PBS Hawaii is dedicating its primetime schedule the week of Dec. 4 to documentaries and television specials related to Pearl Harbor. This year marks the 75th anniversary of the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor that catapulted the United States into World War II.
The lineup begins at 7 p.m. Dec. 4 the local broadcast premiere of “Remember Pearl Harbor,” a nationally distributed public television documentary presented by PBS Hawaii, and produced by filmmaker Tim Gray and the World War II Foundation. The film, narrated by actor Tom Selleck, features stories from veterans and citizens who witnessed the attack on the American Pacific Fleet. The film will also be screened at 8 p.m. on Dec. 7.
Dec. 4 also marks the local broadcast premiere of “Road to Redemption,” a documentary from NHK World at 8:30 p.m. Two men from opposite sides of the WWII front line meet decades later — and form a bond. The documentary will also be presented at 9:30 p.m. Dec. 7.
At 7:30 p.m. on Dec. 6, PBS Hawaii presents a new episode of its weekly oral history program, “Long Story Short” with Leslie Wilcox. Featured is Jimmy Lee, a local resident who witnessed the attack as a child. The episode will be re-aired at 11 p.m. Dec. 7.
In addition, “Pearl Harbor — Into the Arizona” will be aired at 8 p.m. Dec. 6 and “Pearl Harbor — USS Oklahoma — The Final Story” will follow at 9 p.m. PBS will also air “Long Story Short with Leslie Wilcox – Daniel Martinez” at 10:30 p.m. Dec. 7. Martinez is chief historian at the World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument.