What Was the Battle of Midway? The Torpedo Squadrons Attack
Carrier-launched American torpedo squadrons attacking the Japanese carrier force.
Watch the full Midway documentary:
AI-generated historical recreations are used in this video. They are illustrative scenes, not authenticated photographs. Any archival footage is credited below. Narration is synthesized. Sound effects are illustrative modern sound design.
Historical references:
Naval History and Heritage Command — H-006-3: The Sacrifice
Naval History and Heritage Command — H-072-1: VT-8 at Midway
Naval History and Heritage Command — H-006-1: Midway Overview
Naval History and Heritage Command — H-008-3: Torpedo Versus Torpedo
Naval History and Heritage Command — H-006-4: The Victory—Barely
Audio credits:
“Volatile Reaction” by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0: Source: Excerpted, faded, level-shaped, ducked and mixed beneath narration.
Propeller Plane Fly-By by SoundJay.com, used under Excerpts, level adjustment, filtering and fades.
50 Caliber MG.flac by qubodup — — CC0 1.0 ( Short excerpts, level adjustment and fades. Modern vehicle-mounted machine-gun sound used illustratively; not authenticated WWII aircraft AN/M2 audio.
Muffled Distant Explosion by NenadSimic — — CC0 1.0 ( Excerpts, level adjustment and fades for illustrative documentary sound design.
Illustrative modern sound design, not an original Midway battle recording or an authenticated recording of the exact pictured aircraft or gun.
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