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Hawaii December 7 1941 Reels In HD
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keywords: wwii, hawaii, honolulu, pearl harbor attack, hickam field, street scenes, enemy intelligence agents, japanese spies
Synopsis: HD Reels 1, 3, 5. Brief scenes of the aftermath of the attack on Pearl Harbor with a travelogue of pre-WWII hawaii, street scenes and landmarks, enemy intelligence agents gather information before the attack on Pearl Harbor using the Japanese Consulate to relay their information back to Japan, scenes across Honolulu Hawaii on a quiet morning of December 7, 1941; shattered by a sneak attack by Japanese Forces on Pearl Harbor Naval Base and the Army Air Corps Hickam Field...(read more)
- Date: 1941
- Duration: 00:30:11
- Sound: Yes
- Color: Monochrome
- Type: Public Domain
- Language: English
- Location: Pearl Harbor Hawaii
Hawaii December 7, 1941 Reel-1
Brief scenes of the aftermath of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor December 7, 1941. Staged scenes of a secretary taking dictation as "Uncle Sam' speaks about the beauty of Hawaii.
A "travelogue" of Honolulu in the early 1940's. The sugar cane and pineapple industry changed Honolulu into a thriving business center. Sugar cane is loaded onto rail cars in the field and transported to the sugar mill. Shows the harvesting of pineapples and the pineapple processing plant with it's giant "pineapple water tank" erected in 1928. Low aerial view of Honolulu. Street scene of Honolulu, electric street cars, and vehicle traffic. Shows the Territorial building, Honolulu Municipal Building, Hawaii State Library, University of Hawaii, King Kamehameha School, Honolulu Academy of Arts. Views of residential streets and homes. Shows houses of worship of many denominations. Royal Hawaiian hotel, Waikiki Beach. Merchant ship entering Honolulu Harbor. Shows names on the buildings of the "big five" companies that developed the sugar cane and pineapple industry in Hawaii, Castle & Cooke, Alexander & Baldwin, C. Brewer And Company Limited, Theo. H. Davies & Co. and American Factors Inc. Brief image of Japanese field worker in Hawaii.
Hawaii December 7, 1941 Reel-3
Shows how military information and intelligence was gathered by enemy agents in Honolulu prior to the bombing of Pearl harbor. Animation is used to show that children born to Japanese parents in Hawaii before WWII registered their children as Japanese so as not to lose their Japanese citizenship. Shows flag of Japan waving in the breeze over the Japanese Consulate building in Honolulu in 1941. Image of a leather briefcase being carried by individual into Japanese Embassy (Consulate). Placard at building entrance reads "Consulate-General of Japan Honolulu T.H. Japanese observers relayed intelligence to their Consulate in Honolulu who maintains contact with Tokyo and Berlin.
Shows Japanese homes in viewing distance of Pearl harbor as U.S. war ships enter and leave Pearl Harbor. Scenes of Japanese dock worker observing the unloading of a tank. Japanese taking picture of Pearl Harbor with camera with telephoto lens. Several scenes of Japanese observers taking picture. Scenes depict how Japanese observers gathered military information that aided the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Shows servicemen dancing in a Honolulu dance club. Scene of German agent listening to women talk and enemy agents conveying false information.
Hawaii December 7, 1941 Reel-5
Sunday December 7, 1941. Scenes of Oahu, View of Diamond Head with palm trees in FG. Low aerial view of Honolulu Hawaii. Two soldiers walking down road. Shows Lone sentry with rifle. Army guards riding moving train. Planes at Hickam Field lined up on parking ramp. Scenes of ships at berth or anchor in Pearl Harbor. LS of ships at anchor in Perl Harbor. Bus drives down street in Honolulu Hawaii. Ground crews working on aircraft in hangar. Sailors playing soft ball pitch on dock next to ship. Sailors and Marines at field mass. Shows Chaplain talking about Christmas. Shows radar operator making telephone call to Central Information Center reporting a large flight of planes approaching Oahu. Image of clock on Aloha Tower.
NOTE: Scenes of Japanese attack on Hickam Field and Pearl Harbor is a combination of stock footage and staged scenes. Shows flights of Japanese planes approaching Pearl Harbor. CU of Japanese planes dropping bombs on hangars and planes at Hickam Field, explosions as bombs strike ground targets. Sailors, Marines, and Airmen run to man battle stations. Shows death and destruction at Hickam Field. Japanese planes attack ships in Pearl Harbor.
