Pearl Harbor: Legacy of Attack

Overview

Documentary narrated by Tom Brokaw. National Geographic delves into the untold storylines and unresolved mysteries surrounding the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. Oceanographer Robert Ballard dives deep into the waters of the harbor to find the remains of a Japanese sub and closely examine the famous wreckage of the USS Arizona. This footage is mixed with interviews with survivors of the attack.

Directed by Michael Rosenfeld, Kirk Wolfinger

Top cast

Tom Brokaw

himself

B

Bob Ballard

Himself

Stephen E. Ambrose

Himself

Emperor Hirohito of Japan

Self (archive footage)

Isoroku Yamamoto

Self (archive footage)

D

Dewa Kichiji

Self - Submarine Sailer

C

Clarence Minor

Self - Ford Island Survivor

R

Ralph Lindenmeyer

Self - Ford Island Survivor

C

Charles Christensen

Self - USS Argonne

B

Bert Davis

Self - USS Selfridge

C

Clark Simmons

Self - USS Utah

S

Stu Hedley

Self - USS West Virginia

K

Kathy Billings

Self - USS Arizona Memorial

C

Carl Carson

Self - USS Arizona

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Self (archive sound)

R

Roberta McCarron

Self

J

John Henry McCarron

Self - USS Arizona

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