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'''Midway''' is a 1976 war film directed by Jack Smight and produced by Walter Mirisch from a screenplay by Donald S. Sanford. The film chronicles the Battle of Midway, a turning point in World War II in the Pacific. The Imperial Japanese Navy had been undefeated until that time and out-numbered the American naval forces by four to one. | '''Midway''' is a 1976 war film directed by Jack Smight and produced by Walter Mirisch from a screenplay by Donald S. Sanford. The film chronicles the Battle of Midway, a turning point in World War II in the Pacific. The Imperial Japanese Navy had been undefeated until that time and out-numbered the American naval forces by four to one. | ||
| − | ==[[:Category:Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress|Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress]]== | + | == [[:Category: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress|Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress]] == |
Footage reused from [[Tora! Tora! Tora!]] | Footage reused from [[Tora! Tora! Tora!]] | ||
[[File:BATTLE OF MIDWAY DVDRIP SMP-0070.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | [[File:BATTLE OF MIDWAY DVDRIP SMP-0070.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
| − | ==[[:Category:Consolidated PBY Catalina|Consolidated PBY-6A Catalina]]== | + | == [[:Category: Consolidated PBY Catalina|Consolidated PBY-6A Catalina]] == |
[[File:BATTLE OF MIDWAY DVDRIP SMP-0019.jpg|thumb|500px|none|PBY-6A BuNo 63998 of the Commemorative Air Force.]] | [[File:BATTLE OF MIDWAY DVDRIP SMP-0019.jpg|thumb|500px|none|PBY-6A BuNo 63998 of the Commemorative Air Force.]] | ||
[[File:BATTLE OF MIDWAY DVDRIP SMP-0030.jpg|thumb|500px|none|PBY-6A BuNo 63998 of the Commemorative Air Force.]] | [[File:BATTLE OF MIDWAY DVDRIP SMP-0030.jpg|thumb|500px|none|PBY-6A BuNo 63998 of the Commemorative Air Force.]] | ||
[[File:BATTLE OF MIDWAY DVDRIP SMP-0067.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | [[File:BATTLE OF MIDWAY DVDRIP SMP-0067.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
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[[File:BATTLE OF MIDWAY DVDRIP SMP-0046.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | [[File:BATTLE OF MIDWAY DVDRIP SMP-0046.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
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[[File:BATTLE OF MIDWAY DVDRIP SMP-0083.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | [[File:BATTLE OF MIDWAY DVDRIP SMP-0083.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
[[File:BATTLE OF MIDWAY DVDRIP SMP-0085.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | [[File:BATTLE OF MIDWAY DVDRIP SMP-0085.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
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| + | == [[:Category: Douglas SBD Dauntless|Douglas SBD Dauntless]] == | ||
[[File:BATTLE OF MIDWAY DVDRIP SMP-0095.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | [[File:BATTLE OF MIDWAY DVDRIP SMP-0095.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
| − | ==[[:Category:Grumman F4F Wildcat|Grumman F4F Wildcat]]== | + | == [[:Category: Grumman F4F Wildcat|Grumman F4F Wildcat]] == |
[[File:BATTLE OF MIDWAY DVDRIP SMP-0090.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | [[File:BATTLE OF MIDWAY DVDRIP SMP-0090.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
[[File:BATTLE OF MIDWAY DVDRIP SMP-0050.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | [[File:BATTLE OF MIDWAY DVDRIP SMP-0050.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
| − | ==[[:Category:Grumman F6F Hellcat|Grumman F6F Hellcat]]== | + | == [[:Category: Grumman F6F Hellcat|Grumman F6F Hellcat]] == |
[[File:BATTLE OF MIDWAY DVDRIP SMP-0114.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | [[File:BATTLE OF MIDWAY DVDRIP SMP-0114.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
[[File:BATTLE OF MIDWAY DVDRIP SMP-0075.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | [[File:BATTLE OF MIDWAY DVDRIP SMP-0075.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
[[File:BATTLE OF MIDWAY DVDRIP SMP-0104.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | [[File:BATTLE OF MIDWAY DVDRIP SMP-0104.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
| − | == [[:Category:Grumman F9F Panther|Grumman F9F Panther]] == | + | == [[:Category: Grumman F9F Panther|Grumman F9F Panther]] == |
Film footage of this accident was used as a SB2C "Helldiver" striking the ramp before turning into an F9F "Panther" jet fighter bomber as it explodes - completed with footage of a 1951 Grumman F9F mishap aboard the USS Midway (CV-41). | Film footage of this accident was used as a SB2C "Helldiver" striking the ramp before turning into an F9F "Panther" jet fighter bomber as it explodes - completed with footage of a 1951 Grumman F9F mishap aboard the USS Midway (CV-41). | ||
| − | ==[[:Category:Grumman TBF Avenger|Grumman TBF Avenger]]== | + | == [[:Category: Grumman TBF Avenger|Grumman TBF Avenger]] == |
[[File:BATTLE OF MIDWAY DVDRIP SMP-0076.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | [[File:BATTLE OF MIDWAY DVDRIP SMP-0076.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
| − | ==[[:Category:North American B-25 Mitchell|North American B-25 Mitchell]]== | + | == [[:Category: North American B-25 Mitchell|North American B-25 Mitchell]] == |
[[File:BATTLE OF MIDWAY DVDRIP SMP-0006.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | [[File:BATTLE OF MIDWAY DVDRIP SMP-0006.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
[[File:BATTLE OF MIDWAY DVDRIP SMP-0003.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | [[File:BATTLE OF MIDWAY DVDRIP SMP-0003.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
| − | ==[[:Category:Mitsubishi A6M Zero|Mitsubishi A6M Zero]]== | + | == [[:Category: Mitsubishi A6M Zero|Mitsubishi A6M Zero]] == |
[[File:BATTLE OF MIDWAY DVDRIP SMP-0040.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | [[File:BATTLE OF MIDWAY DVDRIP SMP-0040.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
[[File:BATTLE OF MIDWAY DVDRIP SMP-0073.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | [[File:BATTLE OF MIDWAY DVDRIP SMP-0073.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
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[[File:BATTLE OF MIDWAY DVDRIP SMP-0105.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | [[File:BATTLE OF MIDWAY DVDRIP SMP-0105.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
| − | ==[[:Category:North American T-6|North American T-6 Texan (as Mitsubishi A6M)]]== | + | == [[:Category: North American T-6|North American T-6 Texan (as Mitsubishi A6M)]] == |
[[File:BATTLE OF MIDWAY DVDRIP SMP-0091.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | [[File:BATTLE OF MIDWAY DVDRIP SMP-0091.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
[[File:BATTLE OF MIDWAY DVDRIP SMP-0079.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | [[File:BATTLE OF MIDWAY DVDRIP SMP-0079.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
[[File:BATTLE OF MIDWAY DVDRIP SMP-0086.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | [[File:BATTLE OF MIDWAY DVDRIP SMP-0086.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
| − | ==[[:Category:Vultee BT-13 Valiant|Vultee BT-13 Valiant (as Nakajima B5N)]]== | + | == [[:Category: Vultee BT-13 Valiant|Vultee BT-13 Valiant (as Nakajima B5N)]] == |
[[File:BATTLE OF MIDWAY DVDRIP SMP-0052.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | [[File:BATTLE OF MIDWAY DVDRIP SMP-0052.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
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| − | ==[[:Category:Vultee BT-13 Valiant|Vultee BT-15 Valiant (as Aichi D3A)]]== | + | == [[:Category: Vultee BT-13 Valiant|Vultee BT-15 Valiant (as Aichi D3A)]] == |
[[File:BATTLE OF MIDWAY DVDRIP SMP-0044.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | [[File:BATTLE OF MIDWAY DVDRIP SMP-0044.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
Footage reused from [[Tora! Tora! Tora!]] | Footage reused from [[Tora! Tora! Tora!]] | ||
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| − | ==[[:Category:Unidentified Aircraft|Unidentified Aircraft]]== | + | == [[:Category:Unidentified Aircraft|Unidentified Aircraft]] == |
[[File:BATTLE OF MIDWAY DVDRIP SMP-0098.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | [[File:BATTLE OF MIDWAY DVDRIP SMP-0098.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
[[File:BATTLE OF MIDWAY DVDRIP SMP-0112.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | [[File:BATTLE OF MIDWAY DVDRIP SMP-0112.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
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[[Category: North American B-25 Mitchell]] | [[Category: North American B-25 Mitchell]] | ||
[[Category: North American T-6]] | [[Category: North American T-6]] | ||
| + | [[Category: Vought SB2U Vindicator]] | ||
[[Category: Vultee BT-13 Valiant]] | [[Category: Vultee BT-13 Valiant]] | ||
Revision as of 00:54, 28 September 2013
Movie (1976)
Also known as The Battle of Midway
Starring:
Edward Albert (Ensign Thomas Garth)
Philip R. Allen (Lieutenant Commander John S. "Jimmy" Thach)
Beeson Carroll (Wilson)
James Coburn (Captain Vinton Maddox)
Midway is a 1976 war film directed by Jack Smight and produced by Walter Mirisch from a screenplay by Donald S. Sanford. The film chronicles the Battle of Midway, a turning point in World War II in the Pacific. The Imperial Japanese Navy had been undefeated until that time and out-numbered the American naval forces by four to one.
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
Footage reused from Tora! Tora! Tora!
Consolidated PBY-6A Catalina
Curtiss P-40 Warhawk
Vought SB2U Vindicator
Douglas SBD Dauntless
Grumman F4F Wildcat
Grumman F6F Hellcat
Grumman F9F Panther
Film footage of this accident was used as a SB2C "Helldiver" striking the ramp before turning into an F9F "Panther" jet fighter bomber as it explodes - completed with footage of a 1951 Grumman F9F mishap aboard the USS Midway (CV-41).
Grumman TBF Avenger
North American B-25 Mitchell
Mitsubishi A6M Zero
North American SNJ
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
North American T-6 Texan (as Mitsubishi A6M)
Vultee BT-13 Valiant (as Nakajima B5N)
Footage reused from Tora! Tora! Tora!
Vultee BT-15 Valiant (as Aichi D3A)
Footage reused from Tora! Tora! Tora!
Grumman J2F Duck
Unidentified Aircraft
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See also
Categories:
- Unidentified Aircraft
- Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
- Consolidated PBY Catalina
- Curtiss P-40 Warhawk
- Douglas SBD Dauntless
- Grumman F4F Wildcat
- Grumman F6F Hellcat
- Grumman F9F Panther
- Grumman J2F Duck
- Grumman TBF Avenger
- Mitsubishi A6M Zero
- North American B-25 Mitchell
- North American T-6
- Vought SB2U Vindicator
- Vultee BT-13 Valiant