In the film midway one of the American ships had a man with what looked to be a baton near the anti aircraft guns. Was that accurate and if so what was the man for?

by hatefulone851

I thought maybe to direct and communicate with the men loading firing and aiming the gun because of the sounds of the battle traditional communication may be extremely difficult. But he seemed to not really be looked at or focused on by the men firing the gun so I don’t know.Also it’s the 2019 film

Myrmidon99

I've been trying to gather some more specifics for you and am hoping you can give me some more details.

  1. Do you happen to have the clip or a still of what you're referring to? I'm not even certain whether you're referring to the 2019 or the 1976 film, both of which are titled "Midway."

If you can't find a clip, can you confirm that what you're looking at appears similar to what you see briefly at the :49 mark of this clip of the 2019 movie? It's a Japanese antiaircraft gun but sounds like what you're looking at.

  1. This is less important, but can you tell if it's one of these guns or maybe one of these or perhaps one of the larger 5" guns? It might be none of these, there's no guarantee the film bothered to get historically accurate antiaircraft batteries.