The movie I chose to watch was Midway. It begins as an officer is talking to another officer about what the Japanese fleet is doing and what they think they will do. One captain believes the place the Japs are going is Midway. The movie goes in between the Japanese admirals and captains speaking of attacking American forces. Captain Matt Garth has a son joining the pilots for the Navy. His son Tom has fallen in love with a Japanese-American girl and everyone is upset but Captain Garth. In the first part of the movie, Captain Garth is trying to free the girl and her parents from the FBI.
The movie goes on to show how the Americans find the Japanese carriers and how the planes are the only things to attack. The planes are shown dropping bombs on three of the four Japanese carriers. Tom is a pilot that goes to attack the Japanese, when his plane is shot at. His skin is burned terribly and when he comes to land on the US carrier, he crashes his plane. The movie shows the Japanese when they realize they have been defeated.
This movie was focused on real events, while also adding a Hollywood plot line with Tom and his Japanese-American girlfriend. I enjoyed this movie a lot and I think if you enjoy older movies, this would be a good one! It was interesting to see that a battle in the ocean was actually fought with planes and not ships.
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Well done but you forgot two pictures.