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U.S. Marines land at the Solomon Islands and raise the U.S. flag during World War II.

United States Marines Corps on their way to invade the Japanese held Solomon Islands during World War II. A mail ship arrives and the Marines on the deck of the ship. U.S. Navy F4U Corsair aircraft in flight. Patrol boats underway. Marines on the bridge aboard a ship. The Marines climb down a landing net and come aboard a landing craft alongside the ship. Naval guns bombard Solomon coast. Landing crafts pull away. An aircraft in flight. Smoke rises from the coast due to bombarding. The landing crafts head towards a beach. Crafts arrive at the coast. Men put sand bags around a gun emplacement on the beach. A sign in Japanese. The United States flag being raised on the island.

Date: 1943
Duration: 5 min 15 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675077696
American attack on Rendova Island in Solomon Island during World War II.

'In the Solomons ' United States ships underway in the Pacific and soldiers on the deck of a ship. A man looks through binoculars towards the sea. Admiral William Halsey and others look at a map and discuss the strategy. An animated map of Solomon Islands shows Japanese establishments. Guns on board the American ships fire at Japan's positions at night. Soldiers loaded in landing crafts move away from the ship. Soldiers wade through water and land at the Rendova Island. They march inland on the island. Soldiers engage in a fierce battle with Japanese as they fire guns. Planes drop bombs over the island. Survivors of a ship sunk brought on board another ship. Survivors sleep and relax.

Date: 1943
Duration: 5 min 24 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675049123
Warship guns firing during World War II at Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands.

Aerial views of U.S. Marine ships in sea at Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands. Aerial views of Solomon islands. Warship guns firing. Antiaircraft guns firing. Tracers in sky.

Date: 1943
Duration: 1 min 40 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675034878
Alexander Vandegrift and Clayton Vogel drive in a jeep and a Japanese sunken ship off the coast of the Solomon Islands.

Japanese ships smashed in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands during World War II . Henderson Airfield at Gaudacanal. A U.S. aircraft in flight. A new runway built by U.S. soldiers. U.S. Marine Corps Major General Alexander Vandegrift at the airfield with other officers. A burning and sunken Japanese ship at the Solomon Islands. A pilot in the cockpit of a U.S. aircraft in flight. Vandegrift and U.S. Marine Corps Major General Clayton Vogel get in a jeep and move towards a jungle. Japanese troops in jeeps cross a bridge and enter a canal. Japanese infantry men walk on a dirt road. The marines bring supplies on amphibious tanks. A U.S. ship set on fire off the shore. Smoke rises due to the fire. The marines unload supplies from the ship.

Date: 1943
Duration: 2 min 15 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069146
U.S. Marine Corps take and send messages in radio receiving central truck at Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands (WW2)

United States Marine Corps Communication activities at Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands in World War II. Radio receiving central truck in operation. Marine with earphones while typing and taking messages. Truck has open sides and canvas top. Radio receiving set, Marine copying message on typewriter. Marine sends message on telegraph, other Marine's hands in foreground. Marine operates radio receiver. Antenna wires. Radio receiving central truck in field.

Date: 1943, January 1
Duration: 2 min 56 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675071781
U.S. Marine Navajo Code talker operates TCS radio in MZ radio jeep, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands in World War II.

U.S. Marine Corps communication activities at Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands in World War 2. Radio retransmittion station. Two Marines operate BC-659 radio. View of radio length hook up, and output antenna. Native American Indian Navajo code talker speaking on TCS radio set in the back of a U.S.M.C. MZ radio jeep.

Date: 1943, January 1
Duration: 1 min 22 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675071782