On the morning of December 7, 1941, a surprise attack by Japanese naval aviation against the American held island of Oahu and Pearl Harbor thrust the United States into World War II. This story details one of the most momentous events in American history and a crucial turning point in the 20th century.

"Program reproduced from carefully selected archival films. State of the art technology has been used to present the highest quality production. However, some imperfections in image and sound quality are unavoidable." "Containes American and Japanese veteran interviews.

disc 1(105 min.) -- Prologue -- Japanese Paradox -- Great Depression -- China incident -- Drift to war -- Choice for war -- Last days of peace -- Eleven minutes of terror -- Battleship row -- Hell in the harbor -- Second Wave -- disc 2 (119 min.) -- Rescue and escape -- Aftermath -- Salvage effort -- What went wrong -- Pearl Harbor in retrospect -- December 7th.