DECEMBER 7th MN-2862 & MN-2868 Part 1

Description

1) GtoA MS SBD type aircraft in diving run, pulls out. G2) GtoA MS Japanese fighter; direct hit on Japanese fighter.3) GtoA MS Squadron of aircraft in V formation; fighter type aircraft flying over camera position.4) GtoA MS JM-2 type aircraft in flight.5) GtoA MCU Same as before; PAN to right with aircraft. G6) GtoA MS Two fighters in flight.7) GtoA LS Bomber and two fighters in flight; two fighter type planes closing in, passing by light bomber. G to F8) GtoA MS JM-2 type aircraft in flight, banking off to left. G9) GtoA CU PAN PV type aircraft appears to be coming in for landing.10) GtoA MS SBD in diving run; object is dropped from aircraft. G11) GtoA MCU JM-2 type aircraft in flight. G12) GtoA MS Same as before.13) CU Mechanics working on engine of an aircraft (unident.). G to F14) CU Looking alongside bomber type aircraft ablase; fire coming out of hatch and cookpit area; left wing is missing. F15) GtoA MS B-24 coming in for landing. G16) CU Line of P-39"s on runway at Hickam Field; hilly terrain in BG.G17) GtoA MS B-17 coming in for landing; two unident fighter type aircraft in flight in far BG; PAN to left of B- s aircraft comes in for landing at Hickam Field. G18) CU Gunner in rear seat of a aircraft, fixing is twin mount to 30, taking it off mount, handing it to a man on deck PAN down with man as he sets twin 30 machine gun on flight deck next to aircraft. G19) CU Military personnel running past camera; BG is covered with smoke. G to F20) CU PAN Along port side of unident. BB; several of crew on deck; ship is being refloated; water is coming from hoses, off port bow. G21) LS Airfield showing aircraft burning on the line in BG; three fighter aircraft fly over field, dropping bombs, setting PBY on fire; men run out toward aircraft; bomb hits are made in FG, tearing up runways. G22) HA CU Overturned ship. P23) MS Heavy smoke coming from stack of CV type carrier; men in catwalk in FG, ducking from smoke that blows over aft part of flight deck. G24) MLS Row of B-18 bombers on field at Army Air Base; hangars directly behind aircraft (appears to be a posed shot). G25) MS B-18"s ablase; entire area covered with smoke (also posed - scene simulates burning and bombing of B-18"s by Japanese during December 7th). G to F26) HA LS Honolulu; Diamond Head in BG; large formations of aircraft flying over Diamond Head, out of scene to right. VG27) CU 5" 25 AA gun; two men in BG. G28) CU PAN Burned out aircraft on parking ramp; hangars in BG.29) MS Auxiliary tents or small buildings set up; burned out aircraft in FG; two soldiers walk by, wearing World War I helmets; larger building in BG.30) CU PAN Gutted, burned out interior of hangar, showing debris inside hangar; wings, parts of engines; fuselages, pipes; PAN to right, two men working around engine of burned out aircraft.31) ECU PAN Across front of burnt out engine, in hangar.32) MCU PAN Across barrack type buildings, presumably at Hickam Field; confinues PAN to right, across front of hangar, gutted from burnt out debris in hangar; two Army personnel walk by front of hangar; continues PAN to right to severely damaged transport plane. VG33) CU Gutted hangar; burnt out bombers in hangar; PAN to left showing torn up parking ramp.34) CU Soldier moving down into one of the shelled holes, made by a bomb dropped by Japanese. G35) MS Interior of gutted hangar; burnt out aircraft and debris in hangar. G

Collection

General Records of the Department of the Navy

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities