WWII - 1940s, Pacific, USA: Government Documentary, This Is Guadalcanal R1 of 2

Titles. R1 of 2 00:00:56 Map Guadalcanal, Maj. Donald L. Dickson presents film to war workers, narrates. 00:01:59 US troops embark ships in San Francisco, past shore & under & past Golden Gate (GOOD). 00:02:50 Men in group on board watching convoy ships. Destroyer & others ships on rough sea. Night at sea, smooth. Signaling; men at guns. 07Aug42: Coded messages w/ light signal. Weapons in place. Attack commences. Ship firing broadside, fire on coast. Officers watching operations. 00:04:20 Troops climb down nets into landing crafts & waves to shore. Fighter planes ahead. Landing & carrying supplies on beach. Gasoline barrels. Encircling with barbed wire, machine-gun nests dug, installing communications wire up palm tree. 00:05:56 Foxholes in jungle; abandoned Japanese camp w/ tents & other material left behind. Japanese camouflage clothing & weapons demonstrated; climbing spikes used to climb palm tree. Japanese flame thrower tried. Artillery shells fused & fired. Marching thru jungle. 00:07:34 08Aug42 Marines up Henderson Field & hoist US flag. Plane runway repaired, holes filled using some Japanese equipment. Fighter planes using runway; pilot out of plane, others taxiing. Flying Fortress bomber landing & parked in row. Pacific, WWII; WW2 Invasion; 1942; 1943; NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk