https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/d7404720-0741-4316-b992-6ef4a54defe2 Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCddem5RlB3bQe99wyY49g0g/join Help us preserve, scan and post more rare and endangered films! Join us on Patreon. Visit https://www.patreon.com/PeriscopeFilm Visit our website www.PeriscopeFilm.com “The Pacific Boils Over" is an episode of 'Victory at Sea'. This documentary series aired on NBC from 1952 to 1953. The series was later released as a feature film in 1954. It featured warfare from WW2 as well as industry's role in war. This episode takes a look at Pearl Harbor; the events which lead to the heavily planned attack as well as the restoration project following the attack. The film opens with the series logo (:14). It is a production of NBC in cooperation with the US Navy (:21). Henry Salmon produced the film (:29). The music score was created by Richard Rogers (:35). Aerial shots of Pearl Harbor appear prior to the start of the war (1:17). The Aloha tower stands on Ala Moana Blvd (1:23). The SS Lurline swims in (1:26). This cruiser liner was specifically crafted for travels to Hawaii and Australia. Hawaiian lays are set around the necks of tourists (1:39). Hula girls swing grass skirts (1:46). Tokyo city (2:23) in 1941 appears. City buses and cyclists run through busy streets (2:31). Women in traditional attire slip past modern western style dresses pedestrians (2:36). Scenes of contrasting Japanese culture of old and new follow (2:44). The Japanese army marches (3:00). Japanese forces invade Manchuria (3:34) in 1931. Forces appear in Nanchang (3:45). Japanese flags are waved over a portion of the Great Wall (3:50). Members of the Japanese high command (3:59) meet to plot war. Hideki Tojo (4:10) steps from his car. Naval guns rotate (4:29) for Pearl Harbor. The Hawaiian Islands are pictured on a Japanese map (5:00). Targets are highlighted (5:06). Ford Island was the main target (5:30). Prime Japanese pilots are selected (5:49). The air crews take to the sky for dress rehearsal attacks in October of 1941 (6:14). Admiral Yamamoto (6:49) assesses the fleet in November. The fleet moves for a secret rendezvous near the Korea islands on November 16 (7:12). The task force travelled off the normal shipping lanes (7:32). Heavy sea waves crash aboard the ship slowing progress (7:39). Eight destroyers (8:06) three cruisers, three submarines and new carriers took part in the action. Fighter air craft await combat (8:23). Shinto shrines were set up throughout the vessels (8:31). Pilots receive final intelligence information on Pearl Harbor (8:49). Admiral Nagumo (9:02) delivers the code to attack from headquarters. The Nakajima B5N (10:15) runs for the end of the carrier. The Naval District Washington Headquarters appears (11:22). The Japanese code was cracked in the naval communications room (11:28). Secretary of state; Cordell Hull (11:55) was on standby for a conference with the Japanese ambassador. Japanese war planes continue for Hawaii (12:10).  A barren Fort Street appears in Honolulu (12:29). The coast of Oahu is serene (12:39). The early morning hours are captured on the island (12:50). Pilots move slowly through Hickam airfield (13:01). An army radar station operator sights incoming planes (13:23). The places were written off as friendly (13:37). Scenes follow from December 7th (13:45) as sailors and enlisted men scatter (14:26). Bombs fall (14:30). Explosions pop over Pearl Harbor (14:37). Planes burning on the ground (14:48). The Japanese air fleet swings in low over Hickam (15:32). US Navy men fire back (18:07). Japanese bombs spill down (18:09). Naval guns blast away (19:02). A sentry gun hits an enemy plane (19:18). Another Japanese plane goes down by the coast line (19:39). The Japanese fleet peels away (20:40) smoke and rubble in their wake (20:45). Battle ships such as Oklahoma, Arizona and Nevada lay wasted in the water (20:56). The camera moves over the scene as firefighters work to put out the flames (21:12). Planes sit ruined in hangars (21:27). A Japanese pilot floats face down (21:56). A submarine lay dead on the shore (22:00). Wounded are removed (22:15) as the dead are accounted for (22:26). Tokyo government officials report news of the attack (22:52). Propaganda reports stream out (23:04). Tojo appears (23:30). Imperial flags wave (23:37). Lanterns burn in celebration (24:00). A salvage job is enacted over the debris of Pearl Harbor (24:27). Crosses mark the graves of unidentified bodies (25:35). The revived USS California (25:58) sails again.  This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. 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