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Two F4F-4 Wild Cat a/c and an SBD-3 taking off from the flight deck of a CV; (SV) of US aircraft flying over the air carrier simulating an attack by the Japanese on Midway Island; flak is seen in sky and tracers and gun fire hitting the water; AtoA of a formation of SBD-3"s in flight over clouds; F4F-4"s taking off from flight deck, several aircraft warming up in BG; (SV) of US planes flying low over water simulating torpedo attacks on Japanese ship; flak is seen in sky and smoke rising from simulated burning ships; (SV) of US pilots in cockpits of their aircraft, showing battle flags painted on the fuselage and climbing down from aircraft on flight deck, including LCDR JOHN S. THACH, inventor of the aircraft battle maneuver called "Thach Weave"; AV of three BB"s firing guns, the gun crew is seen manning a gun aboard ship; (SV) of aircraft on fly-over; AV of an SBD-3 shot down in the water, a DD underway in BG; (SV) of SBD-3"s and and F4F-4 landing on flight deck.