Japanese battleships and aircraft carriers including Kaga (ahead) and Zuikaku (trailing to port) underway in the Pacific Ocean towards Pearl Harbor. Japanese planes line up on aircraft carrier. Japanese pilots briefed. Japanese pilots run for their planes, board and take off from carrier. Two Nakajima B5N (Kate) Dive bombers taking off, in succession, from aircraft carrier deck. A Mitsubishi A6M "Zero" taking off. A formation, of B5N aircraft , in flight, carrying torpedoes underneath. View from Japanese attacking airplanes as they bomb the Naval Air Station on Ford Island. Heavy black smoke rising from the ground. Next bombers attack the capital ships on Battleship Row. Burning U.S. battleships. Still photographs annotated (in Japanese) point to the various ships targeted, including the USS California, USS Arizona, USS Maryland, USS Utah, and USS West Virginia.
Japanese pilots run to their aircraft before a mission to Hong Kong, a British Crown Colony, during the Battle of Hong Kong in World War II. Aerial view of Hong Kong. Smoke rises from bombing. Japanese crew loads and fires old type artillery piece. Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) troops marches into the New Territories and Kowloon peninsula. Captured British soldiers, including Sikh Indian troops, are marched to the compound by Japanese soldiers. Japanese soldiers drive a tracked truck along Tai Po Road. Crowds on the streets of Kowloon after Japanese occupation. Japanese soldiers carry huge banner that reads 'Peace Mission'. Japanese troops in Japanese Navy ships sailing to Hong Kong. Naval artillery and bombers bombards Hong Kong Island. British prisoners of war in Hong Kong Island after Japanese capture. A British prisoner of war drinks from a can. Japanese military officials in Hong Kong. Japanese troops march into Victoria and streets of Hong Kong Island.
Japanese bombing of USS Gunboat Panay while she was anchored in the Yangtze River in China. Injured sailors helped into life boats. View of the damage to the ship's deck.
Relates to Japanese bombing of U.S. Gunboat Panay while she was anchored in the Yangtze River in China. Injured sailors helped into life boats. Life boats bring injured crewmen to a small Island where they receive medical treatment. Panay sinks slowly.
Relates to Japanese bombing of U.S. Gunboat Panay while she was anchored in the Yangtze River in China. Life boats bring injured crewmen of USS Panay to a small Island where they receive medical treatment.
Pearl Harbor bombed by Japanese during World War 2. Harbor installations and warships burn from attack by Japanese airplanes. Several ship burn in harbor. Black smoke rises from the burning ships. Destroyed aircraft in hangar. Entire waterfront section in flames. Burning warships partially submerged. Fire boats spray streams of water on the burning ships. Hickham Field with wrecked planes and hangars.
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