Francais
Deutsch
Italiano
Refine Your Search
+"Solomon Islands" +1943 stock footage and images
- Showing 49 to 54 of 102 results
more
Hide
Runway at Henderson Field, Guadalcanal being graded during World War II.
U.S. troops in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands during World War II. Grader and dump truck on runway of Henderson Field which is being graded. Dump truck dumps load while grader works back and forth. Work stops while U.S. Army Air Forces B-24 Liberator bomber taxis on the runway. Crew members sit on piles of landing mat sections for new runway as C-47 Skytrain transport takes off. B-17 Flying Fortress bomber taxis on runway. Runway being constructed, men sit on piles of mats in the foreground. Sections of mats being fitted together. Men hammer mats with nails.
Prow of wrecked Japanese ship Kyusyu Maru sticks up from water in Guadalcanal beach during World War II.
Damage caused in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands during World War II. Men try to loosen a U.S. army jeep stuck in mud. Prow of wrecked Japanese ship Kyusyu Maru sticks up from water. Beached Japanese freighter in the background. Abandoned Japanese field piece hidden in shrubs. A wrecked Japanese truck. Palm trees in an area. Tree tops showing destruction. U.S. soldier examines a Japanese antiaircraft gun on a beach.
U.S. Army Air Forces flight operations on Guadalcanal during World War II
U.S. Army Air Forces operations at "Fighter Two" strip, on Henderson Field, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, in World War 2. P-38 comes in to land, with left engine feathered. Airmen take temporary refuge under wing of 339th Fighter Squadron's P-38G-13 aircraft, #127 "Fran III," during tropical rainstorm. Mechanic in rain gear, works on P-38 named,"Little Jo"!. More P-38s parked on water-soaked ramp. A P-38 taking off, and another landing, and taxiing to the ramp. P-40F Warhawk, number 256, of the 44th Fighter Squadron (painted white band behind cockpit) lands, followed by another P-40.
U.S. airmen examine wreckage of U.S. Army Air Forces aircraft on Guadalcanal during World War II.
Wreckage of U.S. airplanes in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands during World War 2. Opening shots show the remains of a C-47 transport airplane, followed by views of wrecked USAAF (United States Army Air Forces) P-38 Lightning aircraft, on a field. Propellers of P-38. U.S. Airmen examine a wrecked P-38. Two crewmen work on a P-38.
U.S. Navy USS LST-340 ablaze after being attacked by Japanese dive bombers off the coast of Guadalcanal during World War II.
U.S. Navy USS LST (Landing Ship, Tank) - 340 bombed by Japanese dive bombers off the coast of Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands during World War II. The LST-340 ablaze and trucks burn on deck. A fire boat comes beside LST-340 and hoses down the burning ship. U.S. troops on beach. Smoldering wreckage, trucks and other equipment on deck of LST-340. Smoke billows up from the burning LST-340 at sea.
U.S. crafts spray hose on USS LST-340 after being attacked by Japanese bombers off the coast of Guadalcanal during World War II.
USS LST (Landing Ship, Tank) - 340 bombed by Japanese dive bombers off the coast of Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands during World War II. U.S. troops and equipment on a beach. LST-340 burns in the background. Black smoke billows up from the LST-340. Several craft approach the burning ship and spray hose. Smoldering vehicles on deck of LST-340. Sailors spray hose.