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1941 USA / DEFENCE: The Fortress of Hawaii - Report by Arthur Menken on America's Mighty outer
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1:46Now PlayingDate: 1st January 1941
Location: DIAMOND BEACH WAIKIKI, PEARL HARBOUR, HAWAII PEARL
HARBOR, WAIKIKI, HAWAII
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: BRITISH PARAMOUNT NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
The Fortress of Hawaii - Report by Arthur Menken on America's Mighty outer Pacific Defences.
HAWAII: Waikiki:
AIR VIEW (AERIAL) of Hawaii-hotels and residential centre.
AV of city.
GV street scene showing mixed types of children.
GV mixed types of little boys eating ice cream cones.
GV girl types with sailors.
GV girls marching at U.S.High School.
Girls playing ball at U.S.High School.
SV of top of Japanese building.
GV girls going to Japanese school and bowing.
Side view girls going to Japanese school and bowing.
CU boys at high school.
GV boys playing football.
GV Lieut. Gen. Walter C. Short with Menken.
CU Lieut. Gen. Short.
LV Schoffield barracks,
GV native troops marching.
CU native troops.
GV mobile units along road.
CU units along road.
CU gun along road.
BV gun going into position.
GV Diamond Beach at Waikiki.
GV soldiers approaching pillbox.
CU putting machinegun into position.
Tilt down from palm leaf to pill box.
Big gun getting into position.
Pearl Harbour:
GV shipyards.
GV large crane.
GV submarines in harbour.
GV men at work in plane factory.
SV men at work in plane factory.
CU man turning huge propeller.
GV Admiral Kimmel.
CU Kimmel.
GV Fortress planes in air.
GV Pilots in plane.
GV Menken in plane with camera.
CU plane in air.
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