Congressmen visit Honolulu, Hawaii towards the end of World War II. Car carrying congressmen arrives at Honolulu harbor. Senator of Washington H. M. Jackson, Senator of North Carolina Herbert C Bonner, members of the Merchant Marine and Fisheries Commission being accompanied by Jerome Corbert acting Governor of Hawaii, and Commanding-General U.S. Army Post and Service Command Brigadier General Roy E. Blount board a motor launch. They tour Honolulu harbor in a motor launch. Ship in harbor.
The modern city of Honolulu in Hawaii, United States before the attack on Pearl Harbor during World War II. An aerial view of the city of Honolulu. Automobile traffic on a road. Exteriors of a municipal building, a library, the University of Hawaii and schools. Exteriors of the Honolulu Academy of Arts. A car parked outside houses. The houses of bishops. A view of hotels. Boats and ships from various countries in a harbor. Buildings of various business corporations. Cars parked outside the buildings. A dramatization: two men talk about sugarcane and pineapple cultivation. They talk about the Japanese as labors to cultivate sugarcane and pineapple.
Ships enter Honolulu, Hawaii during World War II. Camera pans to show a street in downtown Honolulu, Hawaii. Buildings along the sides of the street in Honolulu. Traffic passing on the street. Pedestrians walking in sidewalk. Ships approach the harbor area. A merchant ship enters the harbor. Chief petty officer (CPO) stands next to a 50-caliber machine gun in the building.
Various Polynesian people and everyday life in Hawaiian Islands before American involvement in World War 2 and the attack on Pearl Harbor. Women from dominant ethnic backgrounds in Hawaii introduce themselves, including women from Korea, Portugal / Portuguese, China, Phillipines / Filipino, Native Hawaiian, Caucasian / Anglo, Japanese. Narrator describes it as a melting pot. Polynesian children on a long staircase in a village. Group of Hawaiian school children walking to school with some girls wearing Japanese style clog sandals. Diverse crowd of citizens walking on sidewalks of a downtown area of Honolulu near stores and shops. Hawaiian police officer directs traffic. 1930's cars seen on streets. Children in scout uniforms including Girl Scout and Boy Scouts salute. Groups of Hawaiian children playing and relaxing, and seen at desks in school classroom. Graduation ceremony at a high school in Hawaii as graduate young men and women walk by on a stage. Colorful traditions and customs of various cultures in Hawaii are shown. People wearing leis. Women doing various dances including hula and other dancing styles. The Aloha Tower in Honolulu Harbor and scenes of various women from different backgrounds each saying Aloha.
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.
A 1943 film about the December 7, 1941 Japanese air attack on Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii during World War II. Film blends dramatized scenes with actual historic footage from the event. Formations of Japanese bombers approach Pearl Harbor. USS Arizona (BB-39) bombed. U.S. personnel aboard USS Arizona as the ship is bombed. Smoke billows up from the explosion. U.S. sailors aboard USS Oklahoma (BB-37). USS Oklahoma and USS California (BB-44) are bombed by Japanese aircraft. U.S. troops fire machine guns at Japanese aircraft. USS Cassin (DD-372), USS Downes (DD-375), and USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) bombed in the dry dock of Pearl Harbor. Ships in flames. USS Oglala CM-4 sinks after being attacked. Air raid alarms sound in Honolulu. Japanese people in Honolulu as the Japanese air raid on Pearl Harbor continues. A Japanese man being interviewed after air raid says he cannot think that Japanese aircraft attacked Pearl Harbor.