This film contains colorized materials of the Pearl Harbor attack. Highlights include:
:07 Japanese dive bombers attack Pearl Harbor
:11 Japanese planes on strafing run
:15 Close-up on Japanese dive bomber
:16 Japanese torpedo in the water
:19 U.S. Navy battleship on fire
:23 Battleship row at Pearl Harbor with numerous ships aflame
:28 Japanese aircraft maneuver for another strike
:33 Japanese naval personnel conduct martial arts training.
:34 Japanese ambassador to the League of Nations announces the nation’s withdrawal
:53 Chinese civilians flee Japanese aggression in Shanghai, China
:59 Japanese troops parade through the streets of Shanghai or Nanking
1:12 German troops move through ruined houses in France
1:13 Adolf Hitler and his general staff
1:16 Assault balloons
1:19 British troops at Dunkirk
1:25 Stuka dive bombers attack
1:30 British fleet in English Channel during Dunkirk operation
1:35 U.S. Fleet in Hawaii in pre-Pearl Harbor era
1:40 Scenics of Ford Island, naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hickam Field, and Hawaii
1:55 Japanese-American man spies on Pearl Harbor
2:03 U.S. Navy battleships on maneuvers
2:14 Japanese ambassador meets with staff of Mussolini in Rome
2:18 Adolf Hitler meets with Japanese ambassador in Berlin
2:21 Signing of alliance known as the Tripartite Pact
2:27 Adolf Hitler visits Occupied France and looks at the Eiffel Tower
2:34 Hideki Tojo
2:40 Japanese troops chant “Banzai” and celebrate a victory
2:44 Japanese armaments factory, tank rolls out of factory
2:50 Oil refinery
3:01 Hideki Tojo
3:04 U.S. Navy battleships on maneuvers
3:07 American planes fly in formation spelling USA
3:16 Office of Secretary of State Cordell Hull
3:20 Japanese ambassador to United States pays visit to Hull
3:27 Japanese fleet sails to Hawaii to launch attack on Pearl Harbor; sailors exercise; pilots board planes
3:47 front gate of Hickam Field
3:55 Japanese-American men spy on Pearl Harbor, takes pictures
4:11 Hickam Field hangar maintenance on B-17s
4:17 Japanese fleet prepares to launch planes
5:11 Japanese planes arrive over Hawaii
5:30 American sailors play baseball on the morning of December 7th
5:52 Japanese planes begin attack runs
6:45 Aftermath of initial Japanese attack — ships on fire and huge clouds of smoke
6:52 Japanese torpedo bomber in flight
7:12 Battleship USS Arizona explodes, burns, sinks
7:27 Captured Japanese miniature submarine on the beach
7:45 Depth charges launched from stern of American ship, possibly a PT Boat
7:56 Burned-out B-17 hulk at Hickam Field
8:00 Burned out hulk of USS Arizona at Pearl Harbor
8:20 American men, new inductees, on their way to join the armed forces.
8:26 Induction of new men. Sign reads “If you can read, speak, or write Japanese, report that fact immediately to the First Sergeant.”
8:29 “December 7th” Speech by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt on December 8th, 1941.
8:49 Large sandbag defensive bulwark in American city as part of air raid defenses.
8:59 USS West Virginia is raised from the mud in Pearl Harbor. Salvage of other ships underway.