Elvis and the USS Arizona

About Elvis and the USS Arizona

The surprising story of how one of music's biggest icons helped to establish a USS Arizona memorial in Pearl Harbor. Elvis’ fundraising concert drew public attention to the plight and helped to galvanize efforts to finish the USS Arizona Memorial as it stands today.

Elvis and the USS Arizona is a 2021 documentary history film directed by Tim Gray. At 58 minutes long, it arrived in November 2021.

The film is filed under pearl harbor and world war ii.

Jim Nantz takes the lead as Narrator (voice), Kyle Chandler as USS Arizona Seaman Bill Woodward (voice), Ken Potts as Self, and Mildred Martin as Self. The screenplay is by Tim Gray. It streams on PBS and WETA+ in the United States.

Pearl Harbor, 1941, and The Final Countdown make useful companions to Elvis and the USS Arizona.