TV Program Description
Premiere Broadcast on PBS: January 5, 2010
NOVA dives beneath the waters of Pearl Harbor to trace
provocative new clues to one of the most tragic events of
World War II—the sinking of the USS
Arizona. More than 1,000 crew members perished in
the greatest single loss of life in United States naval
history. For decades, it has been thought that a bomb dropped
by a Japanese aircraft sank the Arizona. But the
discovery of a group of Japanese midget subs in and around
Pearl Harbor has raised questions about the battleship's final
hours.
In this program, NOVA's team of expert investigators journey
to the seafloor to explore the wreckage of the most mysterious
of these subs. Did this mini-sub and its two-person crew make
it into Pearl Harbor and fire torpedoes at the
Arizona? NOVA pursues this puzzle with
unprecedented access to the remains of the
Arizona and other unique evidence, including
aerial photos taken by Japanese aircraft and moving
testimonials from U.S. and Japanese veterans. "Killer Subs in
Pearl Harbor" is a gripping investigation of the possibility
that these tiny but lethal mini-subs may have played a crucial
and previously unsuspected part in the tragic events of that
"Day of Infamy."
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By the end of WWII, the Japanese had produced hundreds of
midget subs of various designs and intended to use them as a
final weapon of war against the U.S. This photo, taken October
19, 1945, shows 84 midget subs in a drydock at Kure Naval
Base.
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