Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii during World War II. Destroyer USS Shaw's forward magazines explode in a large fireball. USS California after oil fire drifts clear. USS Blue heads down a channel past burning oil fires for sea. Capsized USS Oglala sunken in the foreground. USS Shaw burns in the background. A Japanese aircraft overhead is fired on. Heavy flak in the air. A shrapnel falls in water just off 1010 dock. Battleships in the background. A row of battleships shows USS Maryland, USS Oklahoma, USS Tennessee, USS West Virginia and USS Arizona. USS California settling in water.
The National Air Races at Curtis-Reynolds Airport in Chicago, Illinois. People crowd at the airport for the inaugural ceremony. U.S. aviator Colonel Charles Lindbergh and his wife Anne Morrow Lindbergh arrive at the airport. An aircraft parked in the background. Commander of Air Corps activities Major Willis H. Hale looks into a paper and instructs ground crew. Chief Engineering Officer Lieutenant Walter E. Richard smokes a cigar. Army pilots are introduced to the crowd. Bombing airplanes parked at a field are warmed up. A close up of Commander of Pursuit Group Captain Victor H. Strahm. Aircraft parked in the background. Pursuit airplanes parked at the field. A close up of Commander of Bombing Squadron Captain Henry Pascale. Army Pursuit airplanes fly in formation and perform tactical maneuvers. The airplanes perform Fleur-de-Lis.
The National Air Races at Curtis-Reynolds Airport in Chicago, Illinois. Navy airplanes fly in formation and perform tactical maneuvers. U.S. aviator James Harold ' Jimmy' Doolittle perform stunts in an army airplane.
The National Air Races at Curtis-Reynolds Airport in Chicago, Illinois. An Autogiros aircraft in flight. The aircraft in flight at low altitude. The U.S. flag at the airfield. Other aircraft parked at the airfield. A tower in the background.
The National Air Races at Curtis-Reynolds Airport in Chicago, Illinois. A glider in flight. U.S. aviator Captain Frank Hawks in flight in a glider. The glider in flight at low altitude. The U.S. flag in a field. People crowd. Other aircraft parked at the field. A tower in the background.
The National Air Races at Curtis-Reynolds Airport in Chicago, Illinois. Al Wilson in flight in a Curtis 1910 Pusher airplane.
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