Bibliograph

The battle for Midway, produced & directed by Brian Berger and Peter Schnall ; writer, Donovan Reiff ; a Partisan Pictures/Odyssey Corporation production for National Geographic Television

Type

Label

The battle for Midway, produced & directed by Brian Berger and Peter Schnall ; writer, Donovan Reiff ; a Partisan Pictures/Odyssey Corporation production for National Geographic Television

Language

eng

Characteristic

videorecording

Intended audience

MPAA rating: Not rated

Main title

The battle for Midway

Oclc number

43518693

Responsibility statement

produced & directed by Brian Berger and Peter Schnall ; writer, Donovan Reiff ; a Partisan Pictures/Odyssey Corporation production for National Geographic Television

Runtime

Summary

Dr. Robert Ballard leads a team of experts and four World War II veterans to Midway Island where the U.S. and Japan fought one of the fiercest battles of the war. They're in a race against time to find at least one of the downed aircraft carriers including the U.S.S. Yorktown

Table Of Contents

1. The lonely outpost -- 2. Back to Pearl -- 3. The search begins -- 4. Steaming for Midway -- 5. Equipment trouble -- 6. Waiting for battle -- 7. The Japanese attack -- 8. Shot to pieces -- 9. Finding the kaga -- 10. Ambush -- 11. Japanese disaster -- 12. Comrades remembered -- 13. Yorktown is hit -- 14. The ship is found

Target audience

adult

Technique

live action

Classification