We know their original courses, but we don't know where they'll rendezvous or what changes they will make or when they'll strike.

8 seconds sound clip from the Midway (1976) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:39:01.115 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- We could have used you at Coral Sea.

- Thank you, sir.

- You've got him for this one, Jack. He's going out with you on the Yorktown to join your air operation staff.

- Good.

- This time, we're up against the biggest force the enemy has ever sortied, more than 200 ships. Got a four-to-one supremacy over us.

- Yamamoto himself is commanding.

- We know when and from where each unit sailed.

- We know their original courses, but we don't know where they'll rendezvous or what changes they will make or when they'll strike.

- My best guess is they'll hit Midway from the northwest, but there's no intelligence to support that.

- Ray, assuming what you see here isn't just an elaborate ruse, Washington thinks it is, but assuming they're wrong, what counter moves do you suggest?

- I'd take my carriers up here to a point northeast of Midway, lie there and wait for Nagumo's carriers.

- Why not head northwest, hit them head -on?

[...]

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