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U.S. soldiers and natives harvest crops on island of Guadalcanal during World War II.

QM (Quartermaster) activities under U.S. Army Special Projects in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands during World War II. Natives harvest crops. Natives load U.S. army jeep with filled sacks of grains.

Date: 1944, November
Duration: 1 min 5 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675074684
U.S. soldiers operate tractors, plow earth, harrow fields and cultivate crops in Guadalcanal during World War II.

QM (Quartermaster) activities under U.S. Army Special Projects in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands during World War II. U.S. soldiers operate tractors, plow earth, harrow fields and cultivate crops. Tractors seen include Minneapolis-Moline ("Minnie-Mo"), Farmall, and Ford N series.

Date: 1944, November
Duration: 2 min 9 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675074687
Partially completed U.S. Army Quartermaster depot in Guadalcanal during World War II.

QM (Quartermaster) activities under U.S. Army Special Projects in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands during World War II. Partially constructed QM depot. Soldiers build frame around packing center as soldiers continue their work.

Date: 1944, November
Duration: 1 min 5 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675074688
U.S. troops unload landing crafts and practice invasion of Philippines in Guadalcanal (WW2)

Pre-invasion practice by United States troops on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands for invasion of Philippines in World War II. U.S. soldiers unload LCVPs (Landing Crafts, Vehicle, Tracked) at Teters, Guadalcanal. 155mm shells are carried forward and stock-piled on beach. Soldiers form in line and unload rations.

Date: 1944, December 21
Duration: 45 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675074983
Marines of U.S. 5th Marine Regiment advance towards a beach in amphibious vehicles during training in Russell Islands

United States Marines of 5th Marine Regiment undergo landing practice in Russell Islands, Solomon Islands, in Pacific Theater, during World War II. Group of Marines head towards beach in amphibious vehicles. Number of amphibious vehicles head towards beach. Marine plots on a map. They listen to messages over a phone.

Date: 1944, July 25
Duration: 1 min 34 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675064089
U.S. Liberator bomber planes destroy the Japanese planes and ships on Makin Islands and reinforcements land in Bougainville.

The U.S. turns offensive against Japanese in the Pacific during World War II. U.S. Liberator bomber planes fly towards island of New Britain. Map of New Britain. Pilots in the cockpit pull a trigger and drop bombs on the island. An invasion fleet moves towards the island. U.S. Marines land on the island and move forward. A map shows Makin Islands. U.S. Planes drop bombs on a Japanese ship. The planes drop bombs on a Japanese airstrip causing the destruction of the Japanese planes. The 6th U.S. Army General and Lieutenant Colonel James Roosevelt on a ship with other officers. Sailors climb down step ladders and move into a boat. A Japanese bomber is driven off and another is hit. Amphibious Forces land on the beach. Dead Japanese soldiers on the island. Japanese are defeated and Prisoners of War taken. A map shows Bougainville in the Solomons Islands. Troop reinforcements land.

Date: 1944
Duration: 4 min 36 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675033567