Damaged American ships after Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii during World War II. United States Navy battle ship West Virginia. A boat moves across as thick smoke rises from the coast. Other battle ships like Maryland, Oklahoma, Nevada, California.
Japanese propaganda footage showing Japanese forces heading for attack on Pearl Harbor in World War 2. Turrets of a Japanese battle ship being trained starboard. Japanese Navy flag flying. Bow of battleship and Imperial crest seen. Three Japanese crewmen use binoculars. Japanese fleet underway. Admiral Yamamoto on bridge. Scale ruler used on a navigation map. Japanese title slates seen at beginning of clip.
Mix of actual footage and period dramatized scenes. Japanese fleet at sea on its way to attack Pearl Harbor in World War 2. Japanese fleet commander aboard carrier ship asks all personnel to face Tokyo and worship. Pilots take off. Pilots seen in cockpit. Japanese bomber planes in flight. (Dramatized) bombing on Pearl Harbor battleships and fuel storage tanks. Hickam and Wheeler Air Force fields are hit. Interior views of cockpit of Japanese aircraft. Japanese aircraft spot the British ship Prince of Wales and Repulse on their way to Singapore. A Japanese flier radios sinking of the British ship Prince of Wales. (World War II period).
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.
Japanese aircraft attack Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, United States during World War II. Times Square marquee announces the attack at Pearl Harbor. Newspaper headlines read: "Japs bomb Hawaii" and "War is declared on U.S. by Japs." Close-up views of radio news commentators and reporters at their microphones as they report the story of the attack to radio listeners. Scenes from Pearl Harbor after the attack as soldiers and civilans help the wounded reach safe places. Children in a nursery school building. Rubbled houses and buildings in the area. Wrecked vehicles, equipment and wrecked ships in the Pearl Harbor area after the attack. A Japanese midget submarine involved in the attack is seen beached. From a May 1963 newsreel recounting the events from years prior.
Japanese air attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, United States. Japanese carriers Kaga and Zuikaku underway at sea. Officers on the deck of a Japanese ship. Japanese sailors push airplanes on the flight deck of a Japanese carrier. A pilot runs down the flight deck to an airplane. Japanese officers being briefed on the flight deck. Japanese pilots run to embark their airplanes. Air 'boas' on the bridge of the Japanese carrier give a 'launch planes' signal. Japanese planes are launched from the carrier. A Japanese torpedo bomber in flight. The airplanes fly in formation and approach Pearl Harbor. Pearl Harbor burns under Japanese air attack. Bombs explode on Ford Island. (World War II period).