keywords: war, wwII, captured japanese film, attack on pear harbor, flight operations, ship operations
Synopsis: Captured Japanese film documents fleet activity as it prepares to attack Pearl Harbor, Hawaii... (read more) Note: This WWII film contains scenes of such historical importance it is posted despite being of poor quality overall.
Information: 1940s BW 8:48 min (JAPANESE LANGUAGE AND SUBTITLES)
Documenting the activity of the Japanese fleet underway to attack pearl Harbor, planes taking off from Japanese carriers, Planes in flight, and aerial views of the attack. America enters world War II.
Japanese Navy flag flying. Turret of Japanese battleship being trained. Bow of Japanese battleship with Imperial Crest. Three Japanese crewmen using binoculars. These men are lookouts. Fleet Admiral Yamamoto on bridge. Shows convoy in line underway.
Scale ruler being used on navigation map. Map with arrow pointing from Japan to Hawaii and dotted line going to US. Two Japanese officers on bridge. Two Japanese carriers underway. Flight quarters being held on carrier; crew getting ready for attack on Pearl Harbor.
6-second clip of Single engine planes on flight deck with engines running. Japanese Pilots on flight deck being given instructions and scattering toward their planes.
26-second clip of various shots of Japanese planes taking off from carrier. Long shot of Japanese Japanese planes in formation with mast in foreground. Various long shots of planes in flight formation. Map of Hawaiian Islands.
7-second clip close-up shot of two Japanese planes showing pilots and bomb hanging under one plane. Long shots of Pearl Harbor being bombed. Japanese markers left by Japanese suicide sub officers. Several pictures of Japanese navy officers who attacked Pearl Harbor in suicide submarines.
