[The Gathering Storm, Part 36]

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Video footage from a symposium sponsored by the National Museum of the Pacific War entitled "December 7, 1941": Part One: The Gathering Storm, discussing the events leading to the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. This recording contains behind-the-scenes footage of the Admiral Chester Nimitz Museums portrayal of the attack on Pearl Harbor at the Fredericksburg International Airport.

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1 film (20 min., 34 sec.) : sd. col.

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National Museum of the Pacific War 1991-05-09/1991-05-10.

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National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Established in 1967, the Museum honors the 8 million Americans who served in WWII in the Pacific Theater by sharing their stories with the world. Located in Fredericksburg in the restored Nimitz "Steamboat" Hotel, the Museum partners with the Texas Historical Commission to preserve the historical resources of the era.

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Video footage from a symposium sponsored by the National Museum of the Pacific War entitled "December 7, 1941": Part One: The Gathering Storm, discussing the events leading to the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. This recording contains behind-the-scenes footage of the Admiral Chester Nimitz Museums portrayal of the attack on Pearl Harbor at the Fredericksburg International Airport.

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1 film (20 min., 34 sec.) : sd. col.

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"December 7, 1941": Part One: The Gathering Storm is the symposium hosted by the Admiral Nimitz Museum and Foundation on May 9-11, 1991. The topic of the symposium is the events leading to the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. Speakers include Robert F. McDermott, Walter Lord, Jim Dick Miller, Joseph Taussig Jr., Eugene C. Camp, R.S.D Lockwood, Kenneth M. Taylor, Zenji Abe, Kazuo Sakamaki, Lieutenant General Moore (Joseph Harold Moore?), Samuel Grashio, and Saburō Sakai.

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National Museum of the Pacific War. [The Gathering Storm, Part 36], video, 1991-05-09/1991-05-10; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1628582/: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation.

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