In pictures: Pearl Harbor première

Disney converted aircraft carrier John C Stennis into an outdoor cinema for one night for the $5m (£3.5m) première of World War II blockbuster, Pearl Harbor.

The $140m (£97m) movie's stars Ben Affleck and Kate Beckinsale

Survivor Richard Fiske plays the military hymn Taps at the end of the world première

The stars applaud lead actor Ben Affleck as he is presented to the audience

Actors Tom Sizemore and Dan Ackroyd get on down at the party on the carrier

Model-turned-actress James King plays a nurse in the film

Josh Hartnett plays the pilot who completes the love triangle with Beckinsale and Affleck

Country singer Faith Hill sings There You'll Be, the theme song for the film

Actor Cary Hioyuki Tagawa plays Japanese Commander Genda with his son Calen

Actor Cuba Gooding Jr dances a hula for the press after boarding the USS John C Stennis

Director-producer Michael Bay and producer Jerry Bruckheimer are joined by their partners

F-15 fighter jets flew in a missing man formation to honour those killed in the attack