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PEARL HABOUR. OAHU
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Shot of Pearl Harbour, around 7am, sounds of the waves and
cheerful birds.
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PEARL HABOUR, FLASHBACKS.
Explosions, screams, shots of planes and boats sinking.
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[BLACK SCREEN WITH TITLE- PEARL HABOUR}
Narration begins.
NARRATOR (V.O)
Pearl Harbour….a day that the US had never seen coming…or what they said they never saw
coming.
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PEARL HABOUR. OAHU.
[WIDE SHOT]
Multiple shots of Pearl Harbour and the fleet ships before
the attack, calm and quiet.
NARRATOR (V.O.)
There were a number
of conspiracy theories for the attack after it had happened; it was as if the US had
set the entire event up so that they had a reason to enter the war, that
President Roosevelt was the main blame of the conspiracies themselves. But what
if the conspiracies were cover ups for their embarrassment of being outsmarted
by the little guys? What reason did Japan have of attacking Pearl Harbour in
the first place if they knew that they knew that the US would follow after them?
What did they get out of it?
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MAP.
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Shot of US and Japan, models of transport boats travelling
from Japan and back. The Countries stand out by being excluded and change
colour.
NARRATOR (V.O.)
The US and Japan had
previous had relations before the events of WW2 started to occur. It was only
in January 1940 that the US had stripped Japan from supplying the natural and industrial
resources due to Japan’s advances onto China and forming an alliance with Italy
and Germany .
The models turn away from Japan and return to the US,
stopping travel to Japan all together. Japan begins to turn dry.
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PACIFIC OCEAN. SUN RISE.
[WIDE SHOT]
Japan aircraft cross the Pacific Ocean as the sun begins to
rise.
NARRATOR (V.O.)
With resources stripped,
Japan continued their aggressive path for land and resources in China and parts
of Europe, until they were stuck. Japan wanted to invade the south east of Asia,
mainly for more supplies and territory. The only problem was that if they were
to attack, it would prompt the US army for war. If the Japan was to get the
territory and supplies needed, they would need a distraction to give them
enough time to concur the areas needed.
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MAP
[MEDIUM SHOT]
Models
of Japanese aircrafts on the world map, being pushed from Japan to Pearl Harbour,
being moved in to attack the US.
NARRATOR (V.O.)
From that, ‘Operation
Z’, originally known as ‘Operation Hawaii’ was formed. The plan was simple. The
first wave would arrive at 7:40am to strike the base before the second wave
arrived at 8:40am. From the attack, while the US try and recover from the
sudden surprise, Japan can easily continue their aggressive moves across Asia
without the worry of the US’ appearance.
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EXT. PEARL HABOUR. OAHU
[POV]
From the view of a person, they would look up into the sky
to see the planes coming in.
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SIGNING HALL.
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Italy, Japan and Germany all sign the Tripartite Pact,
forming their alliance.
NARRATOR (V.O.)
Japan had
sided with Italy and Germany all because they had lost their resources and began to
fall out of their relations with the US. Because of that choice, as well as the US
disregarding any warning signs,…one of Japan’s greatest attacks occurred.
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PEARL HABOUR, OAHU.
[MULTPLIE SHOTS]
Japan attack Pearl Habour, shots of boats sinking,
explosions, and sounds of gun shots and screams and smoke, echoing as the
screen eventually goes dark.
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REMAINS OF PEARL HABOUR, OAHU.
Smoke filled the sky as the US looks at the aftermath of the
attack
ROOSEVELT (V.O)
The attack yesterday
on the Hawaiian Islands has caused severe damage to American naval and military
forces. Very many American lives have been lost…
The Japanese
government also launched an attack against Malaya. Last night, Japanese forces attacked Hong
Kong. Last night, Japanese forces
attacked Guam. Last night, Japanese
forces attacked the Philippine Islands.
Last night, the Japanese attacked Wake Island. This morning, the
Japanese attacked Midway Island.
I ask that the
Congress declare that since the unprovoked and dastardly attack by Japan on
Sunday, Dec. 7, a state of war has existed between the United States and the
Japanese empire.
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