The Battle of Midway
★ 5.9 · 1942 · 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.
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