4 real historical locations · Pacific Ocean, United States
The original 1976 Midway film starring Charlton Heston, using dramatic recreation and authentic combat footage to depict the pivotal Pacific battle that ended Japanese naval dominance six months after Pearl Harbor.
CinemaMapped has mapped 4 real historical locations where the story takes place, spanning Pacific Ocean, United States.
June 1942 — the turning point of the Pacific War. US dive bombers sink four Japanese carriers in minutes.
In five minutes on June 4, 1942, US dive bombers sank three of Japan's four carriers. A fourth was sunk later that day. Japan lost 3,057 men, 248 aircraft, and the strategic initiative in the Pacific — a defeat from w...
View location →US Navy carrier operations were coordinated from Pearl Harbor's Ford Island — home base for the Enterprise, Yorktown and Hornet task forces.
Ford Island sits in the center of Pearl Harbor. Its Battleship Row anchorage was devastated in the December 7, 1941 attack. Six months later, carrier-based aircraft launched from here would reverse American fortunes a...
View location →Admiral Nagumo's four fleet carriers launch their strike on Midway, unaware American carriers are already approaching from the northeast.
Admiral Nagumo's fatal hesitation over whether to re-arm aircraft with bombs or torpedoes left the carriers' flight decks exposed when American dive-bombers arrived at 10:22 AM on June 4, 1942. All four fleet carriers...
View location →The airbase on Eastern Island launches its defending aircraft as Japanese bombers approach — B-17s, Avengers and Buffalos scramble to meet them.
Eastern Island held Midway's airfield. Its radar provided the first warning of the Japanese attack, allowing a scramble that saved the aircraft needed for the decisive counterattack. The island's obsolete fighters wer...
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