3 real historical locations · United States
Steven Spielberg's satirical comedy depicting the mass panic that gripped Los Angeles after Pearl Harbor, as paranoid civilians and bumbling military scramble to defend against a feared Japanese invasion. More farce than history, but a unique take on the home front hysteria of December 1941.
CinemaMapped has mapped 3 real historical locations where the story takes place, spanning United States.
Spielberg's 1979 comedy depicts the hysteria gripping Los Angeles in the days after Pearl Harbor — military units blundering through civilian neighbourhoods ...
After Pearl Harbor, genuine fear of Japanese attack gripped the US West Coast. In February 1942 anti-aircraft guns fired at an imaginary raid over Los Angeles in the 'Battle of Los Angeles'. Japanese submarine I-17 di...
View location →The iconic amusement pier becomes the centrepiece of Spielberg's screwball farce as a Japanese submarine surfaces offshore and the panicking Californians mis...
The film satirises the mass hysteria that gripped the US West Coast after Pearl Harbor. The 'Battle of Los Angeles' on 25 February 1942 saw anti-aircraft fire directed at what turned out to be a weather balloon.
View location →Soldiers, jitterbugging civilians, and a cast of Spielberg cameos collide at a Hollywood USO dance hall as the entire city prepares for a Japanese invasion t...
Hollywood mobilised immediately for the war effort. The area's USOs, celebrities, and film studios all contributed to morale and propaganda. The film affectionately satirises the chaos of this mobilisation.
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