Members of the U.S. Second Marine Raider Battalion display captured Japanese war souvenirs on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, in World War 2. Opening scene shows members of the U.S. Second Marine Raider Battalion celebrating their victory and exhibiting captured Japanese flags, weapons, and other souvenirs. One marine playfully tries using a captured Japanese NCO's sword to shave the beard of another marine. The next scene shows the Battalion Commander, Lieutenant Colonel Evans F. Carlson, with several of his Raiders, holding a captured Japanese flag. Next, he is seen sitting in and then standing near a jeep, handling and discussing captured Japanese documents with one of his Battalion. Other members of the 2nd Raiders display their souvenirs, including a Japanese radio, and wallet and currency.
United States Marines being relieved by U.S. Army forces at Guadalcanal. Marines landing barge headed for sea at Guadalcanal, Solomon islands during World War 2 . Marines board a landing barge. Marines' landing barge headed for a ship. Soldiers on a beach. Soldiers march through jungle. Soldiers march on road in a double file. Soldiers cross over a wooded bridge. Soldiers march along a road. soldiers form on a beach. Soldiers in line. Landing barge turns around. Marines board a landing boat. Marines in a barge headed for sea.
U.S. Navy bombing campaign against Japanese-held Gilbert and Marshall Islands during World War II. This film taken aboard the heavy crusier, USS Northampton, CA-26. Captain William Dwight Chandler, Jr. (1890-1977) looks out at the sea with binoculars. Officer, helmsman and another sailor on bridge of the ship (interior). Officer, wearing older-style steel helmet, looks out to sea with binoculars. Gunnery officer wearing headphones. A Curtiss SOC Seagull seaplane is seen on catapult, behind him. Carrier at some distance, as seen through railings.
World War II restrictions on movements of civilians in the Eastern United States, are referenced by U.S. Army Lieutenant General Hugh Aloysius Drum, Commander of the Eastern Defense Command, and Mr. James M. Landis, Director of the U.S. Office of Civil Defense. They look at a large map showing the U.S. Eastern states and coast, from Maine to Florida. General Drum discusses Public Proclamation number 4 issued by the War Department, and urges citizens to read it. (It is posted in U.S. Post Offices and describes restrictions on the movements of citizens near war plants and beaches.) General Drum speaks of a uniform system of controls needed for U.S. Civil Defense. James M. Landis, Director of the Office of Civilian Defense, adds his comments about the importance of Civil Defense measures.
Major General Vandegrift, Commander of the First Marine Division, praises members of all services, including civilians, for their contributions to victory during the battle of Guadalcanal. He remarks that American civilian workers, Army, Marines and Navy exhibited loyalty and sacrifice for their country and the victory was a result of team work. (World War II period).
Allied officers greet the Sultan of Morocco, Mohammad V, as he arrives to visit allied warships at port in Casablanca, during World War Two. The Sultan is accompanied by his son. They board a motor launch which proceeds to carry them toward a warship.
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