- Title: VM-366
- Summary: DECEMBER 7TH: HAWAII. DECEMBER 7, 1941
- Description:15:28:42 - USS PENSACOLA CLASS CRUISER UNDERWAY. BATTLESHIP DESTROYER MOVING THROUGH WATER. SHIP IS IN SILHOUETTE. 15:28:55 - FERRIS WHEEL IN ABANDON AMUSEMENT PARK 15:29:18 - RED CROSS HOSPITAL. RED CROSS FLAG HANGING FROM PORCH OF BUILDING. RED CROSS VEHICLES IN YARD. TWO SAILORS CARRYING OUT BOX OF SUPPLIES 15:29:36 - MERCHANT SHIP UNDERWAY, AT SEA (ALL THAT CAN BE SEEN IS TOP OF MAST) 15:29:46 - CU GUN CREW ON ARTILLERY GUN. GUNNERS MOVING HUGE GUNS INTO PLACE. TRAINING-AIMING GUN. 15:29:57 - POINTER ON 5" GUN, POINTING GUN. CU SAILOR RAPIDLY CRANKING GUN INTO PLACE. AIMING GUN. PAN AROUND TO FRONT OF GUN 15:30:12 - CIVILIAN WALKING DOWN NARROW ALLEY, AMONGST RAMSHACKLED HOUSES, SOMEWHERE IN HAWAII. ISLAND TOWN. JAPANESE WOMAN SWEEPING STREET BKGD 15:30:35 - GUN CREW OF SAILORS UNCOVERING 5", 25-OPEN MOUNT BIG ARTILLERY GUN. MANNING GUN, TRAINING & POINTING-AIMING GUN. SHELLMAN LOADS SHELLS INTO GUN. PREPARING FOR BATTLE 15:31:08 - LOOKING DOWN VERY NARROW ALLEY, HOMES ON BOTH SIDES. LAUNDRY HANGS ON LINE. JAPANESE CIVILIAN IN SUIT WALKS PAST CAMERA UP STEPS TO HOME, BRIEFCASE UNDER ARM. CHILDREN PLAYING BKGD. 15:31:33 - LOOKING DOWN NEXT TO HIGH WOODEN FENCE WITH LAUNDRY HANGING. BUSINESSMAN WALKS ALONG FENCE & INTO GATEWAY. 15:31:51 - CU GUN CREW ON 5", 25 AA GUN. LOADING HUGE SHELLS, SETTING FUSES ON SHELLS, TURNING CRANK 15:32:05 - VERY BARREN ALLEY. JAPANESE CIVILIAN WITH BRIEFCASE WALKS DOWN ALLEY 15:32:27 - POV FLYING ABOVE CLOUDS. TAKEN FROM AIRCRAFT IN FLIGHT 15:32:54 - MILITARY PLANES MOVING TOWARD ISLAND IN FORMATION. TBD IN FLIGHT 15:33:05 - SEVERAL FLIGHTS OF UNIDENTIFIED SQUADRONS OF AIRCRAFT IN FLIGHT 15:33:11 - PAN TBD FIGHTER PLANES IN FLIGHT 15:33:16 - PLANES FLY IN TIGHT FORMATION. LARGE GROUPS OF FIGHTER-TYPE PLANES IN FLIGHT 15:33:57 - SBD-TYPE AIRCRAFT ON DIVING RUN, PULLING OUT. PLANES DIVES, THEN STRAIGHTENS OUT 15:34:08 - THREE UNIDENTIFIED FIGHTER PLANES IN CLOSE FORMATION FLY TOWARDS CAMERA 15:34:42 - VERY LARGE SQUADRON OF AIRCRAFT IN CLOSE FORMATION APPROACH CAMERA FROM VERY FAR DISTANCE 15:35:09 - NINE AIRCRAFT IN CLOSE FORMATION IN FLIGHT 15:35:22 - FIGHTER-TYPE AIRPLANE IN FLIGHT 15:35:27 - CU THREE JAPANESE FIGHTERS IN FORMATION. BOMBER PLANES DROPPING LOAD OF BOMBS. PAN DOWN, BOMBS MOVING THROUGH CLOUDS 15:35:54 - THREE FIGHTER-BOMBER PLANES IN FLIGHT OVER CLOUDS PAN TO LARGE GROUP UNIDENTIFIED AIRCRAFT IN FLIGHT 15:36:09 - SIX FIGHTER-TYPE AIRPLANES IN FLIGHT APPROACHING CAMERA POSITION 15:36:29 - PBY SEAPLANE APPROACHING DOCK RAMP. ONE OF BEACHING CREW SWIMS OVER TO MILITARY SEA PLANE 15:36:42 - PBY SEA PLANE PREPARING TO BE BEACHED. TAXI ON WATER 15:36:55 - TWO LARGE FIGHTS OF FIGHTER-TYPE AIRCRAFT IN FLIGHT ABOVE THE CLOUDS. MILITARY PLANES FLYING IN FORMATION 15:37:15 - LARGE SQUADRON OF AIRCRAFT IN FLIGHT 15:37:43 - LIGHT BOMBERS LINED UP ON PARKING AREA AT HICKMAN ARMY AIRFIELD. MILITARY PLANES IN WAITING, PARKED IN FRONT OF AIRPLANE HANGAR. AIRCRAFT APPEAR TO BE B-18 TYPE.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1941
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1940s
- File Name: VM-366