WWII - Color, 1942, USA: John Ford Footage Simulating Battle of Midway

WWII - Color, 1942, USA: John Ford Footage Simulating Battle of Midway Two F4F-4 Wild Cat aircraft & SBD-3 taking off from flight deck of an aircraft carrier; (SV) of US aircraft flying over air carrier simulating an attack by the Japanese on Midway Island; flak seen in sky, tracers & gun fire hitting the water; AtoA of formation of SBD-3s in flight over clouds; F4F-4s taking off from flight deck, several aircraft warming up in BG; (SV) of US planes flying low over water simulating torpedo attacks on Japanese ship; flak is seen in sky & smoke rising from simulated burning ships; (SV) of US pilots in cockpits of their aircraft, showing battle flags painted on the fuselage & climbing down from aircraft on flight deck, including LCDR JOHN S. THACH, inventor of the aircraft battle maneuvre called "Thatch Weave"; AV of three Battleships firing guns, the gun crew is seen manning a gun aboard ship; (SV) of aircraft on fly-over; AV of an SBD-3 shot down in the water, a Destroyer underway in BG; (SV) of SBD-3s and and F4F-4 landing on flight deck. Pacific War; WW2; Hollywood; Motion Pictures;