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US Marines in troopships transfer to landing craft as they near Guadalcanal, in heavy seas. Overhead protection is supplied by fighters and Fortresses. On landing gun emplacements are dug along the beach,...
American invasion troops nearing the Solomon Islands in the early dawn and the landing on Florida and Guadalcanal Islands. This action turned the tide of war in the South Pacific.
American marines make further landings on strategic island.
American convoy ploughs through rough seas to bring reinforcements to the Marines on Guadalcanal. Marines are landed on beaches while aircraft give support. Fighting goes on around the vital aerodrome of...
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Japanese Dead. DESCRIPTION: United States Marines wiped out Japanese units defending their positions on Guadalcanal. SHOTLIST: US Marines walking about island, which is mostly jungle,...
Japanese dead, killed by US Marines on Guadalcanal when the Marines landed. Prisoners who were taken are set to work.
US increased hold on strategic island in Solomons. New Guinea Allied reinforcements press home attack in Buna region.
USS Hornet - from its commissioning in 1941 to its destruction off Santa Cruz when attacked by Japanese aircraft and submarines. Attempts are made to take the ship in tow but fail. Men abandon ship, many of...
US Rangers undergo realistic war training on an assault course. [80 ft] US army men arrive at Guadalcanal to replace American Marines who took the island and cleared it of all Japanese. The Marines are seen...
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