Left engine of a C-119J aircraft starts. Several C-119J aircraft of the U.S. Air Force 6593rd Test Squadron (Special) taxi out for takeoff at Hickam Air Force Base in Hawaii. They are on missions for Project Discoverer, to practice snagging space capsules as they parachute to earth from satellites in orbit. As they taxi, C-54 and C-124 aircraft can be seen in the far background. A Pan American Boeing 377 Stratocruiser passenger airplane can be seen on a nearby taxiway. The first C-119J stops on the runway, and then proceeds to take off. Several more follow in succession.
Pearl Harbor bombed by Japanese. Harbor installations and warships burn from bombing of Japanese planes. Hickham Field with wrecked planes and hangars. Destroyed planes in hangar. Two partially sunken warships at dock. (World War II period).
Scenes of destruction at Hickham Field in Pearl Harbor after bombing by Japanese. View of wrecked planes and hangars as seen from a slow-moving boat. Scene then switches to the airfield, with heavily damaged hangars and twisted metal of destroyed U.S. Army Air Force aircraft on the airfield. Several intact bi-planes and float planes seen at the end of the clip, outside a heavily damaged hangar. (World War II period).
Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii during World War II. Animated map shows Manila, Singapore, Hong Kong, Nippon, Pacific Ocean and the USA. An arrow points out from Nippon to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Two Japanese aircraft carriers, the Kaga and the Zuikaku underway at sea as seen from the carrier Akagi. Waves of water dash over a deck. Japanese crew on the deck. Japanese Naval officers look through binoculars. An officer briefs Japanese pilots. A chart drawn on a blackboard. Japanese aircraft in flight. The pilots being briefed . The pilots run towards their aircraft and get ready for a take off. A signal flag is waved. The first Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service B5N (Kate) bomber takes off. A formation of nine A6M Zeros in flight. The mast of a ship. Japanese aircraft in flight. Three Kates in flight. Ford Island and airfield seen below. Aircraft dropping bombs. Honolulu smoking due to the bombardment. 3 PBY (Patrol Bomber Consolidated Aircraft) Catalinas. Bomb bursts near airplanes on the field. Pearl Harbor smokes. Animation shows war losses suffered by the U.S. A formation of A6M Zeros in flight. A Japanese war ship underway in the Pacific Ocean. Three Japanese warships underway. (Note: The attack began about 8AM December 7th, Honolulu time, which was 3AM, December 8th, Tokyo time.)
Signboard at the entrance of an office 'Consulate General of Japan, Honolulu' in Honolulu, Hawaii. Trunk and branches of a palm tree. Workers and merchants at a sidewalk restaurant. Tall grass waves in breeze at a field and white clouds in the sky over the field. A sign board 'Z Uruu' with Japanese font written under it. The Diamond Head at the Oahu Beach. A house with a large yard surrounded by trees. A hotel written with Japanese words and cars parked outside. Japanese people pass by the hotel. Signboard 'Morita Shoten' and Japanese font written below it hangs on a shop. Views of the Mokuaekaua Church, in Kailua-Kona, the oldest Christian church in the Hawaiian Islands.
Official ceremony of the opening of Hawaii's Statehood celebrations outside Iolani Palace (364 S King St, Honolulu, HI 96813, United States) in Honolulu, Hawaii. Various dignitaries give speech at lectern. Two naval officers stand up and salute. Color Guards with American flag parade, in front of the building.
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