Tokyo, showing the clothing of the past and the present.
It talks about how the Japanese culture is a mixture of the “very ancient and the brand new.”
Then it talks about Japanese aggression.
It talks about the Japanese invasions of Manchuria and China. It also refers to the saying “bringing the eight corners of the world under one roof” and talks about bushido.
Those basically running the country are concerned about Japan's supply of oil and how they can ensure that.
The militarists “hatch a plan” to eliminate the American Pacific Fleet, which is the only obstacle to Japan's taking over areas that do have oil.
Plans are made to attack Pearl Harbor.
Practicing the attack in late October.
Early November, more progress on the planned attack.
The video talks about the progress of the fleet towards Hawaii.
The pilots receive their instructions.
Admiral Nagumo, who commands the task force.
The attack is launched.
It then talks about what was going on in Washington, D.C. at the time.
Then the attack itself is covered. About half of the scenes are actually special effects from movies and, if I remember correctly, some of the scenes are actually from a captured Japanese movie about the attack.
