December 7th (MN-2862 - MN-2868)

Summary

CU Penn. class BB after being refloated in Pearl Harbor; tug off of port quarter CU BB backed out of drydock. G3) CU Chief on a machine gun, firing same GtoA LS Plane hit CU Chief excited over hit from his gun. G CU BB with tugs alongside CU BB with lines running from port side to dock area; line handlers on dock HA MS TBF in flight over water dropping a torpedo. G CU Chief firing a machine gun. G CU Looking down over stern of a ship; BB in BG burning MS BB burning CU BB with lines running from port side to dock area. G CU Man sitting on porch railing watching undt. carrier steaming out of Pearl Harbor; tug underway. G MS CV carrier underway out of Pearl Harbor; smoke rises from Ford Island in BG. G CU Young boy and girl in school class room; PAN to other children singing. G HA MS SBD coming in for arrested landing; tail hook men run out to unhook tail. G GtoA LS TBY in flight over water, approaching or a landing; PAN with aircraft; PAN down from aircraft to small children on rocky beach MLS CV underway at sea; DD underway FG. F to P MS CV underway; part of rocky shoreline in FG. G HA MLS Cargo ship inside harbor HA CU Cargo ships tied up to piers at Honolulu; PAN up to dock area. G to F LS Convoy of cargo ships approaching harbor; PAN to Merchant ship. G HA CU Cargo ship underway.24) HA CU Cargo ship approaching pier in FG LS Cruiser underway; flak off to right.26) CU Huge pile of car tires. G LA CU Branches of a Palm tree. G28) CU Group of military running by camera; smoke in BG. G CU Interior: Wounded on a table carried off by personnel; nurses tending wounded in BG CU Burned out aircraft engine and fuselage; PAN to bent propeller MS Waterfalls coming down a hillside. G CU Gun pointer on undt. gun LA CU Navy personnel running under wing of PBY removing three small bombs; wing of aircraft is on fire. G MS Looking out over huge stack of fuel drums and supplies on dock. G CU Hangar on fire MS Three waterfalls coming down a hillside (NG) LA MS Four fuel drums loaded on sling from ship to dock. G LS Rugged coastline of Oahu. G LS Looking out over area with bay in BG; PBY takes off and in flight. G LS A-20 aircraft towed by tractor across roadway. G GtoA LS Large squadron of fighters in flight above clouds. G AtoA MCU Formation of aircraft in flight; (these are assumed to be Japanese striking aircraft about to strike Pearl Harbor); planes break formation and go into diving run off to left. G