GOLDEN AGE

The Battle of Midway (1942)

194254mdir. John FordUnited Statesdocumentary filmpropaganda film

Note: this print runs 54 minutes against a recorded 18 minutes. It is the best copy we have found; we keep looking for a complete print.

With Henry Fonda, Jane Darwell

Directed by John Ford

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The Battle of Midway is a 1942 American short documentary film directed, co-edited and produced by John Ford. It is a montage of color footage of the Battle of Midway with voiceovers of narrators, Donald Crisp, Henry Fonda, and Jane Darwell.

Synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA. Streaming from YouTube.

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