Damage due to earthquakes and tidal waves in various parts of the Pacific Ocean. A high altitude view of an area. Damage due to volcanic eruptions and earthquakes in Chile. Destroyed houses and wrecked vehicles on the streets. Damage due to tidal waves in Hawaii, Japan and Okinawa. Homeless people on the streets and in the field hospitals.
Admiral Husband E. Kimmel, U.S. Navy, Commander in Chief, U.S. Fleet and Pacific Fleet, (center), confers with his Chief of Staff, Captain William W. Smith, (right), and his Operations Officer and Assistant Chief of Staff, Captain Walter S. DeLany (left), at Pearl Harbor, in 1941. Closeup view of Admiral Kimmel. View of two U.S. Navy submarines and several ships docked at Pearl Harbor, and crew men working on some of the ships. USS Indianapolis (CA-35) is seen at dock. Dock crane removing a 5 inch gun from USS San Francisco (CA-38) in the beginning stages of a refit. She would still be getting refitted when the attack on Dec. 7th occurred. Covered Lighter barge YF-240 is also seen. This is the barge that was next to USS Nevada during the attack. This was filmed before the December attack on Pearl Harbor by the Empire of Japan. (World War II period).
The signing of the Three Power Pact during World War II. Japanese, German and Italian delegates gather in Germany. Adolf Hitler greets the delegate from Japan signing the Three Power Pact of the Axis. The delegates sign the pact and officials stand in the background.
Japanese soldiers in Kiukiang (Jiujiang), Jiangxi, China during the second Sino-Japanese war. They stage mock war exercises. Soldiers fire rifles and machine guns from a trench. The soldiers come down a hill. The quarters of General Shunroku Hata, Commander-in-Chief of Expeditionary Forces in Central China. General Hata talks with General Hamada, Staff Officer of the Press and Propaganda Section. Exterior of the gateway to General Hata's quarters. Japanese Consul Komori and Japanese citizens of Kiukiang gather at Consul's residence to pay respect to the Yasukuni Shrine (3 Chome-1-1 Kudankita, Chiyoda City, Tokyo 102-0073, Japan) in Tokyo. They bow towards the location of the Imperial Palace, in Tokyo, where the Japanese emperor is "supposedly" bowing.
U.S. Submarine, USS Pickerel (SS-177) docked in Pearl Harbor during World War 2. Crew members handling lines on deck. Navy ensign displayed on stern. Shipyard derrick in background. Sub's conning tower displays several miniature Japanese flags, representing victories. Boat's officers pose on deck. Other subs docked alongside in background. Sailors ride a motorized lift transporting a torpedo to the sub. Below decks, crewmen load torpedoes into firing tubes. The Pickerel starts moving out of her berth. Animated map shows pattern of U.S. submarine operations out of Pearl Harbor, fanning out toward Japan. Views of the submarine cruising on the surface. Binocular view of ships on horizon. Crew members clear the deck and go below. The submarine submerges. Crew working at duty stations. Captain at the periscope, orders firing of number 1 torpedo. It strikes a ship Which explodes and burns with billowing black smoke.
A Chinese theatrical newsreel announces the bombing of Pearl Harbor by forces of Japan. Multiple inter-titles in Japanese describe the event. Japanese airplanes take off from the flight deck of an aircraft carrier. The airplanes fly in formation towards Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. They drop bombs on U.S. airfield, where airplanes are seen parked near hangars. An aerial view of attack by the Japanese airplanes. (World War II period).
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