The Star Spangled Banner played at Pearl Harbor December 7, 1941

This is the Hollywood re-creation of a scene that happened at Pearl Harbor.
Ship musicians of the USS Nevada were playing the “Star Spangled Banner” as Sunday, Dec. 7, 1941, dawned and enemy planes filled the sky. The band completed the National Anthem even as machine gun fire rained down on the deck of the battleship.
Even under fire the musicians completed honoring the flag.
From Day of Infamy by Walter Lord:
"On the Nevada at the northern end of battleship row, Leader Oden McMillian waited with his band to play morning colors at 8 o'clock. His 23 men had been in position since 7:55, when the blue prep signal went up. As they moved into formation, some of the musicians noticed planes diving at the other end of Ford Island. McMillan saw a lot of dirt and sand go up, but thought it was another drill. Now it was 7:58 - two minutes to go - and planes started coming in low from Southeast Loch. Heavy, muffled explosions began building down the line… Enough to worry anyone. And then it was 8 o'clock.
The band crashed into the "Star-Spangled Banner." A Japanese plane skimmed across the harbor... dropped a torpedo at the Arizona… and peeled off right over the Nevada's fantail. The rear gunner sprayed the men standing at attention, but he must have been a poor shot. He missed the entire band and Marine guard, lined up in two neat rows. He did succeed in shredding of the flag, which was just being raised.
The years of training had taken over - it never occurred to him that once he had begun playing the national anthem, he could possibly stop. Another strafer flashed by. By this time McMillan unconsciously paused as the deck splintered around him, but he quickly picked up the beat again. The entire band stopped and started again with him, as though they had rehearsed it for weeks, not a man broke formation until the final note died. Then everyone ran wildly for cover."
The Marine Bugler was likely representing Field Music Roy Rieck, who was the Duty Music of the Guard. Aboard the Arizona, the Duty Music was Don Edgar Hamel. After sounding Colors he was last seen heading forward to his battle station. The Marines has an Anti-Aircraft Gun. His colleague, Field Music Corporal Jack Bertrand Sniff was last seen in Marine berthing.
Neither body was recovered.-(bugle info courtesy of Dave Boult)

[@princessmarlena1359]

Mad respect for them finishing up the US National Anthem before mobilizing.

[@karstenshields1694]

Under US military code you have to finish it no matter the circumstance

[@greenbrickbox3392]

​@@karstenshields1694 I mean military regulation is also that you have to keep saluting until the last note but during an attack people will obviously take up fighting positions instead of just standing there saluting

[@DisposableD]

@@greenbrickbox3392 The navy says that you should not salute during simulated or actual battle conditions

[@vangroover1903]

It's hard for peole from civilised countries to imagine that level of spastic level fanaticism. What a bunch of maroons!!!!!!!!

[@peterversionone]

The conductor was waving so fast that you knew he knew they had a job to do

[@vahe2391]

When the American sailors saw planes above the water while playing the Star-Spangled Banner aboard the USS Nevada, they thought that those planes were US warplanes performing drills, but as the planes kept coming straight towards Pearl Harbor, the sailors grew more nervous. Only when one of the sailors saw the rising sun emblem on the undersides of the wings did the sailors release that the planes were Japanese, and that the Japanese were beginning to attack the US fleet at Pearl Harbor.

[@positionalprelude2579]

Then Japan lost Hiroshima and Nagasaki from atomic bombs

[@aeoe665]

@@positionalprelude2579 Then japan became Cursed after that

[@robertsandberg2246]

This is my favorite rendition of the Star Spangled Banner.

[@BarberJ95]

Imo the star spangled banner only works when it’s done instrumentally, most folks can’t sing it right (me included, hard to hit the notes lol)!or they make it into a pop song which ruins it. But I love my anthem, it just works well and fits.

[@robertsandberg2246]

@@BarberJ95 Well said.

[@jtgd]

I too like the sudden speed and explosions at the end of the song

[@darthaegismissle7388]

@@jtgd haha yeah, but in all honesty the temp they played before getting attacked is actually faster then what most people play it at or at least whats available on KZbin. So he i still right and it is very nice. I wish more people played this tempo more.

[@jtgd]

@@darthaegismissle7388I agree. It’s good at a faster speed

[@stuartrockett2524]

An otherwise excellent moment obscured and ruined by pop-up ad

[@emmafrost7151]

I hate those.

[@oscaralo9818]

This scene from the movie "Tora, Tora,Tora is so Authentic! Great Direction

[@HooDatDonDar]

My man sped up the pace when he saw the attack was happening. He finished, but wanted to get it done quick. Remember seeing this in a theater; the military audience laughed. They appreciated the conflict of interests.

[@sloppyolivermon9]

Bro really dived into the water with the flag

[@General_MacArthur]

Not let the national flag get burned by enemy hands

[@danielcostello4041]

I am retired Navy and I would have too.

[@Exodon2020]

Legend has it that during the Battle of Falkland, some guy salvaged the flag of the German Cruiser SMS Leipzig when the ship capsized, then climbed the hull and waved it frantically while the ship went down beneath him with all hands lost.

[@rick7424]

Duh. Was he supposed to fold it neatly before doing so? There was likely no concious effort in him not dropping it but instead still holding it.

[@veteran20002001]

Save Old Glory!

[@daniko4447]

I can't imagine myself in those sailor's shoes hearing that terrifying sound as the planes kept flying by at the end of the video

[@TyTytheCat2004]

I wonder if it confused the Japanese any when they just kept playing.

[@emmafrost7151]

I hope to one day visit the memorial at Pearl Harbor, pay my respects in person.

[@thenewdebatebrothers8827]

Now I heard some rumor from a war vet that while the Japanese were attacking, the band played on, refusing to stop until the end. Then after finishing the Star Spangled Banner, they rushed to battle stations.

[@delta5-126]

Forgive for saying this but they were toeing the fine line between bravery and stupidity.

[@fz7091]

​@@delta5-126 You won't understand patriotism unless your country was occupied

[@delta5-126]

@@fz7091 And I would prefer not to find out first hand.

[@jamesschad5066]

It was code back then.

[@DPBGMODELRAILROAD]

In a book that I purchased in 1973 while visiting the Arizona Memorial, the band director stated that he was taught that when you start playing the Star Spangled Banner you don’t stop. He also said that was quickest tempo he had ever played the National Anthem at !

[@frenchstudentA]

The band doesn't always play The Star Spangled Banner during a battle, but when they do: they goddamn well play it to the end.

[@YukariAkiyama]

THE MOVIE IS CALLED TORA TORA TORA

[@AlanToon-fy4hg]

Knowing from experience, that was the shortest Navy ceremony on record! On a very somber note, the entire band of the USS Arizona was wiped out at their battle stations which were in the area of the ship's forward magazines.

[@XXXXXX-ld7rs]

Take Cover you brave Guys!!!!

[@jtgd]

1:15 “oh shi this is an attack”

[@mitcha1065]

guy almost trips! lol

[@Fibonaccisghost]

To quote Shane Gillis, “This’ll get you hard for America.”

[@PostalWorker14]

Wonder how the built the battleship for movie looks real

[@juanmanuelparadacontreras9565]

Una de las escenas memorables de este icónico filme de culto del género bélico. Simplemente inolvidable la tragicomedia ahí representada.

[@brunozeigerts6379]

Tora Tora Tora... best Pearl Harbor movie. Footage from this movie was used in the Mini-series Pearl, often with the same scenes repeated. Also in Midway.(the Charlton Heston version)

[@billsanders5067]

One blaring mistake I noticed. The film shows a Japanese plane strafing a submarine. One of the reasons that the attack on 7 Dec. 1941, was the fact that did not attack the sub pens, the dry docks/repair facilities and the fuel storage tanks.

[@maon-giku9422]

Wow! The movie my dad took me to watch 54 years ago, Tyra Tyra Tyra!

[@tomguyone]

"Tora, Tora, Tora"

[@Bk6346]

Shock and awe

[@brandenburg2388]

That was the fastest tempo anthem being played...

[@veteran20002001]

When you see the tracers red glare and bombs bursting in air......

[@haziquesalleh1275]

From which film this? I really want to watch.... greeting from Malaysia my brother!

[@seansky2721]

Tora Tora Tora. You must be very young.

[@princessmarlena1359]

@@seansky2721 that was a very good movie

[@BarberJ95]

It’s pretty darn good and interesting, Americans directed the American parts and Japanese folks directed the Japanese scenes which makes a compelling juxtaposition. If you don’t mind it being a 1970s film, plus side is there’s a lot of practical effects which hold up.

[@robertsandberg2246]

@@BarberJ95 one of the best films ever made in my opinion.

[@dundonrl]

@Princess Marlena Is a very good movie!

[@Marcfj]

There was no excuse for getting caught like this with our pants down. A radar operator stationed at Opana Point on the island of Oahu detected incoming aircraft formations heading toward the island. Also, In the early hours of December 7, 1941, a Japanese midget submarine was detected and sunk near the entrance to Pearl Harbor as it was trying to sneak in. That alone should have been warning enough that there were hostile forces in the area.

[@bursegsardaukar]

Well, the radar operator did report about it but was told "Don't worry about it".

[@josephstevens9888]

The radar operator was told it was a flight of B-17's coming in from California.

[@Marcfj]

@@bursegsardaukar - The people he reported to should have been worried about it, so there is no excuse for the military getting caught with its pants down.

[@Marcfj]

@@josephstevens9888 - I'm not blaming the radar operator, he did his job. I'm blaming the people he reported to. After all, the B-17s were coming from the east, not from the north as were the Japanese.

[@hrunchtayt1587]

"Confirmation, Kaminsky. I want confirmation."

[@veteran20002001]

More realistic than the 2001 version

[@oakroyal]

I didn’t notice till now, that the bell ringer almost fell at 0:09 .

[@user-ik2go8mg2z]

Remember Pearl harbor!

[@73Zouave]

This is not USS Nevada, but USS Arizona/Pennsylvannia (tripple turret on 3-position (X-position in Royal Navy). .

[@shanonfortunoGaming]

faster version

[@Ben_not_10]

Weren’t the band of the Arizona also competing in a competition for best band among the other ships? I read somewhere they were in the finals with the last round of the competition to be had just a few days December 7th.

[@user-lh1hd8ss9i]

You are correct! There was a Battle of The Bands competition(competition between the bands of the battleships) on Sat night, Dec 6th. The Arizona's band won second place and so was allowed to sleep in on Sunday when they normally would have to awaken at six or seven a m. They all died and most of them were in the age range of 17-20. May they rest in peace knowing that their fellow Americans remember their sacrifice and the crimes committed by the Japanese Government, most of the perpetrators of which(including Emperor Hirohito) were allowed to go free with the connivence of our government!

[@jamiethomson537]

This is from Tora Tora Tora a 1960s war film.

[@rick7424]

*1970

[@carloscisneros9081]

Get rid of the commercial. Start a few seconds earlier and let the scene play out un interrupted to its proper end without projections of “look at this or that”.

[@jackthepirate9233]

At dawn we slept .

[@FreedomFighter2024_]

Name of movie please?

[@taiyoarata6763]

Tora! Tora! Tora ! 1970 movie.

[@tomhenry897]

Like the submarine

[@paulmoran217]

Pearl Harbour....the biggest mistake Japan made in WW2; it signified the beginning of the end for Japan's Expansionist Strategy.

[@user-ke6sm3et3n]

お馴染みの兵士達が 零戦のマシンガン攻撃で 海に落下🎵

[@crutcherlhd3036]

合衆国国歌演奏が８時だよ全員集合のエンディングの相当時間押されたときみたいだな。 何が何でも爆弾が落ちる前に演奏を終わらせなきゃと必死になってる。

[@mgn5678]

IDK about the Navy, but in the Army, officers are never "Officer of the Day" (O.D.) bc they are officers every day.

[@konstantinosnikolakakis8125]

It’s “Officer of the Deck” he’s the senior officer on watch for that shift. Other countries call it the officer of the watch. When at sea usually a lieutenant does it, but in port I think an ensign or lieutenant junior grade does it, on cruisers, battleships, carriers, and other large vessels.

[@Paul-lm5gv]

This is from a movie!

[@tomhenry897]

Like the 2 guys on the sub

[@SantaFe19484]

Did it really happen this way?

[@rick7424]

History buffs did a video on it. The movie is very accurate, though not entirely.

[@PAHADIBOY_69]

Tenno heika banzai

[@FunEntertainment2001]

Damn Militarists..For the Emperor, down with the Traitors of Minister Tojo.

[@ridwanhusain3445]

Tora tora

[@user-hr1ln5py2q]

😂😂😂🎉

[@crusader8626]

Typical officer not knowing it was enemy plane

[@actualpatriot2977]

Typical Civilian not knowing UCMJ and Military Codes.

[@crusader8626]

@@actualpatriot2977 That's no military code I've ever had to use. Working as scaleyback you woulda thought I'd heard of it. And since I'm not an yank pog I wouldn't know about your rubbish

[@malusclarion3527]

These planes were hard to differentiate between American planes. It was so hard the US military released a film for the US Signal Corps to help signalmen and regular sea/infantry men differentiate the American and Japanese planes. m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/rImmqKqBdpynaLs

[@kingmuddy5898]

Tbf they weren't at war yet so there was no reason or way he should have known

[@Commander_Koyke]

This is real life. There are no fancy user names above the enemy or ally.

[@soyuz6327]

😂😂😂😂😅😅😅😅😅

[@user-sg2cg6hx6s]

日本が勝つの気持ちがいなー😄

[@BananaPhoPhilly]

What makes you say that? xD

[@workerkim173]

총원, 전투배치!

[@tedbaxter5234]

Click Bait, you should be ashamed, but I’m sure you are not.

[@kiwicory100]

films Tora Tora Tora and uploads lame

[@nekonohige2]

They should also blame their President, who knew Japanese attack.

[@jtgd]

There’s nothing indicating Roosevelt knew there was an attack coming that day. Not even the sailors knew That’s how surprise attacks happen

[@nekonohige2]

@@jtgd Roosevelt himself was recorded to have said that the imminent issue was how to maneavour Japan to shoot the first strike to the US in Npvember 1941. And the Japanese spy in Hawai, freaquently reported about the US navy ships in the Pearl Harvour, which was already monitored by the US inteligence. And it is almost true that there was a US spy in the Japanese navy since the plan of Pearl Harvour attack was already known to the US one year ago. All these facts increases the probability that Roosevelt knew the Pearl Harvour attack.

[@rick7424]

​@@nekonohige2that is blatantly false. They expected a potential attack on the Phillipines, not Hawaii.

[@nekonohige2]

@@jtgd Roosevelt was saying in late November 1941 at the war cabinet meeting to the effect that ""how to maneuver Japan to shoot the first bullets to the |US is the issue we face" . IN January 1941, almost one year before the Pearl Harbor, attack, the Ambassador in Tokyo sent a secret telegram to Hull, Secretary of the State that japan is now making military plan to attack Hawaii. Japanese military attaché in the Japanese Council in Honolulu frequently reported the states of the stationed war ships which had been monitored by the US side. The US already decoded many of the Japanese secret codes. All these facts indicate that Roosevel was not expecting but he was considering that Hawaii may be one if the attacking points by Japan.

[@user-lh1hd8ss9i]

@@rick7424Your statement is not true! In War Plan Orange 1931, they expected an attack on the Phillipines but later this was revised to include a possible attack on Pearl Harbor(ref: General William Mitchell's report 1922 and Colonel George Patton's report 1937). In the book The Yamato Dynasty(1988) it was finally revealed that Emperor Hirohito's younger brother and his wife(Imperial Japanese Navy Captain Prince Tokomatsu and Princess Tokomatsu) had warned the US government of all aspects of Japan's war plans including her attack across the Pacific beginning with an attack on Pearl Harbor. This warning was passed from Princess Tokomatsu to her dear friend Alice Perry Grew and her husband US Ambassador to Japan Joseph Grew eleven months before the attack. Grew personally carried the information to Washington DC on his person and told President Roosevelt. The Tokomatsus then told the Grews that the attack force had sailed and was enroute to Hawaii two weeks before the attack, even including the code phrase "Climb Mount Niitaka Twelve O Eight(Attack as planned on December 8th)" which would be issued to the attack force and all invasion forces as a sign that peace negotiations had failed and the attack should commence. A "Winds Execute" massage(East Wind, Rain) was also issued via the Japanese Diplomatic Code in order to notify all Japanese diplomatic embassies and consulates(such as the one in Honolulu, Hawaii) that there would be war(wind, rain) with the country to the East namely the United States. The Japanese never suspected the Tokomatsus because Prince and Princess Tokomatsu were close friends of the Grews(Princess Tokomatsu was a friend of Alice Perry Grew since they were children) and as such visits were frequent. They were also members of the Imperial family and so they were not watched by Japanese Military Intelligence(Kempeitai). Lastly, the US Government protected them by keeping their assistance to us secret until long after their deaths. Our obtaining information from breaking the Japanese codes only confirmed what we already knew. The Commanders in the Philippines(Lieutenant General MacArthur and Rear Admiral Hart) were warned of an impending attack scheduled for 7-8 Dec(6-7 Dec Hawaii time) on Dec 4th by British Admiral Sir Thomas Phillips by direction of President Roosevelt but such a warning was never given to the commanders at Pearl Harbor by direction of President Roosevelt! Admiral Phillips died when the Japanese sunk the HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse off of Malaysia. Despite advanced warning, MacArthur was completely unprepared for the Japanese attack of Dec 8th and he purposely didn't bomb the Japanese Naval Land Airbases on Formosa(now Taiwan) and Indochina(now Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam) as ordered to do so the moment that war commenced on Dec 8th(orders given on Dec 4th). An embarassed President Roosevelt covered MacArthur's insubordination and failure by awarding MacArthur the Congressional Medal of Honor for his "Heroic Defense of Bataan and Corrigidor." This is the truth of the matter!

[@pedropinos8030]

Long Live for USA