Segments of color footage shot for John Ford's wartime documentary on the Battle of Midway, during World War II. Sailors near a gun aboard a U.S. warship. Individual Douglas SBDs repeatedly fly overhead. An SBD dauntless ditches in the sea. A destroyer approaches to rescue the crew.
Activities of the U.S. Navy during the Battle of Santa Cruz Island in the Pacific Ocean of World War II. USS Enterprise underway at sea. The wrecked flight deck after the bombardment. Men stand near an airplane on the flight deck. Patched bomb hits on the flight deck. Burned gun. Damage to gun sponson. Damage to the flight deck. Hole in the crane mast.
U.S. Navy personnel during the Battle of Midway of world War II. Patrol boats underway at the sea. Flags flying at half mast on the boats. Men aboard the boats. Burial of the dead bodies of soldiers in water. Men lower the coffins in water. They salute after the burial. Two men discussing amongst themselves. The patrol boats underway in formation.
U.S. Navy personnel during the Battle of Midway of World War II. Army church service near war damaged tent area. Men gather in the area. War dead on stretchers during the burial services. Bugler blowing taps. Four men carrying a stretcher wrapped with flag. Stretchers holding war dead being carried aboard ship. Honor Guard firing rifles during the funeral services at sea. Japanese coffins being lowered over the side of patrol boat. PT boats underway. Coffin wrapped with flag in the foreground.
Activities of the Florida fishermen at sea in the United States. Men aboard boats underway. The divers jump in water and take out the sponge from the surface of the water. A market place in Tarpon Springs. A sign reads: 'Tarpon Springs Sponge Exchange largest in the world'. People gather for the transactions in the market.
Activities of the American soldiers in North Africa in November 1942 during World War II. U.S. ship convoy underway at sea. Soldiers debark in North Africa. Mountains in the background. Landing craft underway. Airplanes fly in formation overhead. Paratroopers jump out of the airplanes and descend on the land with the help of parachutes. Citizens cheer the Allies in Casablanca and Algiers.
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