Trace the escalation of the Pacific Theater from the devastating attack on Pearl Harbor through the aggressive Japanese expansion and the pivotal battles that marked the early years of World War II.



The Attack on Pearl Harbor...

MOT 1938: MALAYA: RUBBER PLANTATION: WS Malaysian workers walking w/ buckets down path in rubber tree estate forest, VS Young adult male worker scoring rubber tree, MS Milky sap, latex flowing into collection cup. Natural resources,...

MOT 1938^ ANTICIPATING JAPANESE AGGRESSION: 'Malaya' superimposed over strip mine. VS Southeast Asian tin mine workers in conical straw hats standing in elevated water trough, using hoe, pushing forward & back. Sifting, ore, silt,...

MOT 1953: MINING INDUSTRY: TIN: WS Armored car down dirt road, armed Engineers Roderick Caldwell & Steven Littledyke walking toward dredge. VS Bucket-line dredge working, water flowing out of stern chutes, buckets scooping & pulling, mud...

MOT 1953: KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYA: WS Large home of British High Commissioner, Templer boy running onto porch, General Sir Gerald Templer (1898-1979) w/ wife Lady Edith & son. MS General Sir Gerald Templer w/ pet umbrella cockatoo on back...

MOT 1953: UPDATE ON SITUATION: WS Rubber estate manager Tony Hooper, MOT director Dwight Godwin & Lieutenant Noel 'Paddy' Moore sitting on porch, Hooper telling Godwin about attacks, 1500 trees slashed, four men murdered, Hooper & Moore...

MOT 1953: MALAYA: RUBBER PLANTATION: WS Guard patrol w/ armored car parked in front of house, barbed wire FG. Rubber estate manager Tony Hooper climbing into car, LA Armored car driving out of frame, WS Guard opening estate gates,...

MOT 1953: VISITING REMOTE VILLAGES: WS TRACKING Sikorsky S-55 Royal Navy helicopter landing on lawn, VS People meeting on lawn, Lady Edith & General Sir Gerald Templer lifting off, AERIAL: VS Chopper in flight, TD WS Templer's helicopter...

Australian police are now helping patrol Honiara, the capital, which was relatively calm on Saturday morning.

Six weeks after Lilly and Jack Sullivan went missing, their grandmother has decided to share her family’s story. She spoke with the CBC's Kayla Hounsell.

Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother attended the exhibition of international cooking held at the Royal Festival Hall. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata...

Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother attended the exhibition of international cooking held at the Royal Festival Hall. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata...

Widespread and very damaging floods have recently occurred in Singapore and the Federation of Malaya. Exceptionally heavy rainfalls have caused rivers to overflow and to submerge large areas. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an...

Hawaii, 1952: A history of the colonization of Hawaii by Asians.

Aerial and ground pictures from Malaya gives us an impression of RAF, Malayan police and Gurkhas, weeding out rebels and communist gangsters from the hills and jungle. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any...

British troops and planes of the RAF attack a bandit hide-out in Malaya, killing and wounding some, taking one prisoner. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or...

By rail from Kuala Lumpur, the second battalion, the Scots Guards, went to Singapore to board the Empire Halladale for the voyage to Britain. The battalion, arriving at Liverpool, had some very welcome leave in prospect. Disclaimer:...

This tropical scene on the East coast of Malaya is the background to one of nature's tragedies, mother turtles come to the beaches and lay hundreds of eggs which they cover with sand - the only protection they can give them. 6 weeks...

Jungle warfare continues in Malaya. Men of famous regiments attack bandit positions assisted by aerial reconnaissance and co-operative villagers. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions...

From girls on a beauty course - to girls on a duty course, the first women Police Inspectors to start their training in the Federation of Malaya. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions...

1950; Penang, Malaya - harbour scenes, rural beach, railway, establishing shots of the town,

British and colonial troops in service to protect Malaya's rubber plantations and tin mines from the guerillas. Soldiers marching, and shooting. Soldier with a machete. Malayan civilian and farmland.

Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia Tun Abdul Razak is interviewed in Kuala Lumpur, says he has definite proof that Indonesia government sponsored recent Johore state landings.

1. ms reporter Pat Killen seated with Razak, introduces...

Exterior of Governor's house, Baguio, car pulls up / guards escort General Tomoyuki Yamashita, surrender guns and sword, live grenade taken from Ishinyane Motoji / Lieutenant General Jonathan Wainwright, British General Sir Arthur...