“MIDWAY AND WAKE” 1948 TRAVELOGUE FILM MIDWAY ISLAND & WAKE ISLAND GOONEY BIRDS XD50274

Want to support this channel and help us preserve old films? Visit Visit our website This rarely seen film takes viewers to Midway Island and Wake Island in the Pacific for a brief tour following the aftermath of WW2. Both islands featured important battles including the Battle of Wake Island and the Battle of Midway whose results delivered a severe blow to Japanese aircraft and sank all four of the carriers involved in the attack on Pearl Harbor. The film is presented by Crystal Pictures Inc. (:10). The film opens with a note: while the areas were struck with heavy naval and air bombardment, much of the damage was sequestered to those locations which had since been rebuilt (:22). The shoreline of Midway follows (:58) littered with thousands of birds making it a natural sanctuary (1:13). The birds are pictured laying their eggs in the sand (1:32). The Moaning Bird nestles into one of its holes dug into the sand (1:54). A pair of White Terns