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

NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk R2 of 2 Colonel Gerald C. Thomas at Headquarters tent mapping out operational plan. Jeeps, command cars & marine working parties march to key strategic positions. LS Long double column of men. GOOD. 15:20:32 Guadalcanal hilltop: Bloody Ridge, hacking tall grass, clearing trees. Observation posts built, soldiers in foxholes & in pits for machine guns; framed photograph of girl w/ grenades next to it on grass. 15:21:09 Firing 105mm field guns. Large plane spotter binoculars. 15:21:36 Japanese bombers overhead; one hit, falls. Large machine gun w/ crew. Jap plane plunges into water. Floating life vest. 15:22:30 Japanese created destruction: airfield burning, heavy smoke, US repair crews. Destroyed US planes, aerial view. Wounded on stretchers loaded into plane. Hospital stations with minor casualties. 15:24:09 Bathing & washing laundry in river. Cooking w/ field stove, eating, mess kits. News from home posted on notice board / bulletin board. Japanese prisoners, most from “termite” labor battalions, doctor tends to Jap wounded, mass of dead Japanese soldiers, US soldiers walk among bodies. 15:26:04 Corporal Barney Ross receives Japanese flag. 15:26:13 Admiral Nimitz decorating marines / soldiers. Colonel Merritt A. Edson; Marine pilots: Major John Lucian Smith, Major Robert D. Galer & Captain Marion E. Carl. Major General Vandegrift, Marine Leader. 15:26:56 Saluting dead at cemetery before leaving island. 15:27:13 Army relief arriving; embarking from ship w/ dog mascot; to shore on landing craft. 15:27:39 Marines down jungle road waving & smiling at camera, board landing craft, leaving shore. US flag over Guadalcanal. 15:28:10 SOF Officer, Maj. Donald L. Dickson , in office comments on importance of fighting on Guadalcanal. The End. Pacific War; WWII; WW2; Horrors of War; 1942 Pacific Islands; NOTE: Sold at per reel rate. Very good quality. NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk