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U.S. soldiers and natives walk through cornstalks in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands during World War II.

QM (Quartermaster) activities under U.S. Army Special Projects in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands during World War II. U.S. soldier picks up tomatoes from a vine. Soldiers and natives walk through cornstalks. Native picks cantaloupe from a field. Cantaloupe and watermelon being cut by a knife. Eggplants on a field. Dusting machine sprays crops with DDT.

Date: 1944, November
Duration: 2 min 10 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675074689
U.S. soldiers disembark from landing crafts and practice invasion of Philippines in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands.

U.S. troops practice invasion of Philippines in Guadalcanal,Solomon Islands and Naumea, New Caledonia during World War II. Landing crafts loaded with U.S. troops head for beach during pre-invasion practice. U.S. troops of 25th Infantry Division, 161st Regimental Combat Team come down cargo nets and load aboard LCVP (Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel). LCVPs arrive at Guadalcanal beach and U.S. troops disembark. Soldiers march inland. Soldier digs foxhole. Tank moving on road. Soldiers carry stretchers. Troops disembark from LCVPs. Half track and troops unload from LCVP.

Date: 1944, December 21
Duration: 2 min 30 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675074985
Soldiers of U.S. 90th Field Artillery Battalion practice invasion of Philippines in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands.

U.S. troops practice invasion of Philippines in Guadalcanal,Solomon Islands during World War II. Bulldozer comes off LCM (Landing Craft, Mechanized). Second bulldozer tows 155 mm howitzer comes off LCM. Soldiers of U.S. 90th Field Artillery Battalion, a part of U.S. 25th Infantry Division Artillery, unload 155mm projectiles in chain fashion.

Date: 1944, December 21
Duration: 1 min 5 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675074986
U.S. soldiers at a bivouac area in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands during World War II.

U.S. troops in Guadalcanal,Solomon Islands during World War II. U.S. soldiers around pup tents set up in bivouac area. A soldiers shaves before small mirror tacked to tree trunk. Mascot cockatoo sits above soldier. Two soldiers visit a cemetery on island. Crosses in cemetery.

Date: 1944, December 21
Duration: 1 min 5 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675074987
Amphibious vehicles land and U.S. Marines are attacked by Japanese snipers on Rendova Island, Solomon Islands.

Propaganda film 'The Price of Rendova' documents the taking of Rendova Island in the Solomon Islands during World War II. A naval task force assembles at Guadalcanal. Cargo is hoisted. Animated map shows the strategic importance of Rendova Island and that it is taken in order to facilitate operations against the air base at Munda. General MacArthur with other officers. Face of older officer. Big naval guns fire. Faces of tired and worried G.I.s. Landing crafts with soldiers are unloaded from a ship and they move towards Rendova Island. Amphibious vehicles land on the island. Troops take positions on the island. The island is covered with tall trees. Marines are attacked by Japanese snipers. The troops advance on the island. Coconut logs on the ground. The troops fire artillery. Explosions occur and smoke rises. Dead Japanese soldiers on the ground. Soldiers talk on a radio device. Signal officers wave semaphore flags to signal the troops on a beachhead. Essential materials needed for war, medical supplies and food are unloaded from a ship onto the landing crafts.

Date: 1944
Duration: 4 min 32 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058124
1st Tank Battalion of the United States Marine Corps load supplies on ships at Tulagi Island in Solomon Islands.

1st Tank Battalion of the United States Marine Corps at Tulagi Island in Solomon Islands during World War II. Marines load supplies onto the ship with the help of cranes. Small boat approaches dockyard. Landing ships laying off shore. Landing craft loaded with supplies departs from dockyard. Another ship approaches the dockyard.

Date: 1944, September 7
Duration: 1 min 21 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675063835