Battle of Midway Outtakes

Battle of Midway Outtakes HA MS PAN Two quad-mount 4 mm guns firing. Gun Bursts in the air. SBD taking off from USS HORNET-CV-8 (during 1942); (SV) of SBDs taking off from HORNET during battle of Midway LS Across flight deck toward island structure, SBDs starting from island structure on takeoff or deck-launch; Pan, aircraft airborne (SV), VG; several TDBs taking off from flight deck of HORNET (TBD’s are torpedo bombers) MS Port quarter of a Battleship; several men on deck of BB, which is painted a water colour; flag flying from stern; tug, with tow line attached to stern of Pennsylvania class BB; Pan, to left, after main battery, triped mast, two cranes on boat deck. Pan Along port side toward stern of BB. LA MS Up toward bridge of BB, stack, triped mast. CU Port side forward, port side damage. MS Damaged BB, which appears to be in Pearl Harbor; Admiral’s barge cuts across bow of BB. 05:12:42 CU Tray loaded with silver stars held in the hands of an officer. LA MLS Several men at quarters aboard SS. MCU PAN Several officers & enlisted men at quarters on the dock; Pan, crew at quarters aboard SS, which is tied up to dock; medal is pinned to the breast of an officer by a USA General; General continues down the line pinning medals on officers & chiefs in front rank, he shakes hands with the men & moves on. 05:14:03 MS PAN Several hundred officers & enlisted men, in ranks, near SS training tank at Pearl Harbor, Honolulu; Pan, SS tied up to dock, men at quarters, US General presenting medals to men of the crew. Army General on deck of sub pinning silver stars on enlisted men & shaking hands. Crew at quarters aboard sub as general continues to present silver stars to crew. 05:15:29 Army band on dock; Navy officers in ranks behind Army Colour Guard, standard bearer carrying General’s flag; 05:15:54 Pilot seated at controls of an aircraft. Very small island offshore near beach. LS Looking from cockpit of camera aircraft toward Ford Island, damage to island. LS PBY sea plane taxiing on water; man, on beach, waving his arms toward plane. CU Starboard. float of PBY, man riding on starboard. wing as plane taxis across beach; rugged terrain, BG MS Beach crew swimming toward camera aircraft. plane coming in for beaching; man swimming toward aircraft; plane director stands on ramp giving pilot directions (vertical stabiliser on plane has red & white stripes of early part of WWII). CU PBY in the water at ramp in Pearl Harbor. 05:18:00 AtoA LS Various small cloud formations. ELS Past cloud formations down toward sear. GtoA LS Four unidentified aircraft flying low over camera (appear to be F4Fs), Pacific War