Solomon Islands, The R1 of 4

Titles. R1 of 4 10:25:02 POV Transport leaves San Francisco under Golden Gate Bridge, sailors on deck. Antiaircraft drill at sea. Convoy of camouflaged ships around. Arriving in Australia & docking w/ officers off, Gen. Vandegrift confers w/ aids; greeting on dock. Marines w/ packs & rifles off, march along dock. 10:28:32 Policeman w/ Bobby hat gives GI direction. Train across countryside w/ barracks in foreground. Military band & marching, into tent camp. 10:29:55 MCU reading newspaper The Dominion. Officers & ?? outside wooden house. Troops off train onto station platform; march off & board transports, line rail. Convoy at sea in heavy weather. 10:32:24 Exchange of semaphore signals; very rough weather. GOOD. 10:33:10 Smooth ocean & fleet. Marines at ships’ rails, signalman at light. Arrival of a mail ship. WWII; WW2; 1942; Military Transportation; Pacific; NOTE: GOOD QUALITY - Romanticized view of Marines.