Pearl Harbor Part 2

Description

This film depicts Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, in the spring of 1942, following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. A Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bomber is shown as it landed near a beach, and a Consolidated PBY Catalina flying boat is seen as it flew over Kaneohe Bay, landed, and taxied in the water to an aircraft ramp. Footage of burnt-out aircraft fuselages, engines, and hulks, and large stacks of rusted and disabled water bombs, is also shown.

Collection

General Records of the Department of the Navy

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities