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WWII - 1940s, Documentary: This Is Guadalcanal R2 of 2

Reel Number: 220814-02

Color: Colour

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1942,1943

Country: Solomon Islands,USA

Location: Guadalcanal,Henderson Field,Pacific,SOLOMON ISLANDS

TC Begins: 00:10:01

TC Ends: 00:19:40

Duration: 00:09:39

R2 of 2 Colonel Thomas at Headquarters mapping out operational plan. Jeeps command cars and marine working parties to key strategic positions. Bloody ridge, hacking tall grass, clearing trees. Observation posts constructed, foxholes, pits for machine guns. Framed photograph of girl with grenades next. Firing 105 mm field guns. Large binoculars. Japanese bombers, hit, falls. Large machine gun w crew. Jap plane plunges in water. Japanese destruction: field burning, smoke, US repair crews. Destroyed US planes, aerial view. Wounded in plane. Hospital stations with minor casualties. Washing laundry in river. Cooking with field stove, eating. News from home posted on noticeboard Japanese prisoners, most from “termite” labor battalions, doctor tends to Jap wounded, dead Japanese soldiers, US soldiers walk through. Corporal Bonnie Ross receives Japanese flag. Admiral Nimitz decorating soldiers. Colonel Edison (?), marine pilots, Major Smith, Major Gailor & Captain Carl. Major General Van de Griff (?), Marine Leader. saluting dead at cemetery before leaving island. Embarking. Dog mascot. Down jungle smiling at camera. US flag over Guadalcanal. Officer in office comments. Pacific War; WWII; WW2; Horrors of War;

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