Fox Movietone News Collection. 1957 - 1963. Movietone News Films. 1934 - 1963. The War in the Pacific

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Fox Movietone News Collection. 1957 - 1963. Movietone News Films. 1934 - 1963. The War in the Pacific

1942

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In this film, Secretary of Navy Frank Knox and Secretary of War Henry Stimson reported on the situation in Hawaii before and after the Pearl Harbor attack. Footage shows the battleship "Oklahoma," and planes as they took off from an aircraft carrier.

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Knox, Frank, 1874-1944

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William Franklin "Frank" Knox (January 1, 1874 – April 28, 1944) was an American politician, newspaper editor and publisher. He was also the Republican vice presidential candidate in 1936, and Secretary of the Navy under Franklin D. Roosevelt during most of World War II. On December 7, 1941, Knox flanked by his assistant John O’Keefe walked into Roosevelt's White House study at approximately 1:30 p.m. EST announcing that Japan had attacked Pearl Harbor. Knox was mentioned by name in Adolf Hitler...

Stimson, Henry L. (Henry Lewis), 1867-1950

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Henry Lewis Stimson, the politician, was one of Eleanor Stimson Brooks's cousins. He took an interest in the family and had given her support throughout Van Wyck's struggles with depression (1926-1930). From the description of Correspondence to Charles Van Wyck Brooks, 1930-1945. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 191821881 Stimson served as U.S. Secretary of war (1911-1913, 1940-1945), was governor general of the Philippine Islands (1927-1929) and U.S...