# The Battle of Midway (1942)

US Navy film. On the Japanese aerial attack on Midway Island and U.S. ships in the area. Shows activities before, during, and after the attack. Reel 1, Marines parade on the island and bombers prepare for a flight. Japanese planes attack the island, setting fire to a hangar, a ship, and other targets. Reel 2, carrier planes take off and Japanese planes attack ships. Several planes are downed. Shows damage on the island and dead and wounded men on ships and shore.

Contact(s): National Archives at College Park - Motion Pictures (RD-DC-M), National Archives at College Park 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD 20740-6001 Phone: 301-837-3540, Fax: 301-837-3620, Email: mopix@nara.gov

National Archives Identifier: 12870 Local Identifier: 80-MN-1433

https://research.archives.gov/description/12870

- Kind: Documentary
- Year: 1942
- Runtime: 18 min
- By: US Navy. Directed by John Ford.
- Genres: Documentary
- Archive: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Battle_of_Midway_(1942).webm)
- Licence or status: Public domain (as the archive states it)
- Credit: US Navy. Directed by John Ford.
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/commons/57620110?play=1)