Pearl Harbor Attack Film Part 2

Description

The agency provided indexes include the following topics: 0:00 – 0:47: Views of Battleship Row and Ford Island showing battleships on fire: capsized USS Oklahoma (BB-37), listing USS West Virginia (BB-48), burning USS Arizona (BB-39). Clearest view begins at 0:22. Aerial shots of Japanese aircraft and heavy flak are interspersed. 0:48 – 0:50: View down 1010 dock at cruiser USS Helena (CL-50) and listing USS Oglala (CM-4), being pulled clear of the cruiser’s side. 0:51 – 0:53: View in the sky of Japanese aircraft. 0:54 – 1:21: USS Nevada underway and past the 1010 dock trying to reach open sea, being attacked with her guns firing back, she turns left and runs aground at Hospital Point. In the foreground, Oglala rolls over and sinks. 1:22 – 2:05: Camera pans down Battleship Row again, showing West Virginia settling in with decreasing list, upturned hull of Oklahoma, with USS Maryland (BB-46) behind her. USS Tern (AM-31) is moored in foreground at 1010 dock. USS St. Louis (CL-49) can be seen briefly heading down the channel firing her guns. 2:06 – 2:11: Injured men being carried on stretches on 1010 dock. 2:12 – 2:16 : Drifting oil fires from Arizona engulf California. 2:17 – 2:27: Destroyer USS Shaw‘s (DD-373) forward magazine explodes in a large fireball. 2:28 – 2:48: Oil fire has drifted clear of California. 2:49 – 2:54: USS Blue (DD-387)heads down channel past burning oil fires for sea. 2:55 – 3:00: Capsized Oglala sunken in foreground, while Shaw burns in the background. 3:01 – 3:02: Japanese aircraft overhead. 3:03 – 3:04: Shrapnel falls in water just off 1010 dock. 3:05 – 4:08 : More views of Battleship Row and Ford Island, including California low in the water after torpedo hits. 4:09 – 4:33: Another view of Oglala sunken beside dock. 4:34 – 4:47: Pan across California low in the water, USS Vireo (AM-52) in foreground. 4:48 – 4:55: Pan across Ford Island showing American flag still flying. 4:56 – 5:11: Film closes with American flag flying on the stern of USS Helena (CL-50). Historical; Pearl Harbor Attack; WWII; United States Pacific Command (USPACOM); United States Navy (USN). Agency provided indexes include the following location(s): Pearl Harbor.

Collection

Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense

Series

Moving Images Related to Combat Visual Information