Pearl Harbor Remembered
Pearl Harbor Remembered
On the 25th anniversary of the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, a nation remembers this "day of infamy". Scenes from the December 7, 1941 attack show the destruction that twenty four hundred dead and eighteen ships damaged or sunk. Honor guard walks up the steps to the USS Arizona Memorial. One sailor carrying the American flag breaks formation to approach the flag pole. Intercut USS Arizona bombed and burning. Black smoke and fire engulf the tower of the ship. A bombed out military building. A partially sunk battleship sticks out of the water. CU the top tower of a battleship blackened and twisted metal from the intense fire and heat. Panning shot of charred metal remains of the battleship. A few surviving sailors stand on the top part of the tower just below the cannons. The battleship s bottom hull and propeller sticks out of the water. CU melted and twisted steel of the upper tower of the ship. Cannon partially emerges from the water from atop the deck of the battleship. CU Sailor plays the trumpet at the Memorial site as two others hoist the flag. He is playing taps. CU Plaque "TO THE MEMORY OF THE GALLANT MEN HERE. ENTOMED AND THEIR SHIPMATES WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN ACTION ON DECEMBER 7, 1941 ON THE USS ARIZONA." Panning shot of rust covered remains sticking out from the water. The American flag flying high as we get an aerial shot of the USS Arizona Memorial.