Battle Of Midway John Ford

The battle of midway is a 1942 american documentary film short directed by john ford.

Battle of midway john ford. The resulting short the battle of midway won one of four documentary oscars for 1942. Ford s footage of the battle and particularly the activities of u s. B 17s flying fortresses appeared in the battle of midway which won an. This stirring documentary was directed produced by four time oscar winner john ford during the intense june 4th japanese carrier plane attacks on midway island and by navy combat cameramen.

His film of the battle of midway subsequently became a popular movie feature. Forces with a loss ratio of 4 1 in favor of the americans. On june 4 6 1942 a large japanese force attempted to capture midway island in the north pacific but was defeated by u s. Ford s film unit grew to 15 crews with over 200 officers and enlisted personnel and operations around the.

It is a montage of color footage of the battle of midway with voice overs of various narrators including johnny governali donald crisp henry fonda and jane darwell. On hand was a crew of naval photographers directed by john ford.