On December 7, 1941, Japan launched its attack on Pearl Harbor resulting in the United States being thrust full force into World War II – turning it into a truly global conflict. American Marines and many of the great filmmakers of the day captured color footage of the events as they unfolded – the Coral Sea in flames; Guadalcanal littered with corpses; rarely seen images of the deportation of U.S. citizens of Japanese descent and much more.