Twenty-six films produced by the National Broadcasting Company of America and the United States Navy, with the assistance of the Admiralty and using films obtained from both allied and enemy sources.
The battle for the Midway Islands after the Philippines fell was one of the most decisive battles in the Pacific. Here you see how this great operation stemmed the Japanese advance.
Film introduced by Michael Lewis, Professor of History at the Royal Naval College, Greenwich.
(Previously televised on November 17)