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.
Aerial view showing the coast, roads, and an airstrip during a U.S. Army Air Force bombing mission at Arakabesan, Palau in World War II. Clouds of smoke rises from bomb target sites on the Japanese held island. Aerial view shows other parts of the island.
The first phase of German assault on France and the Low Countries during World War II. An animated map depicts the German invasion of Holland. German tanks advance on a road. Troops advance on tanks and on foot. Soldiers take cover on the ground near tanks. Soldiers in position with guns ready to fire. Soldiers on tanks look through binoculars. Soldiers in trenches. A tank moves up hill. Soldiers run and take shelter. Tanks advance on roads. Burning buildings on a street. Soldiers take cover and fire from behind tanks. Smoke due to explosions.
Professor Fritz Zernike demonstrates the 'Phase Contrast' microscope that earned him the Nobel Prize in physics. He makes minute living organisms visible with this instrument. Professor reads letters.
Women's soccer match in Holland. England's Manchester United and Dutch All-Stars in a match that ends tied 1-all. 04 August 1958.
Winds blowing in Holland. A Swedish cargo vessel at port. Crowd gathered at sea. Boats rescue crew members of the vessel. Man descends a swinging ladder on a boat.
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