Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor during World War II. The upturned hull of USS Oklahoma with USS Maryland behind her. USS Tern is moored in the foreground at 1010 dock. USS St. Louis breaks down a channel for open sea. Guns firing. Smoking beach and burning USS Nevada. Destroyer USS Shaw afire in a floating dry dock down the channel from 1010 dock. USS California settles in water, USS Maryland and overturned USS Oklahoma. Burning oil pouring out of USS Arizona starts to engulf all of the battleships due to a drift in the current. An injured man on a stretcher is being carried past autos parked on 1010 dock for transport to medical facilities. Drifting oil fire from USS Arizona engulfs battleship USS California.
Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii during World War II. Destroyer USS Shaw's forward magazines explode in a large fireball. USS California after oil fire drifts clear. USS Blue heads down a channel past burning oil fires for sea. Capsized USS Oglala sunken in the foreground. USS Shaw burns in the background. A Japanese aircraft overhead is fired on. Heavy flak in the air. A shrapnel falls in water just off 1010 dock. Battleships in the background. A row of battleships shows USS Maryland, USS Oklahoma, USS Tennessee, USS West Virginia and USS Arizona. USS California settling in water.
Workers at Vultee Plant assemble various parts of Vultee BT-13 planes in Downey CA. Assembly of wings can be seen. Workers work at main frame of plane and attach it to motored rotor blades. A completed BT-13 exits the assembly line out in open for testing.June 1941.
'Grey Count' wins the Inaugural Handicap Race at New Coast Track in Del Mar, California. Movie stars watch the race from a grandstand. Horses leave gates to run on a dirt track. A man looks through binoculars. Grey Count wins the race by a good lead.
Seabiscuit wins match race in Del Mar, California. Horses getting ready for the race, with trainers and jockeys at stables. View of spectators in stands including Bing Crosby in a boater's hat. Horses on track. The race starts. (Seabiscuit owned by Charles S. Howard and Ligaroti owned by Hollywood entertainer Bing Crosby). The jockeys fight for first position. Spectators in the stand watch the race. Seabiscuit wins the race despite persistent fouling from Ligaroti's jockey.
United States Government film entitled "The World At War" dealing with World War 2. Film opens showing Japanese warplanes in formation above a Japanese military installation. Slate reads: "Pearl Harbor December 7, 1941. An airfield is seen filled with parked U.S. Army Air Forces B-17 bombers. Two Boeing XB-17 (Model 299) bombers are parked next to each other on the ramp. Derricks and ships are shown at the Pearl Harbor naval base. A formation of Japanese Mitsubishi G3M bombers is seen in flight. They are seen overhead as bombs explode on the U.S. Navy Air Station at Ford Island destroying hangars and aircraft. Next, is shown the famous image of the USS Arizona burning, listing, and sinking, after being bombed. Film continues, panning over post-air raid views of destruction. On December 8, 1941, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, addresses the Congress, delivering his declaration of war message. He calls December 7, 1941 "a date which will live in infamy." Roosevelt recounts that the United States was at peace with japan and in conversation with its government and Emperor, in the interest of maintaining peace.in the Pacific. even at the time of the attack. Japanese ambassador and his colleagues seen visiting State Department offices to meet with U.S. Secretary of State prior and even during the initial attack operations by Japan.Roosevelt recounts that the United States was still in conversation with Japan even at the time of the attack. Japanese ambassador and his colleagues seen visiting State Department offices to meet with U.S. Secretary of State prior and even during the initial attack operations by Japan. Photographers take pictures of the visiting Japanese delegation. President Roosevelt asks Congress to affirm that a state of War exists between the United States and the Japanese Empire.
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