Torpedo Squadron

Duration: 8 min
Release date: 1942-01-01
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John Ford splices together footage of Torpedo Squadron 8, all but one of whom were later shot down and killed in the Battle of Midway. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation in 2007.

Documentary War

Torpedo Squadron

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John Ford
John Ford
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