An aerial view of the city of Honolulu, on the island of Oahu, Hawaii. Views of countryside and of city factories, homes, and other features, .Numerous U.S. P-40 warhawk airplanes parked on a ramp, along with several training planes, at Wheeler Field. The final scenes include the Royal Hawaiian Hotel, on Waikiki Beach, and the Diamond Head volcanic ridge overlooking Waikiki.
(Before the attack on Pearl Harbor in World War 2). United States Army soldiers arriving in Hawaii. A truck convoy on a road. The soldiers aboard the trucks. Supplies and equipment loaded on the trucks. The soldiers arrive at U.S. Army camps. Soldiers running in a line in the camp. Soldiers include some who appear to be of Japanese-American descent or Hawaiian descent. They carry their luggage on shoulders and stand outside the tents. Closeup view of U.S. Army Lieutenant General Walter Short on a street in front of a staff car, confers with a civilian. (This is before General Short's reduction in rank to Major General which followed the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. General Short had been responsible for the defense of U.S. military institutions in Hawaii at the time of the attack.)
Soldiers of the U.S. Army's 16th Coast Artillery Regiment. practice operating a 14-inch disappearing rifle in Shore Battery Randolph at Ft. DeRussy, Honolulu, Hawaii. They load the gun and then raise its carriage bringing it into firing position above the battery's shielding parapet. In change of scene Infantrymen of the 298th Regiment. work on pillboxes along a Hawaiian beach. Soldiers set up a 37mm gun on a portable mount. The barrel of a .50-caliber machine gun shows from a pillbox firing slit.
Aerial views of the Hawaiian islands, United States. Cameraman records the scenes. Airplanes flies in formation over the island. Planes in flight over the mountains.
Men construct buildings in Hawaii, United States. Exteriors of a building. Men work at a construction site. Houses in an area. Cars parked outside the houses. Interiors of a factory. Men work on machines and equipment.
Japanese aircraft attack Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, United States during World War II. Japanese diplomats come out of building in Washington DC after having met with Secretary of State Hull regarding peace terms. People gather outside the building. Japanese airplanes fly in formation over the Pearl Harbor. They bombard the United States Naval Base. U.S. ships underway at sea and docked at the harbor explode. Smoke arises from bombardment. People on the street as they run to save their life. From a May 1963 newsreel recounting the events years prior.
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