Japanese air attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, United States during World War II. Japanese officials seated at a desk discuss amongst themselves. Narrator indicates they plot an attack on Pearl Harbor. Japanese airplanes warming up on Japanese aircraft carrier ship in preparation for the attack. Japanese aircraft flying overhead to attack Pearl Harbor. Street scenes in Honolulu during the attack on Pearl Harbor. Nurses, workers, and civilians running to assist wounded, and smoke from attack visible in distance. A two-man submarine on a beach, that narrator says was used in the attack on Pearl Harbor. Stern of the 2-man mini or midget Japanese submarine. Japanese pilot dead in water and Japanese airplane hoisted out of water in Pearl Harbor after the attack.
United States soldiers during a defensive training exercise in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, United States during World War II. The soldiers fire guns from a trench. Some soldiers come out of a truck and fire guns. Barricades on the ground. The soldiers stand behind barricades and fire guns. Other soldiers load and fire machine guns.
U.S. Marines in defensive training exercise prior to U.S. entry into World War II. They spill out of their barracks, at Pearl Harbor Naval Station, in battle gear, and climb aboard a truck. They are followed by military police motorcycles with sidecars carrying machine gunners. Marines take up defensive positions in deep trenches.
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.
Activities of United States Navy pilots at Kaneohe Bay in Hawaii during World War 2. U.S. Navy pilot climbs into cockpit of an F4F airplane with engine running. Right behind him is a tall stand with a seat and a sign below reading:"Carrier Pilots Check In & Out HERE!" A group of fighter pilots, including LCDR James S. "Jimmy" Thach of VF-3, discuss flight plans. F4Fs parked on the flight line. Flight leader (Thach) begins to taxi out and is followed by 6 more. They line up abreast, and then commence an echelon formation takeoff.
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.
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