The Battle of Midway
Sep 14 1942
•0h 18m
•Documentary, War
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.
Cast
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Henry Fonda
Narrator (voice)
Jane Darwell
Narrator (voice)
Donald Crisp
Main Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Irving Pichel
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
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