Life in Honolulu, Hawaii prior to Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor during World War II. American people enjoy swimming, surfboard surfing, and horse riding at Waikiki Beach in Honolulu. The statue of King Kamehameha in Kapaau, Hawaii. U.S. Capitol building in Washington DC. A dramatization shows a man enacting as Uncle Sam and other man as an American citizen. They talk to each other. The American man leaves and Uncle Sam sleeps. Views of Polynesians in Hawaii, Japanese Emperor Hirohito, Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini and German Chancellor Adolf Hitler.
View of the sunken Battleship USS West Virginia (BB-48) and the damaged USS Tennessee (BB-43) on Battleship row, Pearl Harbor, several days after the December 7, 1941 attack. A small dory heads toward them. Change of scene shows the USS California (BB-44) listing to port, with tugboat at starboard. She displays the Navy ensign and her deck is filled with sailors and other workers. View from boat (unseen) circling the sunken USS West Virginia. A destroyed OS2U Kingfisher Floatplane near the stern. The ship sunk, but level in the water. A sunken ship being refloated (World War II period).
Scenes filmed from attacking Japanese aircraft during the attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941. View from Japanese aircraft strafing and bombing U.S. aircraft and hangars on the ground at Ford Island. Japanese Nakajima B5N (Kate) tail number 229, seen flying past the camera plane. Smoke rising from the ground below. White plumes erupt from torpedoes striking U.S. ships on opposite side of Ford Island. Japanese-captioned still photographs: Of heavy black smoke rising from bombed fuel tanks; Of a torpedo hitting the USS West Virginia; of other ships on battleship row, including the USS Nevada, Arizona, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Maryland, and California. (World War II period).
Aftermath of Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii during World War II. Approximately one week after the December 7, 1941 attack, this is a view of a Japanese crewmember from his torpedo bomber floating face down in the water. He was the radioman (gunner) on the aircraft which was downed in Southeast Loch by antiaircraft fire: Nito Hiko Heiso (Petty Officer Second Class) Yoshiharu Machimoto. Prior to this opening image, a U.S. diver had cut the harness from Machimoto in the still submerged aircraft, and his body had risen to the surface, losing his boots in the process. The mangled wreckage of the recovered Japanese torpedo bomber, a Nakajima B5N2 "Kate" (AII-356 serial 3178) from the Japanese aircraft carrier Kaga, is seen hoisted on a crane, dangling in the air.
Japanese bomber aircraft attack Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii on December 7th, 1941. Japanese warships and destroyers head for Pearl Harbor. Commanding officers of Japanese fleet look through binoculars. Two Japanese aircraft carriers (Kaga and Zuikaku, as seen from the Agaki) underway in the Pacific Ocean. Japanese pilots being briefed. Aircraft engines warm up on the flight deck of a carrier. Japanese aircraft take off from the flight deck of the carrier. Aerial views of Japanese planes dropping bombs over Hickam Field, Pearl Harbor and other targets on Oahu. View of two Japanese dignitaries leaving the White House, Washington DC, with U.S. Secretary of State Cordell Hull. Photographers take pictures of them.
A film blending dramatized and actual footage about the Pearl Harbor Raid by Japanese bombers during World War II, on December 7, 1941. A formation of Japanese bombers in flight over Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii. U.S. soldiers fire machine guns at Japanese aircraft. Guns of navy ships. A Japanese aircraft falls down in flames after being attacked. Bombing of U.S. ships in Pearl Harbor. Gun crews fire guns from the ships. Wounded sailors are evacuated by medics.
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