By "stealing" do you mean adding previously recorded film, or recreating the scene in full copy mode? I hadn't heard that before. Midway is one of our greatest ever victories. I love watching that film.
To: PJ-Comix
Chuck Connors as a tall blue-eyed Geronimo.
I remember at the time of seeing that movie how ridiculous it seemed on the surface, but also liking Conners in the role.
Also supposedly it was filmed to close to the Nevada Nuclear Test Site while above ground testing was going on. And a higher then what was normal for that number of people (i.e., the cast) got cancer latter in life.
The original Midway has a whole bunch of Coral Sea scenes, which make the story make sense. Even the rereleased DVD is missing those. I know about the full version because I saw it a couple of times on TCM, but without them, the story gets choppy.
Yes, it runs very long (about 3 hours) but if they cut the stupid romantic parts (Charlton Hestons son falls in love with a Japanese girl, and fights with his dad over it) they would save a lot of footage and really improve the film, actually.
Here is the Amazon listing. Look at the comments underneath with all the people complaining on how the collectors edition has been wrecked by leaving out half the history (Coral sea battles).