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WWII - 1943, Pacific: Rendova Invasion; Homefront Farm Work; Smoke Screen Laid R1 of 2

Reel Number: 250219-02

Color: Black and White

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1940s,1943

Country: Solomon Islands,USA

Location: Pacific,Rendova,SOLOMON ISLANDS

TC Begins: 10:03:53

TC Ends: 10:14:13

Duration: 00:10:20

NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk WWII - 1943, Pacific: Rendova Invasion; Homefront Farm Work; Smoke Screen Laid 10:04:22 Title. In The Solomons. 10:04:29 LS of convoy on smooth sea, various shots. MCU lookouts, signalman w/ semaphores, reconnaissance biplane launched. 10:05:08 Admiral Halsey w/ others at map. Illustrated map of Rabaul, New Britain etc w/ Jap & US flags. Animated to Rendova Island; battleships firing bombardment at night. 10:05:39 Invasion landing on Rendova from landing craft, men wading ashore. View from shore of LCI unloading troops. 10:06:12 Marines into jungle, digging in. Supplies landing & thru jungle w/ large Long Tom guns moved. 10:06:52 Fighter aircraft overhead; explosions from Jap planes. Jungle fighting w/ rifles, artillery, ships, B-24s dropping bombs & explosions in jungle from above. 10:08:12 Large landing craft w/ rescued sailors / survivors of ship sinking (USS Helena?), boarding ship; sleeping on deck. 10:08:56 LS of convoy in formation w/ lookout in foreground. 10:09:04 Title: Down On The Farm. Farm woman ringing bell, MCU. Women sleeping in barrack bunks, waking & stretching. Walking to trucks & into pickup truck, leaving. Picking beans, fruit; drive tractors. Driving horses pulling haywagon to barn. 10:11:01 Showering. Children hoeing, cutting greens; milking & churning butter, MCUs. Boys pitching hay, riding on wagon & getting paid in War Savings Stamps. CU sticking in pay book. Washing clothes in wash tubs. 10:13:07 Title: Smoke Screen. Chemical Warfare troops prepare a smoke screen. Army truck pulling equipment on snow covered road. Launching weather balloon; generator making chemical smoke & covering town. Aerial over smoke; pan over town. WW2; Homefront War Effort; Pacific Invasions; Camouflage; Economics; Government Savings Program; NOTE: Sold at per reel price. FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk

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