Synopsis
December 7th: The Movie is a 1943 propaganda film produced by the U.S. Navy about the infamous attack on Pearl Harbor, showing life before, during, and after the 7 December 1941 attack. This 32-minute version is the censored version of the film, pared down from the original 82 minutes, as the original “asked some embarrassing questions . . . . the film had a lot of time devoted to the culture of the 160,000 Japanese-Americans in Hawaii and their response to the attack.” This censored version opens with a shot of a destroyed bomber on an air field—the bomber is missing its back half. The film shows the memo from Henry L. Stimson, Secretary of War, requesting the creation of a motion picture film about Pearl Harbor before, during, and after the Japanese attack. Shots of Oahu portray the island on Sunday morning, December 7, as the film shows lush mountainsides, sandy beaches, and a good view of a sleeping Honolulu (01:40). Trucks drive into Hickam Field (02:08), and planes sit out in the open. Across from the field is Pearl Harbor (02:24). A cruiser sails in the harbor. Men fish off docks. Sailors attend an outdoor mass celebrating the first Sunday of Advent (03:00). A private in a radar station picks up planes on the radar and reports it to his commander (04:12). Men work in a hanger, and one man appears to be doing maintenance on a bomber (05:00). Japanese squadrons approach Pearl Harbor from multiple directions (05:32), and the planes fly over Oahu beach (06:49). They drop…
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- Running time
- 32 minutes
- Collection
- Ephemeral Films
Subjects on the Internet Archive
- John Fords
- December 7th
- 1943
- Pearl harbor Attack
- Stock Footage