Product Details

• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 2
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Questar
• DVD Release Date: April 24, 2001
• Run Time: 240 minutes
• ASIN: B00005AUDY
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #304,335 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Remember Pearl Harbor" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

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This documentary about the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor is not so much about the events on the morning of December 7, 1941, as it is about the long series of events that brought America and Japan to open conflict. The rise of Japan as both industrial and naval power is contrasted with what the documentary openly declares to have been racist attitudes toward Asian nations exhibited by many Americans of the day. The outbreak of hostilities in Europe, the "America First" movement of isolationists, and the Roosevelt administration's support of Britain's struggle against Nazi aggression is discussed. Japan's naval genius, Admiral Yamamoto, is profiled, and Japanese plans to attack an unprepared base at Pearl Harbor are described. The attack itself is portrayed through use of archival footage. This film does an adequate job of presenting Pearl Harbor in a historical context, but it is somewhat upstaged by a separate documentary included in this package. The great director John Ford produced documentaries for the U.S. government during World War II, and his classic film December 7, 1941, which won the Oscar® for Best Documentary in 1943, appears on a second disc. Ford mixed footage of the actual attack with shots of model ships to portray the attack, and what it may lack in special-effects wizardry it more than makes up for in its immediacy and passion. Two other Ford documentaries, The Battle of Midway and an hour-long film about the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown, are also provided, and while the quality of the picture suffers at times (the transfer appears to have been made from a worn print), the documentaries themselves are well worth seeing. --Robert J. McNamara

Product Description

In 110 minutes, eight U.S. battleships and three cruisers were sunk or damaged, 188 planes destroyed and more than 2,300 men killed. The Japanese accomplished their mission at a cost of 29 planes and five midget submarines. They expected to lose one third of their fleet, yet their 30-ship task force wasn’t even detected. Remember Pearl Harbor features rare film and sound recordings, including exclusive color footage shot at Pearl Harbor only months before the surprise attack. Several leading naval historians – including retired Navy Captain Edward Beach, author of the novel Run Silent, Run Deep and several books on naval history – highlight little-known details about our nation's greatest naval disaster. This program sheds new light on history's most famous air raid, an event that changed America – and the world – forever. Extra Features: Stories From Battleship Row - Learn what happened aboard eight battleships during the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. Hollywood's Pearl Harbor - See the movie trailer for one of Hollywood's greatest films about the attack on Pearl Harbor: Tora! Tora! Tora! Then watch another trailer from the Japanese film I Bombed Pearl Harbor. Finally, experience behind-the-scenes action with The Making of Tora! Tora! Tora! Attack of the Midget Subs - Find out how five Japanese "midget" submarines launched their own surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. Salvaging the Pacific Fleet - Amazingly enough, almost all of the ships sunk or damaged during the attack were raised and repaired - and lived to fight another day. The Pacific War on Film - A trio of wartime documentaries: the Academy Award-winning December 7, 1941 and two more shot on color film: The Battle of Midway and The Fighting Lady.