JOHN FORD'S BATTLE OF MIDWAY 1942 WWII U.S. NAVY FILM RESTORED VERSION

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01:00A Navy patrol plane, routine patrol. Only behind every cloud may be an enemy.

01:11Midway Island. Not much land, right enough. But it's our outpost. Your front yard.

01:34Front yard.

01:41Front yard.

01:48Front yard.

01:51Front yard.

01:56Front yard.

01:57Front yard.

01:58Front yard.

01:59Front yard.

02:00Front yard.

02:01Front yard.

02:02Front yard.

02:03Front yard.

02:04Front yard.

02:05Front yard.

02:06Front yard.

02:07Front yard.

02:08Front yard.

02:09Front yard.

02:10Front yard.

02:11Front yard.

02:12Front yard.

02:13Front yard.

02:14Front yard.

02:15Front yard.

02:16Front yard.

02:17These are the natives of Midway.

02:27Tojo has sworn to liberate them.

02:47The birds seem nervous.

02:52There's something in the air.

02:55Something behind that sunset.

03:17Excitement this morning.

03:40The dawn patrol has sighted an enemy fleet.

03:43During the night flying fortresses had landed at Midway.

03:46A historic council of war is held.

04:04That fella's walk looks familiar.

04:06My neighbour's boy used to ambel along just like that.

04:13See, is that one of them flying fortresses?

04:15Yes, ma'am, it is.

04:16What's that young Will Chinny?

04:18He's from my hometown, Springfield, Ohio.

04:20He's not going to fly that great big bomber.

04:22Yes, ma'am, that's his job.

04:23He's a skipper.

04:24Will's dad is an engineer.

04:25Thirty-eight years on the old Ironton Railroad.

04:26And his mother, huh?

04:27Well, she's just like the rest of us mothers in Springfield or any other American town.

04:31And his sister Patricia.

04:32She's about as pretty as they come.

04:33I'll say so.

04:34Well, Junior Tinny.

04:35Well, Junior Tinny.

04:36Well, Junior Tinny.

04:37I'll say so.

04:38Well, Junior Tinny.

04:39I'll say so.

04:40Well, Junior Tinny.

04:41I'll say so.

04:42Well, Junior Tinny.

04:43I'll say so.

04:44I'll say so.

04:45Well, Junior Tinny.

04:47I'll say so.

04:51I'll say so.

04:57I'll say so.

05:00Well, Junior Tinny.

05:01I'll say so.

05:04I'll say so.

05:10I'll say so.

05:10Good luck.

05:23God bless you, son.

05:40Suddenly, from behind the clouds, the jets attack.

06:10They're called the Marines!

06:40They're called the Marines!

06:47They're called the Marines!

06:55They're called the Marines!

07:01They're called the Marines!

07:10They're called the Marines!

07:17Yes, this really happened.

07:47Yes, this really happened.

08:17Yes, this really happened.

08:47Yes, this really happened.

09:17Yes, this really happened.

09:24Yes, this really happened.

10:33Yes, this really happened.

10:40Yes, this really happened.

10:47Yes, this really happened.

10:54Yes, this really happened.

11:01Yes, this really happened.

11:08Yes, this really happened.

11:15Yes, this really happened.

11:22Yes, this really happened.

11:29Yes, this really happened.

11:37The invasion forces were hit and hit and hit again.

11:43Yes, this really happened.

11:50America, here come your neighbor's son, home from the day's work.

11:54You want to meet them.

11:56There's Jimmy Thatch, seven meatballs on his plane.

11:59How many more today, Skipper?

12:06How many more today, Skipper?

12:13I'm not.

12:14I'm not.

12:15I'm not.

12:16I'm not.

12:17I'm not.

12:18Back at Midway, Tojo swore he'd liberate the natives.

12:46They seemed just as free as they ever were.

13:16The battle of Midway is over.

13:22Our front yard is safe.

13:24But a big job is still to be done.

13:26Day after day our patrol planes search for survivors.

13:29Every tiny coral reef, every distant mile of sea.

13:33Search for men who fought to the last round of ammunition

13:37and flew to the last drop of gas and then crashed into the sea.

13:44Eight days, nine days, ten days without food or water.

13:52His first cigarette.

13:54Boy, that first drag sure tastes good.

14:01Eleven days.

14:05Well done, Matthew Hughes.

14:14Logan Ramsey.

14:26Frank Fessler.

14:27That's thirteen for Frank.

14:33Get those boys to the hospital.

14:48Please do.

14:49Quickly.

14:50Get them to clean cots and cool sheets.

14:53Get them doctors and medicine.

14:55The nurses soft hands.

14:57Get them to the hospital.

14:58Hurry.

14:59Please.

15:00There was a hospital.

15:01Clean, clean, orderly.

15:02A hundred beds.

15:03And on its roof, the red cross plainly marked.

15:04The symbol of mercy, the enemy was bound to respect.

15:06The next morning, the sea and the sea is then more early.

15:08siglo.

15:09The sea and the sea.

15:10The sea, the sea and the sea, the sea.

15:11To the sea.

15:12It was cold, the sea.

15:13The sea cores and the sea.

15:14The sea.

15:15What do you think?

15:16All the sea is the sea.

15:17Well done, Rick and the sea.

15:18Just a few days ago.

15:19The sea.

15:20The sea.

15:21Hulk.

15:22The sea.

15:23That's right.

15:24Shit.

15:25Will you look at him at all?

15:26Oh, son.

15:27I see a few days ago.

15:28I see.

15:29Yes, sir.

15:30I see a little bit moving down

15:32Oh, son.

15:33The next morning, divine services were held beside a bomb crater that had once been a chapel.

15:45At eventide, we buried our heroic dead, the last salute from their comrades and their officers.

16:03Captain Simard of the Navy.

16:20Colonel Shannon.

16:26Major Roosevelt.

16:33Father, come to thee, author of liberty, to thee we sing.

16:50Long may our land be bright, with freedom's holy light.

17:02Protect us by thy might.

17:12Praise God, our King.

17:21Amen.

17:29The End

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