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Hawaii December 7 1941 Reel-3
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keywords: wwii, hawaii, honolulu, pearl harbor, enemy intelligence agents, japanese spies
Synopsis: Enemy intelligence agents gather information before the attack on Pearl Harbor using the Japanese Consulate to relay their information back to Japan...(read more)
- Date: 1941
- Duration: 00:10:20
- Sound: Yes
- Color: Monochrome
- Type: Public Domain
- Language: English
- Location: Pearl Harbor 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.
