U.S. Navy TBF Avenger air crews being briefed by a group commander, on Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, during World War 2. A long line of Avengers parked with wings folded. They start engines and begin to taxi with wings still folded.
Standing in front of an F4F with its engine running and the plane captain in its cockpit, Lieutenant Commander John S. Thach, Commander of Navy Fighting Squadron Three (VF-3) discusses a planned flight with Lieutenant Edward "Butch" O'Hare, as they look over a map. (This sequence is repeated again for the camera.) LCDR Thach boards his aircraft, as plane captain steps out of cockpit and stows his map. Thach's plane has 3 Japanese victory flags painted below the cockpit. The Squadron's Felix-the-Cat logo is seen on the fuselage.The plane captain helps Thach get strapped in and settled in the cockpit. Thach gives a thumbs up indicating he is ready. Lt. O'Hare climbs aboard his F4F, which displays 5 Japanese victory flags. (O'Hare is the U.S. Navy's first air ace of World War 2.) His plane captain stows his map and O'Hare straps himself in and runs his cockpit checks. He gives a thumbs up indicating he is ready.
Japanese air attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, United States during World War II. A view of Pearl Harbor. A destroyer in the background. Several small craft underway . A motor torpedo boat at Pearl Harbor. An explosion in water. Japanese aircraft fly overhead, as seen from deck of Navy Hospital Ship USS Solace (AH-5). Silhouette of Pearl Harbor and the area. A battleship underway at Pearl Harbor. Smoke rises in the background. Large explosion on the battleship USS Arizona (BB-39) in the background, as a human finger points at the explosion. Black smoke rises from the burning battleship. Flak in the sky overhead. Burning ships at Pearl Harbor.
Investigation of the Pearl Harbor attack in the United States. Officials gather in the court room. Officials seated at their desk and an official addresses them about the Pearl Harbor attack. He states that no mention was ever made by the Japanese for the attack on Hawaii. The United States had no idea to be prepared for the Japanese air raid on Pearl Harbor. On December 7th 1941. The United States Army was not notified about the attack even at that time. (World War II period).
Three U.S. soldiers and two young civilian women enter and then leave the Command Operations Center of the North American Air Defense Command Center in Cheyenne Mountain, Colorado. Interior rock of the mountain is visible. The NORAD Insignia is displayed on the white structure within the mountain. Soldiers, airmen, and technicians enter and leave the center. Technician inspect the steel coil spring supports undergirding the Command Structure within the mountain.
Views of the interior of the Command Operations Center (COC) of the North American Air Defense Command (NORAD) deep within Cheyenne Mountain, Colorado. A U.S. Army Staff Sergeant is seen at one of the duty stations. He receives phone calls and makes notes. View of lighted control panels in otherwise darkened Control Center.
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