When Does "Midway" (1976) Take Place?
"Midway" (sometimes released as "Battle of Midway") is a historical film written by Donald S. Sanford and released June 18th, 1976.
It takes place in the year:
We know this because it depicts the famous and tragic Battle of Midway, a decisive naval conflict of World War II. It occurred in the real world that lasted from June 4th to 7th, 1942 AD.
1942 AD
We know this because it depicts the famous and tragic Battle of Midway, a decisive naval conflict of World War II. It occurred in the real world that lasted from June 4th to 7th, 1942 AD.
Many, many characters in the film are based directly on their real-world counterparts of the same name. Captain Matt Garth, however, is a fictional composite of a few people but mostly based on the real-world Lieutenant-Commander Edwin Layton.
A different, longer cut was produced for broadcast television with extra material, including featuring the real-world Battle of the Coral Sea, which happened from May 4th to May 8th, 1942 AD between the American air raid on Tokyo and the Battle of Midway.
Wikipedia notes the tremendous accuracy of the film other than tiny technical changes. The most serious change is probably that "In the second air attack on Yorktown, the movie shows two Japanese planes crashing into the aircraft carrier. There were no plane crashes into ships in this battle."
Additionally, it includes a prologue that shows an American attack on the Japanese capital city Tokyo on April 18th, 1942 AD.
A different, longer cut was produced for broadcast television with extra material, including featuring the real-world Battle of the Coral Sea, which happened from May 4th to May 8th, 1942 AD between the American air raid on Tokyo and the Battle of Midway.
