Destroyers of the U.S. Navy Pacific Fleet entering San Francisco harbor. Fortifications of the Presidio can be seen in distance. Smaller boats and sea birds are seen throughout the harbor. Destroyers maneuver in the harbor. Plum of steam seen from horn of a destroyer.
U.S. Navy warships escort camouflaged freighters. 2-stacked and 4-stacked destroyers are seen, one is camouflaged. A 4-stacker turns to starboard as a commercial vessel passes. The Navy ship has awnings spread over portions of the deck.
A high wing monoplane and a bi-wing float plane maneuver over warships of the U.S. Pacific fleet in a harbor. Several more airplanes join in the maneuvers. The aircraft circle over the anchored fleet. A high wing monoplane dives close to the water and climbs out again.Views of Destroyers, Battleships and other vessels.
Aerial views taken from a biplane at several altitudes over American battleships and other U.S. Navy ships off the west coast of the United States. Guy wires of aircraft wings clearly visible. Low altitude flyby (in order) of the Battleships USS Nevada (BB-36), USS Arizona (BB-39) and USS Idaho (BB-42), then the USS California (BB-44) and USS Pennsylvania (BB-38).
Sightseers, on an overlooking rocky cliff, watch U.S. Navy warships anchored in an outer harbor. A woman and three girls turn to look at the camera. A battleship is anchored close to where they stand, and small boats are seen in the water,around the ship. A stray dog walks past. Two battleships are seen framed by a tree, as viewed from a bluff overlooking the bay. Two destroyers,at anchor, are seen through trees. A destroyer tied up with trees in background. A large ship tied up at a dock, where sightseers look at it. Numerous lines are extended to the dock, and one is seen going out into the water from the bow. The ship has two masts that appear capable of raising sails. A destroyer anchored with multistory buildings seen across the harbor. A destroyer anchored, with an extensive inner harbor shipyard with ships and cranes visible in background. Ship's officers come on deck and pose near forward deck gun. They converse and move about, as if if to make the most of a motion picture. Sailors on deck handle many lines and pose for camera. Sailors carry a large bundle of lines and gather around to unwrap them and begin tying them to the ship's fixtures.
Film argues that Japanese Americans in Hawaii collaborated with Japanese Consul-General to provide intelligence information prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor. Animation illustrates the demographics of Japanese-Americans in Hawaii in 1924 and the few, who by 1933, had chosen to expatriate themselves from Japan under the Japanese Exclusion Act. Birthrates are illustrated, and numbers of Japanese registering children with the Japanese consulate retain Japanese citizenship. A dramatization shows a man acting as Uncle Sam and another as an American citizen. They discuss Japanese temples and language schools in Hawaii. The Consulate-General of Japan in Honolulu, Hawaii. A Japanese man relays intelligence to a Japanese officer in the Japanese consulate. A Japanese family seated on the porch of a house. American ships in Pearl Harbor as seen from the house. Japanese children and woman as they look at American ships moving in Pearl Harbor. Shows how Japanese observers keep eyes on the activities in Pearl Harbor. A Japanese man talks with a Japanese officer in the consul. Japanese observers take pictures of American ships in Pearl Harbor. (World War II period).
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