Pearl Harbor Part 1

Description

This film depicts scenes near Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, in the spring of 1942, following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Naval personnel are shown as they stood on board the battleship the USS Nevada (BB-36) as it moved towards drydock, a tugboat is seen as it towed the USS Nevada out of drydock, a squadron of airplanes are shown in flight near an aircraft carrier and several destroyers, Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bombers are seen as they performed dive maneuvers and fired machine guns, Naval officers are shown as they used a sextant, and Curtiss SOC-3 Seagull scout observation biplanes are seen as they were launched from the catapult of an aircraft carrier, took flight, touched down, taxied through water, and were hung from crane hooks.

Collection

General Records of the Department of the Navy

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities