1942 Captured Japanese Newsreel: Pearl Harbor, Hong Kong

About this film

National Archives description: "1) CU Japanese flag flying. 2) MCU Picture of nine men, attacking Pearl Harbor by two-men suicide subs. 3) MCU Mottos and letters written by the two-men suicide sub crew. 4) CU Cherry blossoms. 5) LA MLS PAN Cherry tree; roof of shrine in FG. 6) MLS Shrine. 7) MLS Several Japanese DDs underway. 8) HA MS Japanese marines in combat uniform standing in formation on deck; several officers reviewing them. G. 9) MCU Same officers. 10) MLS Two-wing Japanese seaplane taking off from catapult; men standing in FG. 11) HA MS Japanese marines going down gangway into landing crafts alongside. 12) MCU Marines on landing craft waving at ship as they leave for enemy shore 13) MLS Several Japanese landing crafts underway; shore in BG. 14) MCU Several Japanese marines standing on boat as it is underway. 15) MS 5" guns aboard Japanese DD, firing. 16) A-G LS Number of British vessels being bombed in Hongkong Harbor. 17) LS Shore being bombarded. P. 18) A-G LS Hongkong being bombed by Japanese planes; black smoke rising from oil tank. 19) MS Group of Japanese marines firing small arms near water front. 20) MS Japanese marines carrying fixed bayonets as they advance on ro…

Directors & creators

United States. War Department

Subjects

WWII, World War, 1939-1945, Newsreel, World War II, Japanese Armed Forces, World War, 1939-1945 -- Japan, World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial Operations, Japanese, Funeral Rites And Ceremonies, Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack On, 1941, World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners And Prisons, American, World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Hawaii, Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945, World War, 1939-1945 -- China -- Hong Kong, Great Britain. -- Royal Navy, World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval Operations -- Submarine, Submarines (Ships) -- Japan, World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval Operations, Japanese, Rites And Ceremonies, World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners And Prisons, Japanese

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