MIDWAY AND CORAL SEA BATTLES
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Starts with the movement of troops to Australia. Japs assuming that Midway's defensive strength might have been neglected, attack in that area. In the film is the bombing of a Jap heavy cruiser which weaves a snake-like wake astern in frantic efforts to escape hits. But the American bombardiers are good—they don't miss—and the enemy ship is torn apart. In the battle of the Coral Sea, the film shows the role the old Lexington played in smashing the Jap invasion fleet. The explosion of her enormous gasoline tanks is a spectacular moment. And then, torpedoed by an American destroyer, she goes down with her flag flying
Complete catalog record
Series: News parade series
Dewey number: 940.542
Audience level: jh-sh-c-adult
Producer note: Available from producer and all authorized sales distributors: 100ft-si-$2.75; 360ft-si-$8.75; 350ft-sd-$17.50
Format/cost: 16-si-sd
Distributors / rental: Not shown in source
Dewey number: 940.542
Audience level: jh-sh-c-adult
Producer note: Available from producer and all authorized sales distributors: 100ft-si-$2.75; 360ft-si-$8.75; 350ft-sd-$17.50
Format/cost: 16-si-sd
Distributors / rental: Not shown in source
More in News parade series
- NEWS PARADE OF THE YEAR
- WAR IN CHINA
- Germany invades Austria! 1938
- BOMBS OVER EUROPE 1940
- MIDWAY AND CORAL SEA BATTLES 1942
- INVASION OF FORTRESS EUROPE AND ROME FALLS TO THE ALLIES 1944
- PARIS LIBERATED—YANKS RECAPTURE GUAM 1944
- Yanks invade Marshall Islands. 1944
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Sources
- Educational Film Guide 1946 — title, year, creator, length, format, sound, description, catalog record
Record added 2026-07-02 14:42:50