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The Battle of Midway

5.9194218mNRMovieDocumentaryWar

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.

DirectorJohn Ford
WritersDudley Nichols·James Kevin McGuinness
ProducerJohn Ford

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Cast · Directed by John Ford

HFHenry Fonda
Henry Fonda
Narrator (voice)
JDJane Darwell
Jane Darwell
Narrator (voice)
DCDonald Crisp
Donald Crisp
Main Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
IPIrving Pichel
Irving Pichel
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

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