American entertainers of the USO in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands during World War II. Singer Frances Langford and an airman stand on the wing of a United States Army Air Force P-38 Lightning aircraft. They sit down on the wing. The airman helps Langford to get off the aircraft. Dancer Patty Thomas walks away from an aircraft followed by U.S. servicemen. The soldiers and sailors around Langford and Thomas. Langford signs short snorter dollar bills. The P-38 Lightning aircraft in the background. Bob Hope, Langford, Patty Thomas, Jerry Colonna and Tony Romano come out of a mess hall.
American entertainers in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands during World War II. Wounded soldiers among the audience. The audience seated in an outdoor theater. Singer Frances Langford sings and Tony Romano plays a guitar. Nurses and soldiers among the audience. Tony Romano and other comedians entertain the audience. They applaud. Bob Hope and others leave the stage.
American entertainers from the USO in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands during World War II. Singer Frances Langford and dancer Patty Thomas sign autographs for U.S. soldiers. Comedians Bob Hope, Jerry Colonna and Tony Romano on a beach. They smoke cigars. Hope, Colonna, Romano and Dean seated on the beach. Langford and Thomas wave. Hope, Colonna and Romano seated on the beach. Male entertainers walk on the beach.
U.S. Navy nurses in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands during World War II. The nurses disembark from a ship. They wave and get onto a boat. They get off the boat at a pier. GIs welcome the nurses. The nurses arrive in Guadalcanal to take up their hospital duties. A nurse standing beside a tree poses for a camera.
A film about Allied campaign against the Japanese in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands during World War II. U.S. Marines demonstrate Japanese weapons. A Marine fires a Japanese flame thrower. A Japanese artillery piece. The Marines fire machine guns and artillery.
A film about Allied campaign against the Japanese in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands during World War II. U.S. Marines march ahead on the island. Henderson Field after being captured by the Marines. The American flag being raised at the field. The Marines salute. Shell crates on the field. A gun emplacement on the field. Rollers and other mechanized equipment are used to level surface and make a runway at the airfield. An aircraft taxis at the field. U.S. Army Air Forces B-17 Flying Fortress aircraft parked at the field.