National Geographic Explorer: The Battle For Midway
1999•1h 22m•7.0•Released
DocumentaryHistoryWar
National Geographic follows underwater explorer Bob Ballard as he searches for the aircraft carrier sunk during the Battle of Midway.
Director
Peter Schnall
Writer
Donavan Reiff
Studio
Partisan Pictures
Cast
Peter Coyote
Himself - Narrator
Yuji Akamatsu
Himself - Veteran
Bob Ballard
Himself - Undersea Explorer
Richard Halsey Best
Himself - Veteran
Lloyd Childers
Himself - Veteran
Harry Ferrier
Himself - Veteran
Piers Gibbon
Narrator (Himself)
Bill Surgi
Himself - Veteran
Haruo Yoshino
Himself - Veteran
John Ford
Himself - Filmmaker (archive footage) (unaccredited)
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