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JOHN FORD'S BATTLE OF MIDWAY 1942 WWII U.S. NAVY FILM *RESTORED VERSION* 21344
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- The Battle of Midway is a stirring, beautiful, and poignant 1942 American documentary film short directed by John Ford. 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.
The film begins with a male narrator (Ray Milland) explaining where Midway Island is and its strategic importance, and shows the PBY Catalina seaplane base (previously used by Pan Am for its flying boats). There are also P.T. boats seen in the harbor as well as Gooney Birds. At 3:40, a group of B-17 Flying Fortresses are seen on the island (these would later attack the Japanese fleet but without any apparent hits). About five minutes into the film the format changes somewhat, with more leisurely pictures of the G.I.s at work on the island, and then a female voice over. The female voice over (Verna Felton) takes the personality of a middle aged woman from Springfield, Ohio, who is a mother-type figure pointing out how she recognizes a boy from her home town. The boy is Army Air Force pilot William E. "Junior" Kinney. Then stock footage of the Kinney family back home is introduced.
Abruptly the narrative turns to the battle itself with approximately five minutes dedicated to the defense of the island, the naval battle, and the aftermath. At 9:30 the carrier USS Yorktown is seen and its complement of dive and torpedo bombers as well as Wildcat fighters. At 13:40 the long task of retrieving USA fliers from the sea is shown, with the PBYs bringing in men who had been stranded for over a week after the battle had ended. This is a very poignant moment in the film. At the end the various known Japanese losses are shown (four aircraft carriers, battleships, aircraft etc.) and then brushed over with red paint.
When the United States Navy sent director John Ford to Midway Island in 1942, he believed that the military wanted him to make a documentary on life at a small, isolated military base, and filmed casual footage of the sailors and marines there working and having fun. Two days before the battle, he learned that the Japanese planned to attack the base and that it was preparing to defend itself. Ford's handheld, 16mm footage of the battle was captured totally impromptu. He had been in transit on the island, roused from his bunk by the sounds of the battle, and started filming. Ford was wounded by enemy fire while filming the battle.Acclaimed as a hero when he returned home because of the footage and the minor wound, Ford decades later incorrectly claimed to Peter Bogdanovich that he was the only cameraman; however, Jack Mackenzie Jr. and Kenneth Pier assisted Ford in filming.
Ford was worried that military censors would prevent the footage from being shown in public. After returning to Los Angeles, he gave the footage to Robert Parrish, who had worked with him on How Green Was My Valley, to edit in secret. Ford spliced in footage of James Roosevelt, President Franklin D. Roosevelt's son and a Marine Corps officer; when the president saw the film in the White House, he told William Leahy: "I want every mother in America to see this film", thus protecting Ford from censorship. Parrish wrote an in-depth account of the making of The Battle of Midway in his autobiography, Growing Up in Hollywood (1976). The film runs for 18 minutes, was distributed by 20th Century Fox, and was one of four winners of the inaugural, 1942 Academy Award for Best Documentary.
Seeing men he had met and filmed die horrified Ford, who said, "I am really a coward" compared to those who fought. He had spent time with Torpedo Squadron 8, and 29 of 30 men of the unit died or were missing after the battle. Ford assembled the footage he had taken of the squadron into an eight-minute film, adding titles praising the squadron for having "written the most brilliant pages in the glowing history of our Naval Air Forces" and identifying each man as he appeared. He printed the result, Torpedo Squadron 8, to 8mm film suitable for home projectors and sent copies to the men's families.
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John Ford was wounded while filming this and won an Academy Award for best documentary. Now that’s dedication.
He described his wound as essentially, a scratch.
@@frequentlycynical642 tiss but a scratch!
He's also portrayed filming the attack in the 2019 movie 'Midway'.
They put that in a neat Easter Egg in midway 2019 yet another reason that movie was so criminally underrated!
My Grandmothers brother is in this film at 6:40, 6:55, 8:06, 8:55 & 9:16.
His name is Jacques Leigh Gordon
Thanks for telling us
Is he the gunner or assistant gunner?
@@natejones902 not sure, looks like he was just looking through binoculars through out the film
How cool is that?!
Salute to your great uncle
I just learned that President Roosevelt had a premiere in the White House, and during the movie kept talking and commenting it, but when he saw his own son, James Roosevelt, at 16:24 he was stunned and didn't talked for the last minutes of the movie, like everybody in the room. When it was over, he turned to his senior chief advisor and told him that every American should this movie as soon as possible. The editing inclusion of Roosevelt son was made at the last minute and kept secret by John Ford.
The Director, John Ford made sure there was a shot of the presidents son this footage.
I didn't know this existed. I mowed grass for a man who was a marine on Midway during the attack. We tried to set up a celebration at the premiere of Midway with him as our guest of honor. The movie theater was going to roll out the red carpet, but the man didn't want to be recognized, so it didn't happen. Thanks for all the digitizing you did on all my space films a few years back. Vince
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My Granddads little brother was there as an radio operator in a Naval TBD on the Lexington and did not make the return trip in the attack. RIP Uncle James your friends and you will remembered in history. 🙏❤🤍💙🌟🌷🌻
The Lexington was lost at Coral Sea, the Yorktown at Midway
Crazy bastard filmed the battle as it unfolded what a legend. God bless America
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Love the shots of the PBYs. They are one of my most favourite aircrafts.
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All the footage was real, and all of it comes from the battle. The photography team was under the command of the Director John Ford. He made many great movies! He was wounded in the battle. But recovered well. This was shown in many US theaters soon after the battle.
Awesome videography, patriotic musical score and real life filming. John Ford was an awesome director. I think, however, the success of this film has one great reason. John Ford was a patriot.
Very true. The war was far from decided at the time he made it, of course, and this was a tremendous contribution to support the sacrifices being made.
Thanks to VTH for getting us a link to the film
The video of the Japanese plane wing with the red meatball on fire was done by Ford for a dramatic effect. He put fuel on the wing, lit it and filmed it.
awesome footage of early model B-17s and PBY Cats. not many can say they got a Purple Heart and an Oscar for a battle they were in. Right Hand Salute to Lt. Cmdr. Ford for the visuals.
This movie was made by the United States Government, and is thus in the public domain.
Very good job fellows!! John Ford was wounded while filming this and won an Academy Award for best documentary. Now that’s dedication.
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Little known, Ford went on to film battles in North Africa. He was well known from being a director, of 26 years. Known by most of the US command brass, and politicians alike. And he was the Director of my favorite movie, "The Quiet Man."
To the men of USN Devastator Torpedo Squadron 8, rest in peace. Sole survivor USN Ensign George Gay, may God rest his soul.
Thanks for the comment and for being a sub.
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When America was really blessed and people knew what goodness was. God was with us.
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Salute and respect from NZ 👍🇳🇿
wow, that footage is amazing! when the concussion makes the frame jump you know this was for real. the sound must be post dubbed, right?
Stevo Reno Thanks! Ford was from my home town, Portland, Maine. There's a statue of him near the site of his dad's dry goods store.
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Thank you for all your work!
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What irks me, is that this year marked the 80th anniversary of the battle, but it was not mentioned once on TV media. Instead they went back to the old standard Normandy Invasion newscast, which I am saying should not be remembered. But there should have been some recognition of this battle since it was one of the main turning points in the war, especially the Pacific.
That's alot of damage to pull off the greatest trap in combat history, but for the turning point in the war, had to be the greatest sacrifice of assets and men to make it happen. God bless everyone one of them.
John Ford is crazy for his films lol
12:43 I like the snappy comeback to Tojo's "Free the natives" comment.
Maybe he really liked boobies.
Man... The CGI is amazing considering there were no computers back then!
RIP
To the 307 US Navy men and airmen (three killed as prisoners) and 3,057 Imperial Japanese Navy men and airmen who were killed in the Battle of Midway
This is a great part of history.
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Great..
I have Movie Midway. Will be watching.
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KEEP SHOOOOTINGGG!
Cameraman never dies
The code had been broken and Midway was the target. Admiral Nimitz sent John Ford to film the battle. He expected the victory.
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Wow never knew that, I thought he was there to shoot some films for his movies
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Ford arrived on the Island only a few days before the battle, and yes Limits did send him there. But the out come of the battle was still in doubt. Souce, Limits biography And Fords biography. Ford recovered from his wounds and went in to film battles in North Africa!
Nimitz
An M-1 Garand? Marines used the 03 Springfield at that time.
Possibly some early issue, or Army troops mixed in?
Its possible some Marine units were just starting to switch over from the Springfield in 42.
@@patrickwheatley2693 Only the ones not yet in combat. The first user of the Garand in the war was the 164th Infantry US Army at Guadalcanal. The 164th was a Dakotas ANG unit.
Where did you see the M1? I only saw Springfields.
@@coleparker 3:30.
Ford didn't know about the carrier battle and the decisive American victory until he returned to the United States!
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Midway yeahhh!!!
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Seems like this was more to sell war bonds than inform the he public of what happened at the battle.
Yes. Then, the public was at the mercy of the gov’t as far as information ( propaganda). However, wars are expensive in both terms of dollars and morale. Although this film comes off as patriotic, Roosevelt was (IMHO) a master manipulator, and extremely pragmatic ( Machiavellian) leader. He knew making this public was key to the war effort, on the home front. Nimitz had other ideas, but The President hijacked his project results. Do you think Ford editing Roosevelt’s son into the film was by accident?
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henry fonda doing the voice over ??? i think it is ...............
My country this of thee has the same tune as God save the Queen. Very interesting.
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I kept springing to attention. Needed a nap after the film. Regards from England :)
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THIS FOOTAGE IS REAL
16:28 James Roosevelt, the son of the US President at the time.
Why does this historic newsreel start with a mash-up of ‘God Save The Queen’? BTW, anyone who’s been in the south Pacific will instantly recognize the early scene of the PBY/Catalina being brought ashore - and remember exactly what it feels like in the warm seas and hot wind. And those guys fueling the Fortress… reminds me how hot it is, like an oven with the heat beating up off the ground?
God Save The Queen and My Country Tis Of Thee both use the same music, but with different lyrics. The first is the British royal anthem and is the unofficial British Empire anthem. The lyric queen is interchanged depending upon the gender of the present royal monarch. Once either Prince Charles or Prince William becomes king, the lyric will be changed to God Save The King. The melody is used by several other countries that were formerly associated with the British Empire, including the United States.
Prior to 1931, the U.S. had no official national anthem, but My Country Tis Of Thee was most often used as the unofficial, defacto national anthem. Even to this day, many people still prefer My Country Tis Of Thee to The Star Spangled Banner as the official anthem although it has been officially relegated to a patriotic song of the U.S., along side America The Beautiful.
this was the cheese in the pizza baby
This vide real
I like birds but they really don't fit in to the Battle of Midway and too many random photographs planes and people talking in other words get to the battle sooner rather than later I don't have the patience sorry
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What a good lookin bunch of guys, what the hell happened to America?
Still very much there. Turn off yout TV and walk around a little more in the real world.
Currently our nation’s strength lies in using everyone’s talents, creativity, energy and abilities, regardless of color, religion or sexual orientation. By the time of the Korean conflict, men of color fought, bled, and died bravely alongside their fellow white soldiers. There are probably Americans alive today only because their father’s or grandfather’s life was saved by a soldier of another race on the battlefield.
I think the biggest mistake of All aircraft gunners is they did not lead the enemy airplanes.You lead a running buck, you lead an airplane more. Many a farm boy were good shots/gunners!. I see the tracers behind the aircraft. As we say in putting in golf, "never up, never in". Put up a hose of fire and let the plane fly into it! Of course the tobacco companies supplid plenty of smokes to get these guys hooked. Lucky Strike Green in all supply packs! And, of course all of the tobacco companies knew, even then, how hazardous was smoking. Many of the guys who were not killed outright, died later of tobacco related illneses. Did the tobacco companies care? Hell no, make a buck. I'd like to hear the stats on how many of our soldiers were killed in battle, and how many later died from tobacco.
Leading your target? That's been taught ever since the invention of the bow and arrow, but at speeds and combat ranges involved in WWII, it is a hell of a lot harder than hunting a deer.
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Now 20 years old kids need safe spaces and have anxiety about what gender they are what changed? The people or the culture?
Subversion of the culture changed the people. Not all but way too many.
historical evidence
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Interesting archive footage but the crass depiction of the Albatrosses is pathetic - I speak as both a military buff and a birder.....
The accompanying music is vile How the F... does it add anything?
That would be "vile," dumbass. It's a beautiful piece of music. Get lost, troll.
@@Lugnut64052 thanks for spelling lesson. That's the only worthwhile thing about your comment though.
Everybody has an opinion don't they? You don't particularly care for it appears. Unfortunately, John Ford did not select you to choose the musical accompaniment. But if he had, who should get to choose? Or let the public 'judge.' Who should decide what is 'right'?
The majority? Is the majority always right? What if the public was voting on you? Would that show the real truth?
They didn't have a lot of choices for"action" music back then. You were pretty much stuck with brass, string, or a combination of the two.
@@wisedevolver2741 no music is always an option
We are all watching corpses!!! it's really terrible.
There's an albatross named Wisdom who nests at Midway who is the world's oldest known wild bird. Based on her egg-laying maturity, she's estimated to have been born no later than 1951. It's entirely possible that one of those albatross chicks in the film is still living.
Gutsy cinematography …