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The Battle of Midway

5.9Sep 14, 19420h 18mDocumentaryWar

Directed by John Ford

Written by Dudley Nichols, James Kevin McGuinness, John Ford

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.

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Cast

Henry Fonda

Henry Fonda

Narrator (voice)

Jane Darwell

Jane Darwell

Narrator (voice)

Donald Crisp

Donald Crisp

Main Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Irving Pichel

Irving Pichel

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

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