Opening scenes show formations of Japanese Mitsubishi G3M bombers in flight. Slate reads: "Pearl Harbor December 7,1941." U.S. B-17 bombers are parked on an airfield. Ships and facilities are seen at the Pearl Harbor Naval station in Hawaii. Views of Japanese Mitsubishi G3M bombers flying in formation above clouds. Explosions and fire destroying aircraft and facilities at the Ford Island Naval Air Station. The USS Arizona burning and filling the air with heavy black smoke as she lists and sinks from bombing. Subsequent views of the destruction wrought by the bombing.
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.
Historic scenes of early aircraft carrier development. Biplanes taking off and landing on the USS langley (CV-1). The launching of the USS Lexington (CV-2). View on flight deck of the Lexington. The carrier underway. Antiaircraft guns on the ship. View, from a ship, of the USS Lexington and a battleship in the distance. Closeup of the USS Langley (CV-1). Crew boarding the USS Hornet prior to her commissioning just before World War 2. View from Hornet's forward elevator as it rises from hangar deck up to flight deck. Entire ship's company, officers, sailors, and marine detachment, on deck in dress uniforms on flight deck during Hornet's commissioning ceremony in October, 1941. Sailors on shore wave as the USS Hornet leaves the harbor. Brief view of American carriers Lexington, Ranger, Yorktown, and Enterprise in line ahead in 1940, followed by view of Lexington.
Japanese edited film footage chronicling the Japanese approach and attack on Pearl Harbor in December of 1941. Contains Japanese slates and narration. An arrow points from Japan to Hawaii and a dotted line going to United States on a map. Japanese officers on bridge of aircraft carrier. Two Japanese aircraft carrier ships, the Kaga and the Zuikaku underway in heavy seas. Flight quarters being held on carrier. Crew gets ready for attack on Pearl harbor. Japanese pilots being briefed on the mission while standing on the deck of Japanese aircraft carrier (possibly the flagship carrier, Akagi). Japanese pilots on flight deck scatter towards their planes. Single engined planes on flight deck. Japanese planes take off in formation. Map of Hawaiian Islands. Japanese bombers in flight. Bombing on Pearl Harbor. Fire and smoke seen due to explosions. Pictures of Japanese Navy officers who attacked Pearl Harbor in suicide submarines. (World War II period).
View from a high ridge overlooking Pearl Harbor, with smoke emerging from ships all through the harbor immediately after Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. Ships burn as firefighters spray water to control fire. Hull of overturned battleship USS Oklahoma (BB-37). Rescue ships afloat as United States Navy ships continue to burn. United States Navy battle ship USS Oklahoma (BB-37) in foreground. At very end of clip, light cruiser USS Phoenix CL-46 sails by on her way out of the harbor. (World War II period).
Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii during World War II. The bow of USS Argonne. A row of battleships underway including USS Maryland, capsized USS Oklahoma, USS Tennessee, USS West Virginia. Burning USS Arizona, USS Vestal and USS Nevada. Smoke rises in the foreground. An attacking Japanese aircraft in flight and flak in the sky. USS Neosho starts to back clear of her moorings at the end of a row of battleships. USS Helena and USS Oglala being pulled clear of cruisers side. A Japanese airplane under anti aircraft fire. Battleship USS Nevada tries to reach open sea. The ship is heavily bombed forward. Her guns are firing back at her Japanese attackers. USS Oglala (CM-4) sinks in the foreground.
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