As so many of you have enjoyed our trailer for the Secret Eye, I thought it would be fun to let you know the story of each of the pictures found in the trailer.
The pictures in the trailer relate directly to the text preceding them. Some of the pictures show locations or people and some of them are used to evoke an emotional response. Enjoy as you review the pictures from the Secret Eye Trailer. How many of the images did you recognize or know?
THE WORLD WAS AT WAR - this sets up the attack on Pearl Harbor, the beginning of World War 2
Image 1 - Pearl Harbor (Battleship Row)
Image 2 - Destruction at Hickam Field
Image 3 - Fighting fires on Battleship Row
Image 4 - Burning ships at Pearl Harbor
Image 5 - Explosion on the USS Arizona
Image 6 - Tattered American Flag
Image 7 - The USS Arizona
COMING THIS SUMMER - important icons for each country involved in the war
Image 8 - The White House
Image 9 - The Imperial Palace, Tokyo, Japan
Image 10 - Paddle wheel boat, Little Rock, Arkansas
Image 11 - Mount Fuji, Japan
Image 12 - The American Flag
Image 13 - War flag of the Imperial Japanese Army
Image 14 - What I believe Lilly would look like
A NEW STORY FOR THE AGES - major figures in the war
Image 15 - Franklin Roosevelt
Image 16 - Emperor Hirohito of Japan
Image 17 - Admiral Nimitz
Image 18 - Admiral Yamamoto
Image 19 - Rear Admiral Mitscher on the USS Lexington
Image 20 - Japanese Kamikaze pilots
Image 21 - War poster in America
A SECRET WEAPON - the secret weapon that will provide an overwhelming technical advantage to the US
Image 22 - RADAR equipment
Image 23 - SCR 270 RADAR equipment on the island of Oahu, Hawaii
Image 24 - Antenna on the USS Lexington
Image 25 - The Combat Information Center (CIC), USS Lexington
Image 26 - Antenna on USS Valley Forge
Image 27 - Admiral Yamamoto
A SECRET GIFT - a technology breakthrough shared with the United States
Image 28 - The Cavity Magnetron
Image 29 - Arnold Wilkins
Image 30 - Robert Watson Watt
Image 31 - The van used to demonstrate RADAR
WILL CHANGE THE FACE OF THE WAR - how RADAR effects the war
Image 32 - CIC of the Lexington
Image 33 - Hellcat Fighters on the USS Lexington
Image 34 - The board showing how many planes shot down - USS Lexington
Image 35 - Antenna on the Lexington
TWO MEN SERVING - our main characters
Image 36 - Remember Dec. 7th
Image 37 - I want You to Join
Image 38 - Little Rock, Arkansas
Image 39 - Fields in rural Japan
Image 40 - Bamboo forest in Japan
Image 41 - Mount Fuji, Japan
Image 42 - Cherry Blossoms
A KAMIKAZE THREAT - Kamikaze terror
Image 43 - Kamikaze plane diving
Image 44 - Kamikaze plane missing a ship
Image 45 - Kamikaze pilots - the center pilot is my representation of Hadaki
CHAOS AND MAYHEM - the results of Kamikaze attacks
Image 46 - Damage after the attack on the USS Lexington
Image 47 - Damage after the attack on the USS Lexington
Image 48 - Damage after the attack on the USS Lexington
A NEW NOVEL
Image 49 - Lilly
Image 50 - Tokyo Rose
Image 51 - Hadaki
HOW CAN AMERICA SURVIVE? - this is the question of the book
Image 52 - Flight deck on the USS Lexington
Image 53 - The van
Image 54 - Kamikaze attack on the USS Lexington
Image 55 - Antenna on the Lexington
Image 56 - Plane crash on the USS Lexington
How many did you get? I have been vague about how some of these pictures relate to the story. Think of this trailer and the pictures you have seen while you enjoy my book.
Happy reading!