Pearl Harbor PartS 1-3 DVD SET 2004 Pearl Harbor I-III. rész / Historical WWII documentary about the attack on Pearl Harbor / Clash of Empires, The Japanese air attack, The Aftermath

UPC 5999543814128 / SCP412

UPC 5999543814029

MADE IN HUNGARY

REGION 2 PAL DVD 

Audio: English 2.0, Hungarian 2.0

Subtitle: Hungarian

Total Runtime: 162 minutes

English Summary:

On the morning of December 7, 1941, a surprise attack by Japanese naval aviation against the American held island of Oahu and Pearl Harbor thrust the United States into World War II. The story told here details one of the most momentous events in American history and a crucial turning point in the 20th century. Most importantly, it is a story of the people who were there, told through eyewitness accounts of American and Japanese veterans, some of whose stories have never been told. This is a story of perseverance and heroism in the face of overwhelming odds. This is the story of Pearl Harbor. December 7th, produced on behalf of the U.S. government and directed by acclaimed cinematographer Gregg Toland, is a dramatization of the events that precipitated the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Framed as a debate between Walter Huston's Uncle Sam and Harry Davenport's Mr. C (that's "C" for "Conscience") the film attempts to determine who was to blame. Though December 7th is more balanced than most propaganda films of the time, even suggesting that the United States should have been better prepared, it is still an indictment of Japanese-Hawaiians and the alleged role they may have played.

Hungarian Summary:

1941 DECEMBER 7-ÉN, vasárnap, az amerikai Csendes-óceáni Flotta békésen horgonyzott hawaii támaszpontján, Pearl Harbor kikötőjében. Senki sem sejtette, hogy arra a napra virradtak, amely, a becstelenség napja"-ként fog bevonulni az tata él történelembe. Reggel 7:50-kor 214 japán repülőgép jelent meg Hawaii fölött, és perceken belűl hat hadihajóra és két könnyű cirkálóra megsemmisítő csapást mértek, de több kisebb hajót is találat ért. Egy órával később a japán repülőgépek második hulláma is támadásba lendült. Ezúttal az amerikai légvédelem már valamivel jobban felkészült volt, de még így is megsérült egy újabb hadihajó és
három romboló.

The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise, preemptive military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service upon the United States (a neutral country at the time) against the naval base at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii, just before 08:00, on Sunday morning, December 7, 1941. The attack led to the United States' formal entry into World War II the next day. The Japanese military leadership referred to the attack as the Hawaii Operation and Operation AI, and as Operation Z during its planning.

Japan intended the attack as a preventive action to keep the United States Pacific Fleet from interfering with its planned military actions in Southeast Asia against overseas territories of the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and the United States. Over the course of seven hours there were coordinated Japanese attacks on the U.S.-held Philippines, Guam and Wake Island and on the British Empire in Malaya, Singapore, and Hong Kong.

Japan announced a declaration of war on the United States later that day (December 8 in Tokyo), but the declaration was not delivered until the following day. The following day, December 8, Congress declared war on Japan. On December 11, Germany and Italy each declared war on the U.S., which responded with a declaration of war against Germany and Italy.