6) during attacks by Japanese airplanes. F4F aircraft parked on her flight deck. A U.S. Destroyer is steaming aft and firing its guns. Battleship, USS South Dakota seen in distance. Black Flak bursts in the air. The Enterprise makes swerving defensive maneuvers while underway. A Japanese airplane flies overhead, aft. View from the ship's island of sailors gathered on flight deck and then running to an F4F that has collapsed with wing over antiaircraft gun positions. Sailors begin to right the airplane but abandon the deck when a bomb hits somewhere aft starboard. Smoke rising from the strike area. Enterprise making severe defensive maneuvers as her antiaircraft batteries fire. Anti-aircraft cruiser, USS San Juan CL-54, visible astern as Enterprise turns hard to starboard. Sky filled with black flak bursts. Black smoke rising from two downed Japanese aircraft in the water. Smoke drifting across the flight deck.

Date: 1942, October 26
Duration: 3 min 10 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675063020