HAWAI MARE OKI NO SENSO EIGWA (BATTLES OF HAWAII AND THE MALAY SEA) Reel 1 · Part 1

Description

Shows Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Japanese planes searching for Brit. warships Prince of Wales and Repulse, attack a Brit. cruiser, possibly the Cornwall, in the Bay of Bengal. Parts of this film are staged. Reel 1, Part 1, Japanese planes attack a Brit. cruiser, possibly the Cornwall, in the Bay of Bengal. Part 2, shows map of Singapore strongpoints; Japanese troops cross Johore Strait and wade ashore on Singapore beach, art. fires and inf. move up as Japanese planes bomb Singapore, Japanese inf. make final assault on Singapore, Brit. prisoners are taken, Brit. surrender delegation arrives, Brit. Gen. Percival, Japanese Gen. Yamashita and other officers sign surrender documents. Real 2 Part 1, Japanese fleet at sea on its way to attack Pearl Harbor, Japanese fleet commander aboard carrier calls on all personnel to face Tokyo and worship; pilots take off and bomb Pearl Harbor, battleships, fuel storage tanks, and Wheeler and Hickam Fields are hit. Part 2, Japanese aircraft spot the Brit. warships Prince of Wales and Repulse on their way to Singapore, a Japanese flier radios that the Prince of Wales sunk.

Collection

National Archives Collection of Foreign Records Seized

Series

Motion Picture Films From G-2 Army Military Intelligence Division