PEARL HARBOR SPRING 1942

Scenes of Pearl Harbor in the months after the devastating Japanese attack on December 7, 1941. Shipyard scenes as battleships are being repaired include USS Nevada which later participated in the Normandy, southern France, Iwo Jima and Okinawa invasions. Nevada was a target ship at the Bikini atom bomb tests in 1946.
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[@speedyloc8746]

Did you know that to this very day no matter how long in the future you may be reading this, every ship that passes by the Arizona pays their respects and solutes her and her crew EVERY TIME they pass her, thats dope AF, brought a tear to my eye n felt everyone should have that little bit of knowledge, idk but picturing sailors on their ships making it a point to go and solute the Arizona every time they pass her makes me feel like there still may be some hope for humanity, i really like the fact that they do that

[@SomeDumUsrName]

Amen brother

[@jaybee9269]

Amen to that. Much respect to the lost sailors.

[@raytycker1656]

Everyone should think about this as they drive there Japanese car.

[@rickhunter6513]

@@raytycker1656ok boomer

[@raytycker1656]

@@rickhunter6513 Try again , I'm Gen X scooter.

[@johnjay9404]

I welled with pride to see the Nevada in this film. You don't hear enough about her. My uncle, Bob Olson, was a gunners mate on the Nevada during the attack. He was most likely standing on the deck during this film. Although, impossible to pick him out. I miss him, he was a great guy. He died in 2001.

[@flare9757]

Nevada and her crew were brave. Attempting to leave the harbor to attack the Japanese fleet? As I said. Brave.

[@georgemacdonell2341]

Yeah, Uncle Bob's there watching you watching him, wave.

[@richardcline1337]

Seeing her and knowing the cruel fate that would await her after the war was over is heartbreaking. She should be berthed where that near WORTHLESS USS Missouri is now. Instead, she was treated as so much waste and after surviving two a-bomb tests (which I have NEVER understood the need for) she was unceremoniously taken out and used for target practice before being sunk and never to see daylight again. She deserved a far better treatment by the government she fought so hard to serve. The Naval hierarchy of that period is lower than whale dung when it comes to their actions. Even the most revered and highly decorated ship of the entire war, the USS Enterprise, was treated as badly. Instead of finding a berth at Pearl Harbor, she was cut up for scrap without even a thought to her service and future generations were deprived of seeing what a great ship she was.

[@MJLeger-yj1ww]

Every single one of those big beautiful ships had a heart, and those who served on them felt that heart and wanted to protect her. No big ship wants to sink, even the Titanic, who suffered several human errors or she wouldn't have gone down (rest her soul) but this century, war is being fought in the air for the most part, but that does NOT minimize the value of all our ships out there who silently plow into the waves, carry our missiles and men, to protect our Country, even from far away! Bless them all and we thank all who serve on them!

[@keenansmith1021]

I was looking at the opening Battleship and thought to myself, what if i lost buddies on that ship and it returned to service and i was back on that ship. I would fight so hard to honor those that i lost

[@MJLeger-tz4so]

I have visited the USS Arizona Memorial twice, and felt my heart grow heavy, thinking of the 1100 men in the waters below me! Over 2300 men were lost that fateful December 7, 1941, and we honor and respect all who gave their lives for their Country that terrible day. Rest easy men, and bravo-zulu! We will never forget you!

[@michaelnaisbitt1639]

This film is a time capsule of America 70 years ago. Amazing one can only wonder what it will be like 70 years in the future. Very good video very interesting

[@usnationalist8150]

Sadly it won’t be a good time in America in 70 years, that’s if this country is still named United States of America. All the mass immigration is going to over take and this will become a split 3rd world country.

[@robertmoore2049]

@@usnationalist8150 everyone dressed nicer then and there are hardly any obese people, if any at all, in this video.

[@corneliuscrewe8165]

I've read about the Pearl refloating operation all my life, I never knew this footage existed. Thank you so much for posting this.

[@clearingbaffles]

Cornelius Crewe a Captain named Hyman G Rickover had a lot to do with that I believe he also helped develop the casualty power system

[@aaaht3810]

My father served in the navy in the Pacific during WWII. He said there were always cameramen around taking photos and shooting film. He always said he would bet that there are miles of film taken during the war that have been stored away somewhere, forgotten about, and never seen by the public.

[@JoeFlation]

@@clearingbaffles and nuke subs

[@clearingbaffles]

d fobroy I was stationed on 2 of those Nuclear powered submarines

[@JoeFlation]

@@clearingbaffles then you have my respect sir. last one I was near, was the USS Vallejo, her sail is at Mare island on display

[@spreadeagled5654]

To the USS Arizona and all her crew: God bless you and thank you for your service. You fought courageously. Rest In Peace in Honored Glory. 🇺🇸 🔔

[@JamesBond-pb2qy]

If they raised all the other ships. Why NOT Arizona ? Cus they wanted to hide the evidence. Of a coupe. Just like 9/11

[@JoeFlation]

@@JamesBond-pb2qy congratulations on being a fucking asshat idiot

[@Hazwaste63]

@@JamesBond-pb2qy What sort of coupe? A Chevy Vega? Maybe a Pinto?

[@tylerfoss3346]

@@JamesBond-pb2qy, the Arizona was too badly damaged to raise and salvage. No coupe. No coup, either.

[@matthewyoung9476]

@@JamesBond-pb2qy No because the damage was beyond repair the entire front part was blown in half so it is better to buy a new ship rather repair that much damage.

[@jamescordray8993]

The USS West Virginia was the only ship that was in Pearl Harbor on Dec 7 and in Tokyo Bay at the signing !

[@vstar7196]

The “Greatest Generation”. Hero’s one and all. Nuff said.

[@madagon1]

@Big Bill O'Reilly Disrespectful sack of S%*t, go pet your puppy snowflake

[@maxwaller2055]

@Big Bill O'Reilly is on target - twitter prevents you from examining the activities of @maxrafaelwaller and @mrwaller3 who are Socratic GadFlies

[@madagon1]

@Big Bill O'Reilly Oh look, the left wing looney tune just got triggered. Bring your little bob the builder hammer out of the toy box that is probably right behind you since you're probably posting from mom and dads basement. So brave when you have a keyboard and an entire internet between yourself and whoever you choose to bark at. Let's see you try that shit in the same room.

[@madagon1]

@Big Bill O'Reilly also think it's funny how you took a week to reply and couldn't do any better than that lol!

[@olentangy74]

Fascinating footage. I love hearing the sounds of the aircraft and the convoy trucks, it is like a portal back in time. It is truly amazing to see the thousands of sailors and shipyard workers laboring to get the crippled battlewagons floated and on their way to be fighting ships again.

[@arniestuboud]

The battleship featured in the first part of the video MUST actually be the USS West Virginia which had a main armament of four double turret, 16 inch 45 cal guns (8 barrels). The West Virginia had cage masts and two small funnels. The aft cage mast was removed during the re-floating after Dec. 7. This is what is shown repeatedly in the video. In contrast the USS Nevada had a main armament of two triple and two double 14 inch 45 cal guns (10 barrels), with the lower turrets being triple and the upper ones being double. All during its time at Pearl in 1941-42 the ship had tripod masts and one large funnel. This is not what is shown in the first part of the video. As well, the "look" of the West Virginia as it is leaving Pearl in mid 1942 pretty much matches the "look" of the ship featured in the first part of the video. However, later on in the video (about 17 min in) the USS Nevada IS extensively featured, looking as it is leaving dry dock. Check out both ships in Wikipedia for verification of details.

[@victoryfilmsus]

Yes, Mr. Stuart, this is the Colorado class USS West Virginia shown with several tugboats as she is moved towards dry dock # 1 on 9 June 1942. Lars Andersen

[@victoryfilmsus]

A little help needed with ship identification of additional footage, please email me at the website. Thank you, Lars Andersen

[@TheBruceGday]

USS Maryland fits the description too, but she did not have her aft cage mast removed until work done in Puget Sound, and Maryland left Pearl very early along with Pennsylvania.

[@TheBruceGday]

Maryland left Pearl along with Pennsy and Tennessee in late December 41, so would not have been present in spring 1942.

[@terryfowler6090]

U r right. There were 2 Colorado clas ships in pearl that day. West Virginia and Maryland. Maryland was only slightly damaged so the one in the video pumping all that water has to be West Virginia. Good eye buddy.

[@markhugo8270]

I love the fact that you can still see them pumping the water out on the raised battleships. Some people have commented on it being primarily an "air war" after the Pearl Harbor attack, but please DO NOT FORGET these precious battle ships and cruisers were (everyone saved!) used in the attacks on all the islands that were liberated.

[@williamc.1198]

My late Father-in-law was a BM2C on the USS Nevada during the Pearly Harbor attack. He later served in USS Tennessee. He never spoke of the attack. He was a tough old bird. RIP CBM Frank B. Coy.

[@topgeardel]

I'm not down on my own generation...but I find the achievements of the WW2 generation, from beginning to end..to be very hard to duplicate. Amazing what was accomplished from Dec. 7, 1941 to the end of the war in '45 with Germany & Japan. Those 3 1/2 years were almost miraculous.

[@jen33sen]

That's why they are called America's greatest generation - forever & ever

[@331SVTCobra]

Every generation is presumed to be soft. Then something bad happens and every generation has stood up and got the job done. The Japanese thought that Americans were soft, and the American public was divided on entering the war, or even funding a strong defense. They found out. The 60s generation did a lot on social issues. They questioned racism, going to war all the time for unknown reasons, a staid culture, and blind trust in government. Then, by the 80s, they were in charge and swung the country back to conservatism in a balanced way. The millennials will contribute. Hopefully they won't be remembered by those idiots who take over intersections and do donuts.

[@keenansmith1021]

​@@331SVTCobraspot on

[@knightlife98]

In just two years, the U.S. Navy was larger than the whole world's combined...!!! That's quite an amazing feet!

[@kevinbarton5798]

I went to pearl in 2012 as it has been on my bucket list since the 70s I had previously read a book called into the darkness concerning the awful task of recovering the dead and salvaging the ships it is a must read and an impressive account of the bravery on the day and afterwards this footage brings the book to life

[@kpadmirer]

I've read it too.

[@michaelashcraft8569]

The bravery continued in the harbor as recovery crews tried the near impossible task of getting the dead off the Oklahoma, and, other vessels by heroic means, yet, so many unrecovered resting still underwater.

[@TheBattleship61]

These films really give a sense of scale to these behemoths, at least more so then the pictures do. Even the older, prewar battleships were huge. I’d wager that battleship featured in the first half of the video was the West Virginia. The duel main guns are the main giveaway that it is a Colorado Class Battleship, and there were only 2 of those at pearl that morning, the West Virginia and the Maryland. The Maryland was moored inboard of the Oklahoma and thus could not be torpedoed; she received light damage and was stateside by the end of December. The West Virginia was not so lucky. Moored outboard of the Tennessee, she was an easy target for the torpedo bombers to hit half-a-dozen times and was “sunk” (though obviously salvaged). Finally, R.I.P. Arizona

[@MJLeger-yj1ww]

I went aboard the USS Arizona Memorial in Pearl Harbor, it was very awe-inspiring to know so many of our soldiers went down with her in 1941, and caused great solemnity in us! I also went aboard the USS MIssouri in Bremerton, Washington about mid 1970's, and saw the bronze plaque memorialized the spot Tokyo Bay where Japan surrendered to the Allies, and the accompanying historical display that included copies of the surrender documents and photos. The "Mighty Mo" had quite a history, in a war that was not known to me but has had such an impact on my mind today, as I see the war movies and know the stories of those who fought in WWII and subsequent wars. I also stayed on the Queen Mary overnight years ago. What a magnificent ship she was and still is! Those grand old ladies fought some furious wars, so that their Country could be a free-thinking place to live for us today! We respect and honor the ships and all who fought aboard them!

[@GeorgiaBoy1961]

M.J., my wife and I visited Pearl Harbor fifteen or so years ago, and it was amazing. Very moving to visit the U.S.S. Arizona Memorial, which still seeps - "weeps" - oil from her fuel bunkers. The U.S.S. Missouri is awe-inspiring, even anchored and stationary. My late father was U.S. Navy during the war and for a short time afterward (into the early 1950s as a reservist), so that added addition meaning for me as well. He was stationed aboard much smaller vessels than the "Mighty Mo" and did not join until 1943, so Pearl Harbor was not something he was involved in directly, but it still meant a lot to me to go there.

[@MJLeger-yj1ww]

@@GeorgiaBoy1961 Very Interesting! It is a very sobering experience to visit the famous USS Arizona Memorial. That's why it bothers me to see people there with a lack of the reverence the old lady deserves and those below her in the blue. Although most of us are not connected personally to those old wars, every one of our soldiers who fought in them for our Country should be remembered with honor and respect. That's what I felt when I visited Arlington National Cemetery as well. I understand they intend to build a new memorial to replace the old USS Arizona one currently there. I will probably never see it, but I'm glad it will be taken care of as one of the major memorials to WWII, in the place that caused the beginning of that war, Pearl Harbor.

[@GeorgiaBoy1961]

@@MJLeger-yj1ww - Thanks for writing. I was not aware of plans to update the Arizona memorial. Probably not a bad idea, as the one there now is getting old and in need of upkeep.

[@MJLeger-yj1ww]

@@GeorgiaBoy1961 I agree. I heard the Memorial was closed down in 2018 for repairs due to fissures in the ramp leading out to it or some similar issue, but reopened in September of 2019. The only thing I wonder about is how the new one will deal with the urns that divers have taken down to put there with their buddies who were aboard that beautiful but doomed ship on 12-7-41. I'm sure they will figure out a way to do it all in an honorable manner. I have traveled all over the world but visiting the USS Arizona was one of the most impressive and heart-rending things I've seen in my life. Millions of people visit that Memorial, which is NOT siting directly on the sunken ship but is above it. I can't imagine a wholly new one, but maybe they'll enlarge what is already there to accommodate more visitors at one time.

[@jack60091]

My father was there on the U.S. Solace, the only hospital ship. His ashes were laid to rest at Pearl with his brothers in arms.

[@starchild1198]

I Salute your father and his brothers in arms

[@goutvols103]

Thank you for sharing. It was a tremendous civilian workforce, around 15,000 that were hired for the refloat and repair of the ships. I think that this was the first time blacks were employed on a large scale and integrated for the war effort. We were fortunate that the Maintenance and Repair facilities and the huge fuel depots were not hit.

[@Dog.soldier1950]

This is Hawaii not the gulf coast

[@sd906238]

That was their biggest mistake not to go after the dry docks, Repair facilities and the fuel tank farms

[@danielcobbins9050]

Floyd R Turbo; it was a good thing as well that the ships were sunk in shallow water. The max depth at Pearl Harbor is 40 feet. If all of those ships made it out to open sea during the attack, they would have been sunk in very deep water, thus rendering them un salvageable.

[@topgeardel]

This is very valuable footage of that time.

[@100mmtubeofjustice7]

just found this vid, as a student of WWII, I love seeing first hand films taken during the war.

[@351linzdoctor]

Man just looking at the street scenes of everyone walking by no one is over weight! This food we have now is killing us!

[@spongehead1354]

Seeing Hotel street back then is amazing with the way they all dressed! Now you'll never see anyone in uniform, also nobody was saluting the officers? I was stationed at Pearl 1981to 1985 USS BADGER FF-1071. Best time of my life!

[@ernestdougherty3162]

Congratulations on being stationed at Pearl Harbor and thank you for your service

[@johnny1963ify]

I was on the USS ROBERT E. PEARY ( FF1073) FROM FEB 1982 TO MAY 1983 at Pearl.

[@jaubreyparcon5015]

3:30 King Cotton March, 6:06 Nobles of the Mystic Shrine March, 10:18 Manhattan Beach March, 12:25 The Free Lance, 16:14 The Stars And Stripes Forever. (Name of the Marches in this Video)

[@rogermckamey8299]

Thank you

[@cal-native]

Loved seeing the old aircraft as well, especially the early model B-17 and B-24 on final. Color just brings this history to vivid life.

[@MrPepper312]

Everyone in this film has passed on now. R.I.P. In the Pensacola Naval Air Station in Florida there is a museum that has a street set up with shops like you were back in 1942. All the stores you walk into have shelves stocked with with goods that existed in the 40's. Its like going back in time. If your old enough it will bring back forgotten memories.

[@Rheinmetall120]

I spent the last two years living at Hickam Field. I love these old films of how it all used to look.

[@paladin0654]

Thanks for really unique material, great stuff.

[@Warmaker01]

This is just but one mere sign as to why Yamamoto and a good number of the Imperial Japanese Navy did not want to go to war. Not even 6 months after Pearl Harbor, the US was raising these ships and preparing them for wartime use. In addition, Pearl Harbor continued to function as a crucial base for the USN. If that wasn't bad enough, the US was before Pearl Harbor began, in a massive shipbuilding process. The Essex-class of Fleet Carriers were ordered by the USN in 1940 and in 1941 the keels for FOUR of them would be laid down before December that year. The US would complete TWENTY FOUR Essex-class Carriers. The USN cancelled EIGHT because the war was well on its way to being won. And that's not counting the tidal wave of ship building by other important ship classes: 175 Fletcher-class DDs that were Fleet Destroyers, not the cheap, low powered DDEs meant for convoy escorting, sub-hunting. 27 Cleveland-class Light Cruisers, the most of any single CL class in history. And don't forget the numerous CVEs and CVLs being made, as well as HUNDREDS of DDEs built to protect convoys and hunt submarines. In addition, the US was building Carriers more quickly than a modern Battleship BEFORE Pearl Harbor. forum.worldofwarships.com/topic/199737-on-the-historical-misconceptions-behind-battleships-vs-aircraft-carriers/?do=findComment&comment=4730718 Let's say the US loses Midway badly in 1942 and loses every ship there. It wouldn't matter. Even if Japan proceeded to lose no more ships and continue their own ship building, in 2 years, the US Navy would still be even larger than them. It's the industrial tidal wave that Yamamoto and the IJN feared. Japan couldn't replace her ships quickly enough for the kind of war the US was going to wage. The Royal Navy at the start of WWII was by far the strongest navy in the world. By the time Germany declares war on the USA, the RN had already did a magnificent job in containing, mitigating the European Axis navies. But by the time WWII ended, the USN was the largest, strongest navy in the world with amazing logistical capability to conduct operations far from home, at multiple theaters.

[@SteamCrane]

An absolutely wonderful find! Watch it multiple times, you will see new details each time. At 3:33 Sousa - King Cotton. At 6:06 - Sousa - Nobles of the Mystic Shrine.

[@darringraham2613]

Thank you so much for posting this

[@elli003]

Wow, that's footage you don't see. They always jump from the Arizona explosion to Midway. You seldom get to see the aftermath and the reconstitution of the fleet.

[@vipertwenty249]

Reconsitution isn't actually a word - but I like it so much I think it should hereby be officially adopted!

[@elli003]

​@@vipertwenty249 Oh, how the mind races at 3 a.m. Looks like I personified the U.S. Pacific Fleet. Thanks for allowing me some latitude while I have a bite of humble pie. LOL

[@mrz80]

There was a lot of diving and welding and pumping and burial details. Ships had to be refloated, patched, and given enough TLC in the engineering spaces to make the journey to the West Coast for proper repairs. Aside from Maryland and Tennessee (both damaged but at least afloat and more or less combat capable), and of course Halsey's carriers and their escorts, Pearl was pretty much mother naked. If Yamamoto had had the nerve to send Nagumo back in early 1942 and he caught the carriers in Pearl Harbor, well, you can imagine the kind of alternate-history novels that might be written.

[@GeorgiaBoy1961]

America's industrial might was always her trump card. Other nations were manufacturing, engineering and design powerhouses - including all three of the axis powers - but by war's end, U.S. industrial output was fully one-half of the world's total. Not for nothing were we called "The Arsenal of Democracy"....

[@gerometorribio2127]

This footage is priceless, professionally done. Who knew that soldiers, sailors and marines on liberty in Honolulu were still gas masks and helmets in case of another Japanese attack!

[@ronsmith1573]

Of course it looks professional, it is. These are snippets of the outtakes from John Ford's filming with the core of his Hollywood crew shot between Feb. 1942 and the time he departed for Midway in late May.

[@raybin6873]

The camera work is done very nicely - no shaking etc.

[@josephurso6897]

Credit should go to all the ship yard workers for gething the harbor back into action so quickly.

[@gilbertogonzalezr9353]

Thank you so much for posting this video, what a great history and a great generation, the generation of my grandparents.

[@kmaassociates7999]

How I do hope someone will put every last bit of audio and visual media from WW 1 & 2 threw one of those fancy new restoration/archiving computer programs ! I know it's not cheep, but if that kind of money was floating around my house that project would be in the top 5 on my bucket list. FANTASTIC AND RARE Films ! ! ! Thank you all !

[@x1mmx]

Imagine being a new recruit, sailing into Pearl Harbor for the first time and seeing those battleships sunken. I bet it inspired alot of sailors.

[@marcosmedia7463]

The US navy fleet was extremely large, the ships they lost from the bombing were completely replaced afterwards. May the fallen sailors and Soilders rest in peace.

[@raulduke6105]

And most were returned to service

[@Juzgames]

rare footage we never get to see pearl harbor throughout the war.....how was pearl during the 1950s......footage after the war in 1946...for instance.

[@WilliamRWarrenJr]

Thanks for the glimpse into history.

[@ositogringo]

Amazing piece of film.

[@shackfighter]

Amazing footage! The battleships in color, plus the US Navy tug USS Hoga (YT-146) which still exists today as a museum ship in Arkansas...

[@steven2212]

There were so many Japanese spies operating in Hawaii at this time, we are just now learning of how vast a network it was. What an amazing film, thank you.

[@TimMonbrod]

Now, in 2020, there are so many COMMUNIST CHINESE GOVERNMENT Spies in USA... History is repeating itself...ETERNAL VIGILANCE AMERICA ‼️🇺🇲🇺🇸🇺🇲🇺🇸🇺🇲🇺🇸

[@darringraham2613]

The one place on Earth that I thought would stay the same or untouched would be Hawaii, what a shocker, HONOLULU looks like Miami Florida now, on a better note thanks for the film and sharing it

[@bobbertee5945]

Your not kidding, I was stationed on KBay in the 90's, i went back for my honeymoon in 2012, wow was it different, all the bars are gone, nothing but high end shops and boutiqes all over, mostly catering to the Japanese tourist, go figure..... next time i go back, i dont think im gonna bother touring Oahu, its gotten way to crowded too..... Only Maui and Kuai next time

[@lastdomino]

@@bobbertee5945 The big island is really nice still, Kona and Hilo.

[@stephenpowstinger733]

They had decided to move the fleet from California to Pearl. It made them sitting ducks.,

[@victoryfilmsus]

Resting among all the unedited film footage in the VFP archive

[@thresher4]

I poured over many vids and photos in detail to see what ships they were, where located, what damage sustained. What a monumentious, dangerous task it was to get those ships back online.

[@JimDandy49]

They are still pumping water out of a lot of those battleships months later. What a huge job it was to get these ships re-floated and sent back to N. American shipyards for repairs. Truly, the greatest generation. It would take us a decade today to accomplish what they did in just weeks back then.

[@tommiatkins3443]

Yes, they were amazing. Stern unbending fighters against Fascism. And when facism did succeed in America in 2016 , It hugged a star spangled banner and all those lives and effort were to waste.

[@oceanhome2023]

tommi atkins Another Communist !

[@tommiatkins3443]

@@oceanhome2023 Like Kim Jong un? An actual communist that the clown god "fell in love with"? Commie like that?

[@steveguild871]

@@tommiatkins3443 Please keep your stupid political comments to yourself.

[@tommiatkins3443]

@@steveguild871 Nope. Its not a political comment anyway. Its just rationality.

[@331SVTCobra]

Victory At Sea outtakes? The thing that jumps out at me is that our nation was in an all-out war... and pretty much all you see is people standing around. LOL. Loved the sequence of the Hudson, Liberator, Bolo, and Fort. Seeing all the city scenes also. It's a little sad that everyone in the film is dead. Maybe some of the children shown in the city are still alive.

[@MikeMoe710]

Truly the Greatest generation 🇺🇸👍🏻

[@danielmocsny5066]

The generation that literally gave birth to the next generation that produced everything that triggers today's grouchy Fox News watchers.

[@MikeMoe710]

Fox News , fair and balanced🇺🇸👍🏻

[@P61guy61]

Thank you for posting

[@stangarmer6626]

Looks like the West Virginia in most of the movie. Her turrets only had dual barrels. The Nevada is near the end with with a dual barrel mount over a triple.

[@TheChonaman]

Yes, after a couple of minutes of scenic footage, definitely shows the refloating and towing of W. Virginia to dock as the focus most of the first 9 minutes. Then shows the wreck of Arizona (ship resting on the harbor bottom with bent tripod mast) starting at 10:17. Followed by a few seconds more of W. Virginia and then the capsized Oklahoma at 10:42. Followed shortly thereafter by some (out of sequence) shots of W. Virginia before she was refloated (still sitting on the harbor bottom). Then some footage shot in town and lastly the Nevada footage starts at 14:20 and runs for the balance. This film must've been spliced together out of a larger collection of footage. Clearly footage of W. Virginia on the bottom would precede her refloating - and that could only be W. Virginia in both clips - since the lightly damaged Maryland (sister ship) had left Pearl for Puget Sound a couple of weeks after the attack and was not in the Habor again until Aug. 1 following the battle of Midway.

[@tylerfoss3346]

@@TheChonaman , that's fabulous work explaining the different ships in picture during particular portions of the film. Thank you! Were you there during this?

[@TheChonaman]

@@tylerfoss3346 Ha! I visited Pearl once many years ago and have always had a serious interest in WWII ships and history. I've been to several museum ships as well -battleships, carriers, destroyers, subs, PT boats - you name it. Toured the HMS Victory when visiting Portsmouth, England. Pretty fascinating to be around these historic vessels.

[@danielkennedy7845]

A wonderful tribute to a great ship and the greatest generation!

[@marvinacklin792]

Fantastic ... love the scenes of Honolulu and Diamond Head. Heroic footage and ordinary life in Paradise.

[@lescobrandon3047]

This is where the Pacific war began. Today, BB63 USS Missouri, the ship on which the Japanese signed their surrender is moored in Pearl Harbor within sight of the USS Arizona memorial. Fitting.

[@lescobrandon3047]

Douglas Street - every time someone like me say that, there are naval experts that say it’s not feasible. Imagine four IA battleships tossing missiles for miles that cannot be shot down.

[@AmericanThunder]

Ken Konard - they say returning the Iowas to service as updated missile ships isn't feasible, meanwhile, 6000+ years ago, they built those enormous pyramids in Egypt.. lol "Feasible" means different things to different people I guess?

[@vipertwenty249]

@Douglas Street Agreed - in part: Modern anti ship missiles are not designed to deal with armoured targets like a battleship, and what an excellent platform it would make, especially if nuclear powered. On the other hand, modern attack submarines are very much capable indeed of dealing with a battleship, and therefore it would be horribly vulnerable in any real shooting war and would be lost with all hands horribly quickly!

[@phildur]

@@lescobrandon3047 when you say "... Imagine four IA battleships tossing missiles for miles that cannot be shot down.... ", i think you'r not far from whad they actually did. They already dit it : it's called a "sub". It's faster, smarter and it's very difficult to locate and destroy. You shoud consider the cost of a day for thoses ships, what does a patroll day cost ?

[@danielmocsny5066]

Ideas like bringing back the battleships are what separate KZbin commenters from people who actually design modern militaries and fight wars. Literally every professional navy on the planet got rid of battleships, but KZbin keyboard warriors posting from the security of their basements know better than the professionals who have to answer for losing wars. Wars aren't won with opinions, but by mathematical analysis. The side that gets 5% or 10% more bang for their buck tends to win. Build a system that costs a little too much for what it accomplishes and you lose to an enemy that spends more wisely.

[@HobbitHomes263]

Pearl Harbor 1942 is a testament to the American spirit of "can do". Because we CAN DO anything. We hae proven time and again just how superior the American way of life truly is. No nation has ever been able to do what we do, for one reason, we ARE free.

[@saffronsworld1508]

I noticed that in the footage of downtown Honolulu, there were some really tall men and women. I mean, they were a head higher that most everyone else. Imagine that the vast majority of the people in this video are dead, and yet it was filmed just 4 years before I was born. Life is short.

[@fourtysevennn]

They definitely had some good posture!

[@bellvnv2000]

With all this colored footage being uncovered and being in the surprisingly good quality that it's in it tickles the imagination to think that maybe someone's actually going back in time and filming these events just for the sake of seeing what it was actually like !

[@ObamaTookMyCat]

This footage, along with Critical pasts footage of the Nevada and California prove that it is assumed that all US battleships were painted Measure 1S, 5-S sea blue with 5-L above the funnel tops at the time of the attack. Although this footage of the Nevada is slightly greyed, so it still looks like she is wearing 5-D dark grey.

[@sylentlight6771]

THANK YOU FOR THIS! My "quarantine project" has been building and painting models in 1/700 scale of ships that were at Pearl Harbor the day of the attack. So far I have Arizona, Tennessee, San Francisco, Henley, Shaw, and Cassin built and painted, West Virginia and Oklahoma (had to modify an AZ model) assembled, and California and a liberty ship (will attempt to modify into Vestal) on their way. The hardest part aside from FINDING the models has been trying to figure out the proper paint colorations. There's a decent enough amount of pictures out there but finding COLOR pictures is next to impossible. I know this is a bit after the attack but it is at least giving me new light and hope. Thanks!

[@raybin6873]

Hopefully you'll post a video of your project on KZbin when completed?

[@weakspleen2800]

USS Hoga (YT 146) at 5:18 is now part of the Arkansas Inland Maritime Museum. Thank you for sharing this video!

[@michaelashcraft8569]

Seemed so active, yet, laid back at Pearl, yet, war was raging all over the globe even as the dead lay below deck on Oklahoma, and ,Arizona.

[@joannedeherrera340]

Thank you. My dad is in there somewhere. R.I.P. passed away age 88. He never spoke of that day or anything about Hawaii. My mother did everyday etc.

[@chiefpontiac1800]

I could swear that the sailor in work blues at 11:17 is actor Jack Pennick, who appeared in many of John Wayne's movies. It looks just like him, and they are carrying movie equipment. I would bet my life on it! I am heading out to Pearl for two weeks on 4 November. I cannot wait!

[@sabrecatsmiladon7380]

As a casual wargamer I had an older game about the Pacific theater (PTO2) and I would always start off as the Americans with the twist of our 3 Carriers being docked in Pearl on the 7th and we lose all 3. That usually adds almost 2 years to the defeat of the Japanese -1947. LOVED going to the Battleship Texas in San Jacinto. As boys, my brothers and I "manned" some of the 3 inch guns still rotating and traversing..... and then we "sunk" every ship as passing through the Houston ship channel!!

[@michaelvecchione1619]

Sailor of the year at 12:09. Well done shipmate.

[@scottystiffchicken]

I think you mean 13:00

[@TwistedSisterHaratiofales]

I like how 80% of this footage is the West Virginia, as The Maryland was already gone, The Tennessee and California needed more attention, and Nevada wasn't even floated yet.

[@thinkablebaileylim6168]

“Yesterday, December 7th, 1941, a date that will live in infamy.” -Franklin D. Roosevelt

[@lge52569]

"The United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of The Empire of Japan"

[@yeoldesaltydog7415]

I was born in 1974 and was raised seeing all my great uncles and aunts, Great Grandparents and grandparents who had something to do with the effort of WWII I mean it was ingrained in me the stories with photo's and trinkets to PROVE what once was! I followed their footsteps by joining the Navy only to be caught in the turmoil of 9/11. We didn't even make it to 60 years of no attacks on the U.S. which By The Way Roosevelt PROMISED would never happen again so that right there tells me we have enemies within.. I digress, I wanted to keep this pride and spirit of this Great Nation going, but we have so many outsiders in our nation all wanting to turn this Nation into what THEY want, they are tearing us apart in stead of making the US what she was meant to be! Separate from the rest!! Now that I too am a D.A.V. it saddens me that I never got to see what these folks got to see when they came home, pride and a home that loves it's veterans. all I see is those in the VA system screwing with people, and shaming them if they do not go with today's BS that IS making this once great nation FALL, idealisms that are toxic PREVENTING Births that are needed to keep us going, shaming races and setting them up on collision courses as those who are doing this, sit back waiting for something to explode so they can walk right in and finally take over.. It's disgusting. And NO ONE from today seems to care what is happening to THEM. I honor my fellow Vets of all times. I even have a deceased relative from the USS Nevada, a GM3 George Leon Faddis USN. We found out he is a 5th cousin on my fathers, fathers side of the family. We can honor them still, but get out and see for yourselves instead of going by corruptible 'He Said/She Said'. And with all these hidden agenda laws by those who deep down HATE the United States who have snaked their way in~, try winning this war today!

[@MakeMeThinkAgain]

That's the USS Arizona at 10:18 and the USS Oklahoma at 10:43. The USS West Virginia became the most capable ship of her class after being repaired and upgraded after this. Which paid off at the Battle of Surigao Strait. The Pearl Harbor Raid REALLY didn't work out the way the Japanese hoped.

[@deafsmith1006]

Yes, several of the Pearl Harbor crowd were there to pay respects with 14 inch and 16 inch gunfire!! Fixed their little red meatball wagon!

[@brentwegher2014]

The Japanese war planners had no idea that Yamamoto's idea would result in such a spectacular success. When the Hawaii attack was approved, the idea of taking Hawaii by assault after the Naval operation was considered, but rejected because most of Japanese war resources were committed to the invasion of SE asia and singapore. The Hawaii plan was really a diversion.

[@pizzafrenzyman]

Christopher, the Japanese didn't have enough forces to expand across the pacific and hold the Hawaiian Islands. Moreover, their merchant fleet would've been unable to support a large garrison on multiple Hawaiian islands and carry resources from the south pacific to the home islands. It is an either-or strategy, they could not do both.

[@MakeMeThinkAgain]

You could argue that it would have been easier to support a garrison in Hawaii than in the Solomons or New Guinea. What they didn't have was oil to get the necessary ships that far to the East. It would have been like Napoleon taking Moscow.

[@vipertwenty249]

It did, however, work out exactly how the Japanese feared!

[@randyjones7818]

Pearl.harb.had a lot of resources there to recover from the sinkings..the navy had a lot of sailors there and more brought over from Calif. To rebuild quickly..and supplies..to save some of the ships was remarkable.r

[@capie44]

3:45 4:14 USS Maryland (Two Barrels Two Stacks) USS NEVADA (Three barrels forward guns, Two barrel Forward Aft Guns)

[@mtaylor44]

That is the USS West Virginia, not the USS Maryland.

[@alexggg49]

It's very strange to realise that after such a devastating attack and the mass casualties that the pearl harbour attack was a failure and that later in the war these damaged ships came back and wiped the floor with the Japanese.

[@ampatriotsmith9545]

Read about the Battle of the Surigao Straits, part of the Battle of Leyte Gulf and how these refitted ships destroyed the Japanese task force there.

[@TheJer1963]

+ alexggg49 By the end of the war every Japanese ship that took part in the attack on Pearl Harbor was at the bottom of the ocean. Every one of them.

[@RW4X4X3006]

Ultimate payback by Admiral Jesse B. Oldendorf, and his old gang. "Admiral Kinkaid's order to prepare for night action came as no surprise. ...It was obvious that the objective of the Japanese Forces was the destruction of our transports and that my mission was to protect them at all costs. In order to accomplish my mission, the force under my command must be interposed to between the enemy and the transports. I realized that I must not lose sight of my mission no matter how much I might be tempted to engage in a gunnery duel with him. I selected the position of the battle line off Hingatungan Point because it gave me the maximum sea room available and restricted the enemy's movements. This position also permitted me to cover the eastern entrance to the Gulf should the Central Force under Admiral Kurita arrive ahead of the Southern Force. I selected the battle plan from the General Tactical Instructions and modified it to meet the conditions existing, i.e., lack of sea room to maneuver and possible enemy action. ...I thought that quite possibly he planned to slip some of his light forces into the Gulf by passing them to the eastward of Hibuson Island after the battle line was engaged. For that reason I stationed the preponderance of my light forces on the left flank. One duty which was never delegated to my staff was the drafting of battle plans."

[@sarjim4381]

TheJer, almost all of them. The destroyer Ushio was lucky enough to be assigned escort duty away from the most active fighting during most of the war. She was hit during an air raid on Manila on September 13, 1944. during the the Battle of the Philippines. She managed to escape to Singapore in time for repairs and was again lucky to have enough oil remaining in her tanks that the small amount she was able to get there enabled her to get back to Japan in January, 1945. She added to the antiaircraft defenses in Yokosuka since she had no fuel to sail any further, and remained there until the end of the war. She lasted as an accommodations hulk until she was broken up for scrap in 1948.

[@vipertwenty249]

Admiral Yamamoto always knew the US was a sleeping giant and advised the Japanese leadership against an attack, but was overruled. He then carried out his duty to the very best of his ability whilst in the full knowledge that this was an unwise policy. If he had been a US admiral rather than Japanese, he could quite possibly be regarded as one of the finest admirals ever. He was unfortunate to be Japanese at that particular time.

[@jeg5gom]

Superb video. True history as it unfolded "behind the scenes".

[@irgski]

I like the JP Souza music in the background!

[@michaelsnyder3871]

The battleship with the cage foremast was USS West Virginia, which took 7 Type 97 torpedoes along here port side, which you can see the replacement steel plates used to make her watertight, refloat her and send her back to Puget Sound.

[@michaelhearne1960]

In one Street scene one US Sailor is wearing a Navy Blue Rig and every other Sailor is dressed in a White Uniform or as my late Dad Royal Navy 1947-1959 used to call it a " Tropical Rig "

[@jebsails2837]

The Blue rig (aka Dress Blues) is usually worn if you're in a transfer status or official orders to change station. Those in the white "kit" were more then likely stationed at Pearl Harbor on one of the many ships or installations it being the uniform of the day.

[@KB4QAA]

MH: The sailors here are wearing "Undress Whites". No scarf was worn, no ribbons or pins. Intended for everyday wear.

[@lorrycamill941]

And Great band thanks I enjoyed the film

[@ELCADAROSA]

Hopefully, someone will one day be able to go back and identify and label the ships and locales in the video. The USS Nevada (BB-36), USS Oklahoma (BB-37), and Arizona (BB-39) are obvious, but it would be interesting to see just how different the streets, shops, etc. are when compared to 1942. Many things have changed, but a few - like the Navy dress blue uniform - have remained basically unchanged.

[@randalldunkley1042]

At 5:16 is the tug USS Hoga YT-146 which is still around. The last surviving vessel from Dec 7th,1941. Now in North Little Rock ,Arkansas.

[@johngross5339]

Great video

[@jeffjamm4427]

When they pass the California in the front, the Arizona is in the back ground. Sunk to the water line. You can see all the Black steel from the blast and the one coning towel in front of it. And the service crane in the back of it .

[@mrz80]

Arizona was painfully evident by the tripod tipped forward. When that bomb set off her forward magazines, the entire front third of the ship essentially disintegrated, and the main deck and forward turrets dropped down into the hull.

[@Fandango541]

@@mrz80 Watch the actual footage of the Arizona being hit and its subsequent explosion. It's available online. The entire forward deck was blown up and off the ship, landing in the water. It did not drop down into the hull, it was removed and tossed into the sea. Truly a horrible sight to see, especially knowing there were many men still asleep on board. Dreadful.

[@superboats2]

One Japanese Admiral knew this about the US and said this, "We have awakened a sleeping giant and filled him with a terrible resolve." Of course he knew not just HOW much of a terrible resolve that would be until we dropped two A-bombs, thus ending WW2.

[@drumking241]

1942, My father wouldnt be born for another 3 years, Excellent footage, thanks for posting!

[@insidetruestories8461]

Wonderful memories wao wao.great 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸💙

[@slimeydon]

Watching this I was thinking that during this time period the battles of the Coral Sea and Midway happened. Also I was struck by seeing servicemen walking around in civilian areas carrying helmets and gas masks, I knew this was the case but seeing color video of it brought a whole new dimension.

[@philbrown9764]

It looks really peaceful

[@gregorysinicrope1761]

to bad, Yamamoto didn't sign the surrender papers!

[@georgehays4900]

Finally >2minutes we get to see one battleship and some planes.

[@Josh-hr5mc]

Videos like this are priceless

[@Jamestfarrell]

Great footage, especially along 'Hotel Street', which is NOT what sailors called it in the 60's.

[@daqt6079]

All I can say is Wow!

[@leoshavkey16]

They were the greatest generation!!

[@meatpopsicle1567]

I had the honor of manning the rail for Arizona aboard the USS Kitty Hawk in 1984. I'll never forget that. Both ships are gone now. One is a memorial, and the other, the Kitty Hawk, has been turned into scrap metal in Brownsville, Texas.

[@douglaswaggoner7487]

Our dads and granddads! Do know the stuff you’re made of, and know that if need be you can do it too!

[@michaelgrey7854]

Such peaceful footage at the start.

[@g2macs]

When you think about it the attack on Pearl was a colossal failure. The time of the battleship had already past but putting that aside, the failure to attack the fuel depot and repair infrastructure left Pearl working as per normal within days. Focusing on the battleships and hopefully, any carriers was narrow sited at best. And I know a second wave was planned but never sent due to an over-cautious Admiral but my point is the first attack should have been enough.

[@Instigator917]

Conveniently all our carriers were "out to sea" and Battleship Row consisted of obsolete WWI vessels, FDR got his wish to come to the aid of Stalin and Admiral Kimmel took the blame.

[@game_stage]

Actually 3 waves were planned to attack Pearl but only 2 launched but I do agree they should’ve hit the fuel depots and repair infrastructure as well.

[@deanfawcett2085]

@JAG It would have been tough for Britain to survive the u-boat threat to food supplies without the US coming to their aid, that's for certain.

[@demanischaffer]

@@Instigator917 The Pacific fleet in 1941 had 3 carriers in active service Enterprise Lexington Saratoga Enterprise had just finished up a mission to ferry aircraft and was due in pearl harbor December 6th however a storm had slowed her down and she didn't arrive till after the attack USS Saratoga was in San Diego after going through a ship refit to pick up her aircraft which were training while she was out of service USS Lexington had been tasked on a mission December 5th to bring USMC aircraft to Midway Island in order to reinforce its garrison however the mission was canceled when the Pearl Harbor attack happened Right after, the carriers Enterprise and Lexington were ordered to search for the Japanese Kido Butai If those 2 carriers had found the fleet They would've been facing *six Japanese aircraft carriers* filled with experienced pilots eager to add another glorious victory Another thing to note, if FDR wanted war, why risk Enterprise and Lexington? If Enterprise and Lexington were sunk or damaged, that would've left Saratoga which was in San Diego the only carrier in the Pacific, which would mean it would be 6 Japanese Carriers to 1 American carrier The other American carriers were in the Atlantic and would have to transfer USS Yorktown USS Ranger (Ranger was too slow and too small to conduct flight operations with the other carriers) USS Wasp USS Hornet So instead of having 6 carriers vs 6 carriers on paper, it would've been 4 vs 6, with 2 of the U.S. most capable carriers gone Especially since Wasp, Hornet, and Ranger were all worse carrier then the Yorktown, Enterprise, Lexington, and Saratoga

[@topgeardel]

Watched this video again. Sure would have been nice to have a few captions of what was being shown..besides the Nevada.

[@daystatesniper01]

Many thanks for the replies guys .

[@markviereck4547]

My father was stationed at Pearl Harbor at this time. Stayed there for three years. He was in the army .. he also went to some of the other islands in the South Pacific..joined the day after the bombing.

[@tylerfoss3346]

Mark Viereck, my father (USN) arrived at Pearl on orders for duty on the California the day before the attack. He was ashore on Sunday morning when the bombs started falling. My father-in-law was there, too on 12-7-41 serving in the USA at Scofield Barracks.

[@michaelrains2268]

Hawaiian Islands in the 1940s & 1950s a true tropical paradise, saddens me this is no longer the case 70 years hence.

[@davidbudka1298]

Looks like considerable footage of the West Virginia being brought into one of the dry docks. The main mast was already cut down. Maryland was inboard of Oklahoma and was spared torpedo hits.

[@donaldparlettjr3295]

Holy smokes I will bet that this is the only footage of a B-18 Bolo bomber in existence complete with the prewar markings. In May 1942 they deleted the red circle and got rid of the red and white bars on the tails. Both the Army and the Navy did that.

[@Sombody123]

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[@donaldparlettjr3295]

Alex Collins probably 1940

[@andrewachterhof3198]

Don’t forget the early B-17

[@wewuzvikangz4829]

Such a shame, the red dot on a white star looked so cool

[@donl5941]

LOL. Alex. Russky troll...

[@timothysmith8300]

Personally I would have kept all the battleships as memorials to those who served and died on them instead of scrapping or nuking them

[@topgeardel]

Totally agree. I especially think of the Nevada, West Virginia. No sense of posterity. So many different weapons of war produced...so very few existing today.

[@philharris2978]

topgeardel I agree. Not only that but what gets me is how the Enterprise was treated. She was the only carrier that survived the entire war from start to finish and earned 20 battle stars. Scrapped in 1959. Very sad.

[@ULTRA_2112]

@@philharris2978: USS Saratoga (CV-3) survived the entire war also in the pacific and USS Ranger (CV-4) in the atlantic.

[@michaelashcraft8569]

As you know, our govt. has no sentimentality!!