American Experience · SEASON 4
Pearl Harbor: Surprise and Remembrance
Episode 6 · 1991-11-11

- Documentary
Episode overview
The shock of what happened on December 7, 1941 has made Pearl Harbor a synonym for deceit and unpreparedness. Produced for the 50th anniversary, this examination of events shows the attack could have been foreseen -- the US and Japan had been on a collision course for years. A minute-by-minute account, on both sides of the Pacific, leading up to the surprise attack that Sunday morning.
55 minutes
Season 4 episodes
1. LBJ (1)1991-09-30
2. LBJ (2)1991-09-30
3. The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry1991-10-07
4. Scandalous Mayor1991-10-28
5. The Johnstown Flood1991-11-04
6. Pearl Harbor: Surprise and Remembrance1991-11-11
7. G-Men: The Rise of J. Edgar Hoover1992-02-24
8. Duke Ellington: Reminiscing in Tempo1991-12-09
9. The Quiz Show Scandal1992-01-06
10. Love in the Cold War1992-01-13
11. Wild by Law1992-02-10
12. Barnum's Big Top1991-10-14
13. In the White Man's Image1992-02-17