Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941. View from carrier Akagi of two other Japanese aircraft carriers, the Kaga (front), and the Zuikaku (rear) underway in the Pacific Ocean. Japanese naval officers aboard a carrier. Japanese deck crews work on Japanese aircraft aboard a carrier. Japanese pilots assembled on the flight deck to receive final briefings before taking off. Information posted on a large blackboard as pilots are briefed. Japanese dive bombers and torpedo planes take off from the aircraft carrier. Planes in flight. View from Japanese airplanes as the attack on Pearl Harbor takes place. Smoke rising from explosions. View from aircraft flying directly overhead as bombs explode on Ford Island airbase.
The officers and men of the U.S. Navy submarine USS Catfish (SS-339) receive Submarine Warfare Insignia pins during final days of World War 2. An officer pins the "Dolphins" on the officers while the crew stand in formation on the deck of the submarine. The officer then presents badges to each of the men and shakes hands with them. After the ceremony concludes, a Chief Petty Officer displays his Submarine Warfare Badge.
A summary report purporting to reflect phases of Japanese so-called "Tanaka Plan" beginning with Conquest of Manchuria, followed by Conquest of China; establishment of bases in South Pacific; and Conquest of the United States. Animated map shows pressure by German forces in offensive against Soviet Union and illustrates German air war against Britain. Scenes of bombing destruction in Britain, including overturned double-decker bus in ruins of buildings. A Nelson Class British battleship viewed from dead ahead. She is followed by the aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious. The U.S. Capitol building in Washington, DC. American newspaper headline reads: "Navy Bill Passes House." and "Huge Sum Voted for Two Ocean Navy." A line of U.S. Navy battleships underway, led by the USS Mississippi (BB-41). A field full of U.S. M3 Lee tanks moving in formation, as they are overflown by several Douglas B-18 bombers. Assembled Japanese leaders in a forum. Japanese Naval officers in a planning conference. Closeup shows Admirals Shigeyoshi Inoue and Raizō Tanaka pointing at a chart and conversing as other officers look on. Next, bomb bursts and black smoke rises as the attack on Pearl Harbor is underway. The USS West Virginia, USS Tennessee, and the USS Arizona, burning on Battleship row, during the attack. Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek with staff officers walks to a waiting car. Forces allied with China, including American troops marching; British troops marching; and Dutch Colonial troops marching (in Batavia, the Capital of the Dutch East Indies). Japanese troops continuing their conquest of China, firing a field piece, and infantry charging in World War II. Newspapers announce Japanese advances into Malay Peninsula and Hong Kong. Others cite fall of Singapore fortress and of Corregidor (6 May, 1942). Animated map shows Japanese occupation encompassing Indochina, Thailand, and Burma (with loss of the Burma road) all of which compounded China's war efforts.
Admiral Arthur William Radford at Pearl Harbor. He talks to Mr Percy C Spender (Minister for External Affairs of Australia) and Mrs Spender. Trees in the background. The men shake hands. United States Secretary of the Navy Francis Matthews and Admiral Arthur W Radford stand together and talk.
On the deck of the USS Enterprise (CVAN-65) during a fire caused by detonation of a Zuni rocket. Scores of sailors manning fire hoses and working to put out fires raging on multiple aircraft parked on the deck. Thick black smoke in the air. F-4 Aircrafts parked on the deck shrouded in smoke.
Sailors work to extinguish final fires aboard USS Enterprise following massive fire triggered by detonation of a MK-32 Zuni rocket attached to an F-4 Phantom. Firemen with fire hoses near the ship's island. Smoke covers the deck area. Men hold fire hoses and stand in the water on the deck