Advance Base Pt. 2 of 3

Advance Base Pt. 2 of 3 Marines trudging thru water return to base. Troops relaxing, shaving, reading. Gasoline drums rolled off ship & unloaded onto beach. Supplies delivered to lines. Tanks & troops advance thru jungle - flamethrower - battle scenes - walking wounded. Night shots as Japanese shell fuel dump - huge fire - firefighting. US troops move military equipment, guns & artillery w/ difficulty to front lines. US troops firing grenades & shells at enemy positions. Molotov cocktails, shrapnel bombs & bazookas fired at enemy. US plane drops fire bomb ( napalm ? ) Night shots guns firing. Day shots artillery firing. Pile of used shell cases. 07:14:18 Naval ships anchored at base - construction work on harbour. Maintenance on ships & military equipment / weapons. Pan over base - tents etc. 07:15:15 Marine garrison trained against poison gas - gas masks demonstrated . Gas bomb let off - troops moving thru jungle. Rest & relaxation; men diving into sea off captured Japanese landing craft. Medical corp spraying DDT - sign malaria Control HQ. Water pipes being laid. Native islanders working - receiving medical treatment. Little boy holding puppy. Natives hold church service. 07:16:42 Sign Hard Times Lumber Co - Tropical Woods our Speciality. Dozer pulls felled tree out of wood to sawmill. Laying prefabricated metal runway on airfield. Group of pilots comparing stories. Repairs to airplanes. Salvage dump of planes beyond repair for spare parts. Base buildings - bomb dump - bombs on bomb trolley - bomb train to plane. Loading bombs up into planes. Pilots scramble & take off from other planes alongside. Dogfight. AVs base - unloading of crates / supplies in piles. (GOOD Colour FOOTAGE) WWII Pacific Fighting; Seabees;