Attack On Pearl Harbor. Captured film shows Japanese planes taking off or being launched from an aircraft carrier believed to be the CV Akagi and watched by Vice Admiral Chuichi Nagumo for the attack on Pearl Harbor on Sunday morning December 7, 1941. Planes in flight and some aerial view footage of the attack. Shows aftermath of destruction at Pear Harbor.
Hawaiian Travelogue Footage. Aerial view of Honolulu and Diamond Head in the 1940's. 9-second clip of street traffic, buildings, and people walking. Shows sugar cane field and production. Hawaiian prepares pineapple for three guys (probably servicemen in civilian clothes) to eat while standing in a pineapple field. Brief scene of cattle industry on Big Island of Hawaii. Shows cruse ship arriving in Hawaii. Scenes of hula dance, Waikiki Beach, people on beach, sunbathers on beach, 3-second clip of Royal Hawaiian Hotel, looking from beach to hotel. Shows a Hooky-Lau fishing party on the beach. Scenes of a Hawaiian luau with dance and music.
Hawaiian National Guard. Shows Guard units from different islands gathering for a training exercise. Flashback to WWII and footage of the 100th Battalion, 442nd Regimental Combat Team which set one of the most remarkable records of the war. Shows General Clark presenting the Presidential Citation to this Battalion and individual Metals of Valor. Footage of troops from Hawaii fighting in Korea.
Shows the Hawaiian National Guard Units training exercises. Governor of Hawaii Samuel Wilder King sums up the operation. Shows a Military Parade.
