CASTLE NEWSREEL BOMBING OF PEARL HARBOR DECEMBER 7, 1941 & BURNING OF LINER SS NORMANDIE XD38724

Want to support this channel and help us preserve old films? Visit Visit our website Distributed by Eugene Castle’s Castle Film company, makers of sound and silent newsreels, cartoons and other novelty movies, this short film focuses on the aftermath of the 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and the 1942 burning of the liner SS Normandie. The film begins with official U.S. Navy footage of destroyed ships, aircraft and facilities at Pearl Harbor. For reasons of national security, the film’s narration and footage are fairly vague when it comes to specific damage. The narrator expresses outrage at the Japanese attack and vows that the Japanese will also “remember Pearl Harbor“ once they are defeated. At 2:50 the capsized ships USS Utah and USS Oklahoma are shown. At 3:38, famous footage of the burning USS Arizona is shown immediately after the ship was hit. At 4:16, an Arizona whaleboat is seen off the side of the sunken vessel. At 6:13, a U.S. cruis