THE PACIFIC BOILS OVER

Year Published: 1952

Creator: NBC

Description:

“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.

Complete Record: “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.

Transcription

[Music] foreign [Music] [Applause] foreign [Music] to Americans an enchanting island territory 2000 miles from the mainland the Japanese Pearl Harbor an enemy Bastion for two years Europe has been at War but in Honolulu people talk of pineapples sugarcane money and tools the year is 1941. there is still time for one more Aloha still time to enjoy tropical skies and sweet music flowered lays and the hula [Music] all right [Music] on another Pacific island beyond the International Date Line events which will change the course of history are maturing with Reckless rapidity Tokyo the brain of the Japanese empire looks brisk efficient modern as is proper for the capital of the most thoroughly industrialized nation in the east simultaneously two opposed levels of culture exist side by side Oriental and Occidental social economic and religious ideas from an isolated past survive with superimposed industrial methods and Western ways the face of Japan is battling a strange mixture of the very ancient with the brand new [Music] but one face is familiar the world has learned to recognize aggression Japan is marching techniques she has learned so well from the West the harnessed into ideas cultivated in the east [Music] Japan's Divine mission to bring the eight corners of the World Under One Roof the sacred code of the warrior the glory of Converse [Music] first Japan conquered Manchuria later she struck China incident after incident Victory after Victory forging her new Empire the greater East Asia co-prosperity sphere the world is beginning to catch the armorless sound of a strange New World bonsai foreign [Music] words the Japanese High command Ponders a dilemma to realize the dreams of Conquest the war machine must have the oil of Southeast Asia Japan has none with the European powers locked in a war of survival America's Pacific Fleet is the major obstacle to Japanese domination of Asia and the Pacific the ruling militarists had a faithful plan to eliminate the obstacle sink the United States Navy guns are cited on Pearl Harbor the key to America's defense in the Pacific the headquarters of the United States Pacific Fleet Japan knows the attack she is planning Means War but if she sinks the principal striking force of the United States Navy the prize is worth the risk such old designs demand hard study and exact intelligence Hawaiian Islands are scrutinized especially Oahu with its principal targets Honolulu Pearl Harbor the major airfields installations of every kind voice Naval bases warehouses dry docks every military factor of importance is pinpointed for the coming attack [Music] at the heart of the assault will Center on Ford island in the middle of Pearl Harbor around which the American Fleet is Mooring intelligence reports main enemy Force here destroy us here cruises converted Target ship Utah seaplane tender there is little the Japanese do not know in advance the Navy's finest Pilots are picked to deliver the assault which will be carried out entirely by carrier-based aircraft technically and emotionally their indoctrination is as perfect as human Ingenuity can make it [Music] by late October 1941 dress rehearsals for the attack are secretly staged over terrain chosen for its resemblance to Pearl Harbor air Crews hold repeated highly realistic Maneuvers perfecting their teamwork practicing approaches sharpening their Marksmanship plans and decisions become orders and action [Music] events move with Relentless Precision toward their climax in early November Admiral Yamamoto designer of the Pearl Harbor attack what is his striking Force to advance into Hawaiian Waters and upon the very opening of hostilities attacked the main force of the United States Fleet [Music] on November 16th the ships single and in small groups slip out to sea to Rendezvous in a hidden Harbor in the remote Korea Islands far north of Tokyo a week later the Pearl Harbor striking force is assembled in ways anchor for Hawaii four thousand miles and 12 days away the task force maintains radio silence and travels around about course off normal shipping lanes dirty weather and Heavy Seas helped bail its progress [Music] foreign [Music] there has never before been so powerful a striking force in the Pacific two fast battleships six of Japan's newest and finest carriers screen of eight destroyers three cruises and three submarines aboard the carriers of 40 torpedo bombers 135 dive bars 104 horizontal bombers and 81 stating planes a total of 360 aircraft preparing themselves for the attack Pilots pause at Shinto shrines to renew their dedication to the spirits of their ancestors [Music] on every Flight Deck Pilots receive last-minute Intelligence on Pearl Harbor they prepare to strike for the glory of Japan foreign [Music] agumo commander of the task force delivers a final message from Imperial headquarters in Tokyo niitake climb Mount near Tucker the code to attack [Music] foreign trade is blowing and the helmsmen swing their carriers into the wind for launching the planes [Music] latitude 26 degrees North longitude 158 degrees west the launching Point Pearl Harbor lies 275 miles to the South it is oh 600. next stay [Music] thank you [Music] five thousand miles away in Washington it is almost noon at the Navy Department intelligence experts have had a puzzling Sunday morning some time ago they broke Japan's most carefully guarded code they've decided A dispatch from Tokyo to the Japanese Embassy secret instructions reject America's request for mediation in the Far Eastern crisis order negotiations broken off exactly what this means no one knows the state department is uneasy secretary Cordell Hull awaits another crucial conference with the Japanese Ambassador and a special Envoy from Tokyo scheduled for one o'clock the Japanese asked for a 45-minute Post phone no delay in the plight of their warplanes toward Hawaii [Music] [Music] thank you Oahu Sunny relaxed peaceful flying weather good visibility clear slowly life begins to stir on the island [Music] thank you at an army radar station of private practices as he waits for the breakfast truck he picks up planes approaching from the north and tracks them for a few minutes before reporting to Air Force Headquarters hickenfield planes are thought to be American ten minutes to eight December 7 1941. laughs [Music] thank you [Music] thank you [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] thank you [Music] foreign [Music] foreign [Applause] [Music] foreign [Music] [Applause] foreign [Music] thank you [Music] [Applause] [Music] foreign [Music] and planes depart never in modern history has a war begun with so smashing of victory in one hour and 50 minutes the Japanese have sunk a shattered eight battleships Oklahoma West Virginia Arizona Nevada California Tennessee Maryland Pennsylvania three Cruisers and three destroyers and four smaller ships are sunk or battered [Music] 188 planes in most of their hangars demolished [Music] foreign [Music] the Japanese have lost 29 planes 68 of their pilots and sailors are dead and five [ __ ] submarines which tried to penetrate Pearl Harbor are beached or sunk one of the cheapest military triumphs on record [Music] suffering agony death [Music] 1178 men wounded 68 civilians dead 109 Marines dead 218 soldiers dead 2008 sailors dead [Music] in Tokyo the government loses no time in exploiting the news of Pearl Harbor Japan's greatest Victory with pride on autocratic regime informs an amazed population of its newly won prize propaganda carries on with the bombers left off Japan's mission is being fulfilled the eight corners of the world will be on the One Roof the militarists have kept their promise they have demonstrated the power of the Japanese empire they have done the impossible sunk the United States Navy the head of their government war minister and dictator Tojo accepts a conqueror's laws and rejoices with his subjects [Music] foreign so it seems in the aftermath but while the hulks are still hot from the attack experts and technicians are being flown in from the mainland the most extraordinary Salvage job in history begins hidden in the Havoc wrought by the new enemy are the seeds of a miracle in the ruins there is life [Music] thank you [Music] thank you [Music] with the Dead lies the vision of a shattered Fleet hidden in a Paul of fire and smoke and the vengeance of the United States [Music] dead ships sail again the fleet has arisen from Pearl Harbor [Music]

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