4 real historical locations · United States
A joint American-Japanese production depicting the attack on Pearl Harbor from both perspectives simultaneously. Released in 1970, it remains the most historically accurate account of the attack — showing the meticulous Japanese planning and the American intelligence failures that allowed it to succeed.
CinemaMapped has mapped 4 real historical locations where the story takes place, spanning United States.
December 7 1941 — the Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor from both American and Japanese perspectives.
The attack on Pearl Harbor lasted 110 minutes and killed 2,403 Americans. However, the US aircraft carriers were at sea and survived. Admiral Yamamoto, who planned the attack, reportedly said: 'I fear all we have done...
View location →Seven US battleships moored along Ford Island's southeast shore — the primary target of the Japanese air strike on December 7, 1941.
Battleship Row held the USS Arizona, West Virginia, Oklahoma, California, Nevada, Maryland and Tennessee. Within two hours, Arizona had exploded, Oklahoma had capsized. 2,403 Americans were killed in the attack that b...
View location →Japanese Zero fighters strafe rows of US Army Air Corps P-40s lined up wingtip to wingtip — destroying US air power before it can respond.
Wheeler Field housed most of Hawaii's Army Air Corps pursuit aircraft. On December 7, 188 of 231 aircraft were destroyed on the ground. The planes had been lined up in neat rows as a peacetime security measure against...
View location →The US Army Air Forces base adjacent to Pearl Harbor, bombed to prevent B-17 reinforcements from intervening against the Japanese strike fleet.
Hickam Field suffered 121 killed and 274 wounded. Arriving B-17s from the mainland were shot down by both Japanese aircraft and American friendly fire. The base's barracks building still bears its bullet holes — prese...
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