Pearl Harbor News Flash

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Description

This sound recording captures a KGU newsman’s report from a rooftop in Honolulu to the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) in New York, in which he described the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, damage suffered, and the fighting still in progress.

You can also listen to it in our main National Archives online catalog.

Citation

This primary source comes from the Collection NBC: National Broadcasting Company, Inc., Collection.

National Archives Identifier: 2192572

Full Citation: Sound Recording 200.54; News Flash Describing the Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor; 12/7/1941; Sound Recordings of Broadcasts, 1927 – 1962; Collection NBC: National Broadcasting Company, Inc., Collection,; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/document/pearl-harbor-news-flash/, January 9, 2026]

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