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Guadalcanal Solomon Islands 1942 stock footage and images

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Various scenes of United States Marine invasion of Guadalcanal, captured Japanese soldiers under watch during WW2

Title sequence “U.S. Marine Corps”. United States Marine Corps General Alexander Archer Vandegrift speaks about his experience in the Guadalcanal Campaign from his office during World War 2. A battleship fires off Guadalcanal. A Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bomber flying over Guadalcanal. United States marines climb down ship to board landing craft. Boat filled with United States marines sets sail. Landing craft off Guadalcanal. Landing craft with United States marines land on beach. United States marines set foot and advance on Guadalcanal beach. United States marines unload supplies from LSTs. Marines load boxes in bed of Japanese truck. United States marines raise the United States flag on flagpole. United States marines salute to flag. Sign in Japanese reads “Sick Room Entrance”. Captured Japanese soldiers being made to march out of camp. Captured Japanese soldiers sit behind barbed wires under watch by United States marines. Captured Japanese soldiers only wearing white fundoshi, traditional Japanese underwear for adult males. Shirtless Japanese prisoners sitting under guard by American marines. General Alexander Archer Vandegrift narrates his Guadalcanal experience from his office. Close up of crampon attached to shoe for climbing trees. Soldier leaps toward a coconut palm tree and climbs up using crampons while Vandegrift narrates, explaining that the "American fighting man pits his superior intelligence" against the Japanese. United States fleet admiral William Halsey Jr. presents medals to United States marines. Fleet Admiral William Halsey Jr. and General Alexander Patch. Sign for “Hospital Station C-1-Med” on palm tree. View of Hospital Station tent in Guadalcanal. View of gathered United States marines from behind.

Date: 1942, August 7
Duration: 2 min 31 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675078495
Japanese prisoners behind barb wire enclosures during World War II on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands.

Japanese prisoners behind barbed wire enclosures during World War 2 on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands. Japanese prisoners at attention. Prisoners under tree in barb wire enclosure. Japanese prisoners resting. Dead Japanese soldiers. Marines inspecting Japanese booty. Articles left behind by Japanese.

Date: 1942
Duration: 1 min 21 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675034877
U.S. Marine Corps officers study map outside command headquarters in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands during World War II.

U.S. Marine Corps officers in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands during World War II. USMC (United States Marine Corps) Lieutenant General Louis E. Woods, USMC Brigadier General L.H.M. Sanderson, USMC General Christian Frank Schilt study map and talk together outside command headquarters. Officer walks along a jungle road. EM (Enlisted Man) walks toward shack in the background. Officer converse outside command headquarters.

Date: 1942, December 18
Duration: 2 min 12 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675074709
U.S. Marine Lieutenant Colonel Evan Carlson with natives on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands during World War II.

U.S. Lieutenant Colonel Evan Carlson with his 2nd Marine Raiders Battalion, nicknamed 'Carlson's Raiders, ' on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands during World War 2. Colonel Carlson poses with several natives. Colonel Carlson waves and salutes at departing jeeps carrying members of his unit and natives. Colonel Carlson talks to his son, Lieutenant Evans C. Carlson, who commands a platoon in the 2nd Marine Raiders Battalion.

Date: 1942, December
Duration: 1 min 22 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675074728
U.S. Marines around supplies in beach area in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands during World War II.

U.S. Marines in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands during World War II. Harbor of Tulagi. A U.S. Marine with large binoculars at lookout station. A SM (signalman) sends semaphore atop lookout station. A long barreled antiaircraft gun. The Marine raises a small antiaircraft gun. Large ranger finder on top of a mountain. Marines come down a road, and palm trees in the background. The Marines pass over a small bridge. The Marines in a beach area. Two APAs (Attack Transport) at anchor in the background. Landing crafts coming in for landing.

Date: 1942, December
Duration: 2 min 5 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675074732
U.S. Marines march at beach area in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands during World War II.

U.S. Marines in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands during World War II. Harbor of Tulagi. A jeep coming across a causeway carrying Marine personnel. A small tractor pulls a trailer with personnel. Two telephone linemen up in palm trees repairing cable. The jeep departs Henderson Field. APAs (Attack Transports) lying at anchor. A lookout post at beach. Marines march along a road.

Date: 1942, December
Duration: 1 min 36 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675074733